Black & Veatch, a global engineering, consulting and construction company, announced that the investigation and design of Stage 4 of the Replacement and Rehabilitation Program of Water Mains in the New Territories of the Hong Kong SAR is making good progress.
“There is a continuing need for large-scale programs of this type around the world, as many cities are relying on aging underground systems to convey their potable water,” said Ralph Eberts, Senior Managing Director of Black & Veatch’s Asia Pacific water business. “Rehabilitation projects help to ensure the long-term availability and reliability of a community’s water supply.”
The Replacement and Rehabilitation (R&R) Program of Water Mains in Hong Kong SAR will result in a total of about 3,000 kilometers (km) of water mains rehabilitated or replaced by 2015 at an estimated cost of HK$ 19.2 billion, making it one of the largest pipeline rehabilitation programs in the world.
Among the recent various R&R consultancy agreements that were awarded at the end of November 2008, the largest of these was awarded to Black & Veatch.
This new Black & Veatch agreement, which forms part of Stage 4 of the program, includes the rehabilitation and replacement of more than 400km of water mains in the New Territories of Hong Kong. In terms of pipe length, it is also the largest consultancy agreement awarded for this type of project by the Water Supplies Department.
This increases the total length of pipelines that Black & Veatch is responsible for in Hong Kong to more than 1,000km.
