Winners: Utility Pipeline Technology and Project Awards

Utility Pipeline Technology Award

 

This award, introduced in 2003, is made for the most significant contribution to the utility pipeline technology. The objective is to promote the development of new ideas in the general field of utility pipeline technology.

2024 Winner:

Hydrosave | pCAT™ Long Range Subsectional Pipe Deterioration Assessment

pCAT™ is a long range non intrusive technology which allows an asset owner to identify subsectional wall loss, lining deterioration, delamination, air/gas pockets, restrictions, existing repairs, connections and valve status over long distances without the need for excavation or isolation. 

 
2023 Winner:

Origin No Dig®  | Game changing leak detection reduction technology

2022 Winner:

Environmental Techniques, Caledonia Water Alliance, Good Friday Robotics, Scottish Water | The Machines are Taking Over! Adapting Drones for Advanced, Safer Sewer Surveys

2021 Winner:

Mott MacDonald Limited (MML) & Continuum Industries Ltd | Moata Route Optimiser/Applying AI for Optioneering at the front end of Transmission Pipleine Projects  

2020 Winner:

Wessex Water, Headlight AI, Bright Innovations Group | 'Telesto' 3D LiDAR Modelling of Tunnels in Semi-Turbulent Flow

2019 Winner:

Victaulic | Victaulic W257 Dynamic Movement for Seismic and differential settlement solutions

2019 Highly Commended:

Westwood Pipelines Limited | 3L SLA Monitored Pipeline/Liedertswil, Switzerland/Egeplast

2018 Winner:

Tracto Technik UK | Keyhole Service Connection Innovation

 

 

Utility Pipeline Project Award

 

The Utility Pipeline Projects Award was introduced in 2016 to showcase technical expertise, achievement and challenges overcome in delivery of utility pipeline projects. Projects may be of any length, any diameter pipe or in any sector, including; renewables,  unconventional gas, power, infrastructure, gas, water, wastewater, power and IT.

2024 Winner:

United Utilities and PMP | Longdendale Aqueduct (Rhodeswood Conduit) Emergency Repair

A description of the work required to undertake a non-standard repair to an egg-shaped, stone conduit built 
in the 1850s which conveys raw water from the aqueducts in the Longdendale Valley to Arnfield Water 
Treatment Works (WTW), and is critical to the water supply for east Manchester. 

2023 Winner:

OCU Group Ltd | River Dee Tunnel Diversions

2022 Winner:

Thames Water, Agility Alliance, Morrison Water Services, Die Draw | Phase 1 lining of 36” water main on Seven Sisters Road, London

2021 Winner:

United Utilities & Mott MacDonald Bentley (MMB) | Haweswater Aqueduct - Replacement of Hallbank Tunnels 

2020 Winner:

Mott MacDonald Bentley (MMB) | Malpas SR Isolation

2019 Winner:

Mott MacDonald Bentley (MMB) | Damask Reservoir Scour Pipe Upgrade

2019 Highly Commended:

Firmus Energy & GPS PE Pipe Systems | River Foyle Crossing

Bristol Water, Black & Veatch, Kier | Southern Resilience Scheme

2018 Winner:

United Utilities | Emergency Engineering Response to the Franklaw Incident