BDA completes MUSCo Commercial Partner Selection
BDA, Inventa, PWC, Herbert Smith and London Borough of Southwark Major Projects have together completed an 18 month negotiated EU procurement process to select a consortium of specialist service providers to form a Multi-Utility Services Company (MUSCo) at the Elephant and Castle in London Borough of Southwark, the first of its kind in the UK.
A Dalkia led consortium of Dalkia, Veolia Water and Independent Fibre Networks Ltd will work alongside Master Development Partner Lend Lease to deliver an integrated package of sustainable infrastructure comprising: a district heating and cooling network; a fully reticulated non-potable water system and a fibre optic communications network to every address point within the development.
The MUSCo will provide a low carbon energy supply in the form of heat, cooling and power generated on-site using centralised gas fired CHP plant, biofuel boilers and absorption chillers; non-potable water abstracted from two on-site boreholes and "open access" for all service providers to the fibre optic data network.
The Council have put in place a development framework that includes compulsory connection to MUSCo services and a requirement for all buildings within the core development area to be "dual plumbed" i.e. in addition to the potable water supply system to have a separate system of non-potable water supply within the building. Sustainable water solutions also include the coordinated handling of stormwater across the development and the pursuit of a water inset appointment for the core development area.
A Dalkia led consortium of Dalkia, Veolia Water and Independent Fibre Networks Ltd will work alongside Master Development Partner Lend Lease to deliver an integrated package of sustainable infrastructure comprising: a district heating and cooling network; a fully reticulated non-potable water system and a fibre optic communications network to every address point within the development.
The MUSCo will provide a low carbon energy supply in the form of heat, cooling and power generated on-site using centralised gas fired CHP plant, biofuel boilers and absorption chillers; non-potable water abstracted from two on-site boreholes and "open access" for all service providers to the fibre optic data network.
The Council have put in place a development framework that includes compulsory connection to MUSCo services and a requirement for all buildings within the core development area to be "dual plumbed" i.e. in addition to the potable water supply system to have a separate system of non-potable water supply within the building. Sustainable water solutions also include the coordinated handling of stormwater across the development and the pursuit of a water inset appointment for the core development area.