case studies

Farrer engineers complete environmental asset solutions.

 

Farrer's specialist capabilities combine asset knowledge and engineering services, to deliver maximum efficiency and benefit to clients. Part of Biwater Services Ltd, Farrer serves the water and waste water, rail, airport, highway and local authority sectors. Farrer employs around 300 staff and operates from a nationwide and international network of offices.

 

Please read on for details of some of Farrer's project and acheivements.

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Edinburgh
Farrer delivered a software and data management solution to enable Scottish Water staff to record properties affected by low water pressure.

Heywood
Farrer Consulting carried out drainage asset investigations in Cherry Willingham and Washingborough villages, on behalf of Lincolnshire County Council.

Paisley
The Lothian Legacy Rehab project started in June 2008 with a total of 5 DMA’s to be fully surveyed and assets mapped.

Paisley
Commissioned by Scottish Water Horizons, Farrer undertook survey activities on behalf of Network Rail, along the proposed route of new trunk main works.

Heywood
Farrer’s Underground Utility Survey team was instructed by Scott Wilson to undertake surveys to accurately locate and map all buried utility services within a designated survey area at High Street, West Street and Alexandra Road, Swadlincote.

Heywood
Kharafi National, a large contractor based in Kuwait, requested Farrer's Engineers to provide technical and design support for tender preparation for a BOO (Build, Own, Operate) scheme in Muharraq, Bahrain.

Heywood
Leicestershire County Council commissioned Farrer Consulting to undertake a drainage asset survey of Rothley village in Charnwood, Leicestershire. The contract required Farrer to deliver an asset inventory of surface water drainage features.

Edinburgh
In October 2008, Farrer were invited by North Ayrshire Council to conduct a trial road asset inventory collection project. The trial involved the surveying of 10km of urban road and 20km of rural road utilising the stereo video capability of the IBI groups RouteMapper, combined with traditional surveying techniques to provide superior positional accuracy of data.

Heywood
Severe flooding incidents have taken place at Dalmarnock Railway Station just outside Glasgow City Centre. In particular two recent incidents have caused major disruption to trains and the passengers and freight that use them. Network Rail approached Farrer Consulting to carry out an assessment of the station drainage system aimed at avoiding further disruption during the forthcoming Commonwealth Games and afterwards.