Water
At Downer we offer our clients complete asset lifecycle solutions for municipal and industrial water, wastewater treatment plants and reticulation networks.
The synergies evolved from the diverse range of experience within the Group, enable us to deliver innovate and cost-effective solutions to manage the increasingly precious commodity upon which communities and industries rely.
Our portfolio includes small and large scale work with urban, industrial and government clients across New Zealand, Australia and Asia.
We draw upon the expertise of our consulting and engineering experts for vision and design, and we engage with our local workforces to ensure an integrated project outcome is achieved inline with our clients’ needs and expectations to design, build, operate and maintain the infrastructure.
Our key capabilities include:
Design & Consulting
- Agribusiness water and waste management
- Cogeneration - water and energy systems
- Integrated water management across three waters
- Laboratory services
- Mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, control, automation, telemetry installation and programming
- Mining water resource management
- Planning, design and construction of treatment plants
- Municipal and industrial
- Traditional, recycling and desalination
- Wastewater and treatment infrastructure
- Public health risk management plans, subsidy submissions and drinking-water standards
- Strategic planning, consents, options studies, environmental effects assessment, energy management, flood management and water recycling
- Treatment plant optimisation and trouble shooting
- Treatment plants, reticulation networks, storage, pump stations and hydraulic modeling of water and wastewater treatment plants and networks
- Water recycling, potable water and treatment infrastructure
- Water resource planning, strategy, water footprint and sensitive urban design
- Urban drainage and storm water infrastructure
Project Management
Our project management systems function under ISO accredited systems for safety (AS/NZS 4801:2001), quality (ISO 9001:2001) and environmental management (ISO 14001:2004). These are applied across our entire spectrum of design, construction, operations and maintenance projects.
- Feasibility studies
- Design management
- Contract documentation
- Construction management
Procurement
We have procurement agreements with key suppliers of plant, equipment, materials, and chemicals and our operations include a variety of contract structures across our construction, operations and maintenance services.
Construction
We have the capability to build and renew water projects ranging from simple pipeline installations to complex multi-disciplinary design, build and operation of treatment plant projects.
- Water and wastewater treatment plants
- Pipeline networks
- Pumping stations
- Pressure sewer systems
- Irrigation systems
- Sewer outfalls
- Trenchless pipe laying
- Tunnelling
Operations & Maintenance
The scope of our operation and maintenance service encompasses water, wastewater and stormwater assets including:
- Operation of treatment plants, pumping stations, reticulation networks and all mechanical and electrical equipment
- Preventative and reactive maintenance of reservoirs, pipes, valves, hydrants and all electrical and mechanical equipment
- Leak detection, flow and pressure testing
- Optimisation of treatment plants, pump stations and reticulation networks
- Energy audits
- SCADA optimisation, condition and monitoring techniques
Asset Management
Asset management is available as both an independent service offering, as well as part of our operations and maintenance contracts. We undertake a range of services that include:
- Asset condition assessments
- Predictive deterioration modeling
- Reliability centered maintenance programming
- Risk management
- Strategic asset management
Asset Renewal
In conjunction with our operations, maintenance and asset management services, we work closely with our clients to identify, program and undertake renewals across all water infrastructure assets, including:
- Water, wastewater and sewer reticulation
- Mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and automation equipment
- Civil structures
Specialist Services
- Environmental services
- Environmental and land use planning
- Preliminary and comprehensive flora and fauna site assessment
- Project investment evaluation services
- Economic development strategies
- Highest and best use assessments