Category: Water Resources | Geoscience Ireland

Lusaka Sanitation | Nicholas O’Dwyer

July 1, 2020/in Environment, Water Resources /by GSI Editor 1

Project Title

Lusaka Sanitation | Nicholas O’Dwyer

Location

Lusaka, Zambia

Client

Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company Limited

Business Sectors

Water & Environment

Services (Technical Disciplines)

Construction Supervision
Construction Management

Project Objectives/Outcomes

The Lusaka Sanitation Program aimed to increase access to sustainable sanitation services to Lusaka’s residents especially the urban poor and strengthen Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company’s (LWSC) capacity to manage sanitation services.

The program aims to address one of Zambia’s most binding constraints to economic growth through infrastructure investment in Lusaka, the rapidly urbanizing capital.

There were 3 components to this project:

1) CSE-08: Collection System Expansion Emmasdale and Chaisa, Ngwerere Sewershed – Construction of 18 km of gravity sewers of diameter 160 to 500mm.

2) CSE-23: Collection System Expansion Kafue Road, Manchinchi Sewershed – Construction of 10 km of sewers of diameter 160 to 500 mm and 3 No. pump stations and provision of access to sanitation to 132 No. commercial enterprises.

3) CSU-05: Upgrade of Ngwerere West Interceptor, Ngwerere Sewershed – Construction of 4 km of sewer interceptor of varying diameter.

Our Role

Design Review
Redesign of sewer system
Contract Management
Construction Supervision
Finanical Management and Claims Management
Quality Control
Environmental and Social Monitoring
Defects Liability Monitoring
Review of Operation and Maintenance Manuals
Review of As-built Drawings

Geoscience Ireland Contact

Michel Davitt – mdavitt@nodwyer.com

Augmented Reality Smart Glasses Use | CDM Smith

June 16, 2020/in Capacity Building, Civil Infrastructure, Energy, Environment, Mineral Resources, Water Resources /by GSI Editor 1

Project Title

Augmented Reality Smart Glasses Use | CDM Smith

Date

2019 – ongoing

Location

National and International

Client

Multiple

Business Sectors

Civil Infrastructure/ Water Resources/ Environment/ Mineral Resources/Energy/ Capacity Building

Services (Technical Disciplines)

CDM Smith engaged UtilityAR to provide wearable technology and a software platform in the form of smart glasses. The smart glasses allow users to access information that they need to complete their work and to link them with specialist colleagues and advice when needed.

Augmented Reality smart glasses can project information onto the inside of the lens of the glass to allow the wearer to see it while still seeing the real world. The integrated forward facing camera allows for video and image capture.

Project Objectives/Outcomes

CDM Smith explores ways to engage field staff with senior specialists. With a global workforce it can be challenging from a time and expense perspective for specialists in different locations across the globe to travel to site and advise less experienced staff. The use of the forward facing camera on the smart glasses allows a staff member on site to communicate with a specialist anywhere in the world. The specialist sees what they see and can provide advice/instruction and discussion on best practice/next course of action. The specialist can even provide on-screen mark ups to assist with clear communication.

Our Role

CDM Smith now routinely use the smart glasses on the majority of its sites to provide a more efficient service to its clients, to contribute to its quality management systems and to assist with staff engagement across the company.

The glasses are particularly useful in times or areas of restricted travel. In addition their use can be quantitatively assessed in terms of their carbon offset where travel to site from different parts of the world is no longer necessary (in some use cases).

Geoscience Ireland Contact

Jon Hunt (jon.hunt@cdmsmith.com)

Addis Ababa City Eastern Sewerage Catchment | Nicholas O’Dwyer

June 10, 2020/in Water Resources /by GSI Editor 1

Project Title

Addis Ababa City Eastern Sewerage Catchment | Nicholas O’Dwyer

Location

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Client

Addis Ababa Water and Sanitation Development & Rehabilitation Project Office (AAWSA-PO)

Business Sectors

Water Resources

Services (Technical Disciplines)

Feasibility
Preliminary Design
Detailed Design
Tender Dossiers
Construction Supervision

Project Objectives/Outcomes

Feasibility Study, Tender Document Preparation for Design-Build-Operate (DBO) of the Waste Water Treatment Plant, and Supervision for the DBO; Feasibility Study, Design, Tender Document Preparation, and Supervision for the Construction of the -Sewer System (Design-Bid-Build=DBB) Tendering and Evaluation of Tenders of the DBO and the DBB project Work Supervision of construction, and Operation and Maintenance service of WWTP for five years.

Our Role

Feasibility Study for sewering 150km² of city catchment serving 33% of Addis Ababa
Detailed Design of the sewer network and WWTP
Preparation of Bidding Documents and Evaluation Assistance (FIDIC Gold and FIDIC Red)
Construction Supervision
Supervision of Operation & Maintenance of WwTP