EVE platform and temporary works to help install a new trunk main, boosting Scottish Water’s supply resilience

Providing resilience to Scottish water supply with EVE

Edmiston Drive, Glasgow

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Project Overview

Location	Edmiston Drive, Glasgow
Sector	Mechanical Bracing Struts Highways Building
Products	Trench Box Trench Sheets Sheet Piles Multibrace

As part of Scottish Water’s ongoing works to increase water resilience for Glasgow, Caledonia Water Alliance (CWA) was tasked with delivering a new 12km section of pipeline to further improve and strengthen the water supply. CWA turned to us for our expert knowledge and solutions in the utilities sector to help facilitate the works.

The challenge

Coordinating Temporary and Permanent Works

Connecting the new 12km pipeline to the existing water network required careful coordination between the temporary and permanent works. Any misalignment or interference could have affected the integrity of the installation or delayed progress. Mabey Hire’s engineering team designed and sequenced the temporary works to integrate seamlessly with the permanent construction, ensuring a safe and efficient tie-in.

Working around existing services and crossings

The Edmiston Drive section of the project ran through an area with multiple existing underground services and utilities. This created challenges in positioning and installing temporary structures without disrupting essential infrastructure. Through detailed planning and the use of digital design tools, Mabey Hire identified potential clashes early and adapted the solution to maintain safety and continuity of service.

Working in a live urban environment

Operating within a busy public area required careful management of space, sequencing, and safety. The project demanded precise planning to minimise disruption to road users, pedestrians, and surrounding businesses. Using EVE, Mabey Hire’s digital design platform, the customer was able to review buildability, sequencing, and any potential clashes in advance, helping to streamline delivery and reduce on-site risk.

Our solution

Given the challenges, it was important that we were able to engage early on with CWA on this project, utilising our design expertise to come up with a practical and efficient temporary works design. We also developed a digital model to allow the CWA team to explore the scheme in EVE, our fully immersive 3D environment. This enhanced visibility was key in enabling us to identify clashes with the new and existing structures, as well as observing service crossings to be encompassed within our design. Additionally, EVE has allowed clients, such as CWA, to engage better with their key stakeholders, keeping them better informed as to the progress they are making in projects such as this and the key considerations at the pre-construction stage.

We supplied a variety of equipment for this main stage of the project, such as our trench boxes, as well as a range of traditional sheets and walers, for the installation of the new pipeline. The nature of the project required us to be agile with the design element, in particular the practicality of our temporary works systems in both busy residential areas of the city as well as public parks and roadways.

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In addition to the main installation of the new pipeline, a number of OXO (hydrant, gate valve, hydrant) connection sections had to be installed every 1km, allowing for the future isolation of the line in the event of repairs or maintenance needing to be carried out. We designed and supplied a combination of medium duty bracing, as well as HD lapped trench sheets for the 9m x 4.5m x 4m cofferdam to facilitate the incorporation of these OXO sections.

EVE uses immersive technology to create intuitive 3D designs for construction projects and can incorporate all aspects of temporary works. By rendering a fully explorable visualisation of a project, EVE allows users to explore and interact with their design in a real-world environment, with the ability to view accurate measurements of the site geometry. Not only this, but each product has its own embedded metadata within EVE allowing users to develop their own project specific Risk Assessment Method Statements (RAMS), including lift plans. This can all help to streamline 3D workflows and integrate directly with BIM models in one virtual environment.

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“The software gave the onsite team a great visual representation of the works to be undertaken, which was an invaluable asset when completing this project, due to working around live services. Here Mabey Hire were a great help, keeping in constant communication and working closely with us to develop a solution for any problems that arose.”

Graham Dobbin

Project Manager/ Caledonia Water Alliance