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AL FAISALIAH HOTEL / RIYADH / KSA
Understanding the complexities of making Vision 2030 a reality
23 Nov 2022 | Live
About the About the Construction Intel Summit KSAConstruction Intel Summit KSA
Work on a number of large-scale, iconic construction projects is well underway in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as part of its Vision 2030 blueprint. While the Kingdom’s leadership aims to transform the country, it also wants to be mindful of what this transition means for its people, its culture and its environment. Therefore, as the GCC’s largest country moves towards a more diverse and sustainable economy, it is essential that the global construction industry equips itself with the knowledge and insight to grasp the unprecedented opportunities presented to them by Saudi Arabia’s transformation.
Work on a number of large-scale, iconic This is why the Construction Intel Summit construction projects is well underway KSA is coming to Riyadh on November 23, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as part 2022. The third edition, and the first live of its Vision 2030 blueprint. While the iteration, the Construction Intel Summit Kingdom’s leadership aims to transform KSA aims to inform and educate attendees the country, it also wants to be mindful about the massive opportunities that of what this transition means for its remain across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. people, its culture and its environment. Focusing on four key themes: Design Therefore, as the GCC’s largest country Considerations, Project Interfaces, moves towards a more diverse and the Energy Transition and Enabling sustainable economy, it is essential that Saudization, this one-day event aims the global construction industry equips to bring together leading experts from itself with the knowledge and insight to inside and outside the Kingdom to grasp the unprecedented opportunities share their experiences and knowledge presented to them by Saudi Arabia’s with representatives of the country’s transformation. construction and real estate sector.
This is why the Construction Intel Summit KSA is coming to Riyadh on November 23, 2022. The third edition, and the first live iteration, the Construction Intel Summit KSA aims to inform and educate attendees about the massive opportunities that remain across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Focusing on four key themes: Design Considerations, Project Interfaces, the Energy Transition and Enabling Saudization, this one-day event aims to bring together leading experts from inside and outside the Kingdom to share their experiences and knowledge with representatives of the country’s construction and real estate sector.
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Utilities
How digitisation is helping cities provide clean water
MIDDLE EAST Municipalities across the planet are turning to smart water management solutions to ensure supply resiliency says Gary Wong, Industry Principal – Water and Smart Cities at AVEVA
The twin challenge of urbanisation and climate change are taking their toll, in the form of increasing water scarcity in cities around the world.
More people are moving to urban areas – already half the world’s population (55%) lives in cities, and the United Nations expects that number to rise to two thirds (68%) within just a few decades. At the same time, climate change is already seeing large swathes of the planet being affected by drought, with coastlines being eroded and livelihoods disappearing. In 2022, more than 2.3 billion people face water stress, while almost 160 million children are exposed to severe and prolonged droughts.
Yet, although more than 70% of the planet is covered in water, only 3% of it is drinkable, and a significant portion of these freshwater resources is locked in glaciers and ice caps. Worse, water demand is projected to increase by 30% by 2050, with the UN’s forecasting a global water deficit of up to 40% by 2030.
In response, an increasing number of cities are imposing water restrictions to tackle the problem. However, ensuring access to water – a fundamental right for everyone and part of the UN’s SDG – increasingly requires real-time onsite management that helps circumvent the challenges of increasing water scarcity.
To that end, municipalities across the world are turning to digital technologies such as data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, and the industrial internet of things (IIoT) to support their water security needs. By generating valuable predictive business insights and improving operational resiliency, these smart city solutions can help authorities understand water needs, preserve existing water sources and minimise leakage in order to increase the availability of clean water for all.
HOW NAPLES MANAGES WATER SYSTEMS REMOTELY As hybrid workplaces become the norm but supply and distribution challenges increase, digital technologies are already supporting water and sewage management.
Gori centralises water services to 74 Italian municipalities in and around Naples, including Salerno, Vesuvius, and the Isle of Capri, taking over from a patchwork of local providers. But calibrating the delivery of 207m cubic meters of water to more than 1.5m people across a 4,000km network as a single entity was becoming unmanageable at scale. A 2,240km sewage network spanning 13 treatment plants compounds the problem.
Gori’s SCADA team turned to digital technology to reconcile its significant operational challenges and reduce energy
Water crisis
Cities around the world are seeing their water supplies being impacted by climate change.
Predictive insights
Digital technologies are allowing municipalities to generate valuable predictive business and operational insights.
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consumption along the way. The smart city solution implemented an integrated suite of software products providing operators with single-window access from both fixed and mobile stations. Since implementing the system, Gori’s operations have logged increases in both efficiency and sustainability. At its Mercato Palazzo plant, for instance, the remote monitoring and control system has led to a reduction in energy consumption by 45% or savings of about €80,000 per month.
HOW CITY OF SALEM PREDICTS AND ASSURES WATER QUALITY The effects of climate change are complicating water management for utilities around the world, but the City of Salem in Oregon faces a water quality hazard of a different kind. Warming temperatures have led to rising outbreaks of dangerous algal blooms on the lakes and rivers that supply the city with drinking water. Many of these algae produce hazardous cyanotoxins that pose significant challenges to water utilities, including grave safety risks, and costly interference to treatment processes. One such four-day event in 2018 led to a month-long drinking-water advisory, and eventually a declaration of emergency.
The city turned to a cloud-based data management platform to ensure it was never surprised by such a scare again. The scalable cloud data management platform brought together live data points such as water depth, weather information, water turbidity, satellite imagery and lab samples into a single, web-based interface. Officials then shared this unified information in real time.
The program puts previously unreachable data sources within officials’ reach, enabling them to run predictive analysis that forecast the need for water treatment a week in advance of any algal blooms and toxic hazards. That’s enough time for operators to take corrective action such as changing pumps and filters or redirecting water flow, ensuring that Salem residents always have clean and safe drinking water.
HOW PUERTO RICO ENHANCES ASSET RESILIENCE AND EFFICIENCY Improving asset efficiency can deliver immediate output gains while boosting asset resiliency and saving costs. The Caribbean territory of Puerto Rico lacks a source of fresh water. Yet, with more than three million residents and an equal number of annual visitors, demand for water continues to grow. The system serving them has grown to over 16,100km of water mains and aqueducts and 3,218km of sewage lines between 1,500 sites that service the island’s five regions. The island’s diverse and remote terrain means increased visibility and reduced travel is critical.
The Puerto Rico Water and Sewage Authority, already one of the more advanced utilities in the world, recently transitioned to a fully automated system with an integrated suite of solutions to reconcile the contradictory goals of increased water output, EPA compliance, improved efficiency and reduced costs.
Manual operations were eliminated wherever possible for proactive management of all aspects of the water and wastewater systems. Real-time diagnostics enabled operators to monitor the quality of the water and sewage treatment processes, troubleshoot problems, and make timely changes that help prevent compliance violations.
Tangible results included clean, EPA-compliant water, fewer shutdowns and improved customer satisfaction. Output has increased from 12m gallons to 20-30m gallons, while an estimated $15mn has been saved over seven years.
With the incidence, severity, and complexity of water crises is on the rise, human effort alone cannot solve the mounting water challenges facing the world’s cities today.
Thankfully, the use of digital water technologies is transforming water and wastewater management in urban areas around the world. By embracing smart water management, we can improve resource efficiency, optimise supplies, uphold water quality, and predict maintenance needs – all while avoiding costly disruptions. In the process, affordable access to water can be improved for everyone.
Affordable access
Digital technologies are helping make clean drinking water available and affordable to everyone around the world, says Gary Wong.
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The UN forecasts there will be a global water deficit of up to 40% by 2030
