AECOM has been appointed by Southern Water to deliver asset management, program and project management services on its Professional Services Framework. The Company has been appointed to two lots on the Framework, which will realize Southern Water?s largest and most ambitious business plan to date in preparation for the UK?s Asset Management Plan Period 8 (AMP8) regulatory period from 2025-2030. Southern Water?s business plan will address AMP8 provisions aimed at improving efficiency and mitigate supply chain risk, and will focus on water resilience, wastewater treatment, customer service, and environmental protection and enhancement.

Overall, AECOM will support Southern Water with strategy & planning, asset information management including data visualisation and digital tools, asset intelligence including modelling and geospatial analysis, as well as technical services and system monitoring. Under Lot 1 of the Framework, AECOM will deliver asset management and advisory services for a period of five years, collaborating with its sub-consultant partners Arcadis and AliumBlue. Under Lot 2 of the Framework, AECOM will provide PMO, program and project management services, as well as supporting technology insight to drive capability and efficiency.

As one of England?s largest water utilities and a key water supplier for much of South East England, Southern Water delivers 535 million liters of drinking water daily and treats and recycles 1,371 million liters of wastewater daily at 368 treatment works. AECOM?s appointment by Southern Water follows an extensive pipeline of work for the AMP8 across the UK water market, delivering a broad range of capabilities including Asset Management, Design, Environment and Sustainability, Digital, and Programme Cost and Commercial services.