Awards shortlist in the Utility Week Awards 2024
We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted in the Collaborative Excellence Award in the 2024 Utility Week Awards, alongside our smart-pigging technology partner iNPIPE PRODUCTS, recognising the world-class innovative approach we are applying in the water industry.
This award highlights the integrated working between supply chain partners and the role this plays in delivering resilient, efficient and innovative services for utility clients.
The Utility Week Awards celebrates excellence in the utilities industry and remains the sector’s primary awards event.
Our collaborative partnership entry has beaten off stiff competition to be shortlisted, which is a testament to the innovative way our in-house technical design and project teams have approached the project.
Avove partnered with iNPIPE to design and manufacture bespoke air-pigs and camera-pigs to inspect, clean, monitor and maintain water pipelines. This innovative method of cleaning incorporated video inspection technology which validated the pipeline’s cleanliness and uses air rather than water.
This is the first time globally that air-pigging and camera air-pig analysis have been used at this size and scale. Whilst being able to clean and inspect long sections of up to 6km at a time, the ground-breaking technology cleans pipelines to the highest standard of water compliance and returns the trunk mains into service with ease. This project also delivers huge reductions in CO2, time, cost, excavations, haul roads and water used.
Read more about the innovative project which has been delivered in the North-West with United Utilities here.
“We are delighted to be recognised in the 2024 Utility Week Awards, for leading on innovative initiatives in collaboration with our smart-pigging technology partner iNPIPE PRODUCTS.
“Being shortlisted amongst some of the largest utility companies and contractors in the industry is an amazing achievement and highlights the innovative initiatives we are undertaking with iNPIPE PRODUCTS where we are breaking ground in the cleaning of pipelines using air-pig technology. We are proud to be at the forefront of these efforts and demonstrating what can be achieved through partnership, innovations and a shared vision for a more sustainable future.”
Patrick Rafferty
Avove’s Business Director Operations
We are thrilled to be shortlisted for the Collaborative Excellence Award alongside our partner, Avove. This recognition underscores our commitment to innovation in the water industry and highlights the transformative potential of our smart-pigging technologies. By collaborating closely with Avove, we are not only enhancing pipeline cleaning and inspection processes but also setting new standards for efficiency and sustainability. Together, we are paving the way for a cleaner, more resilient future for utility services.”
Simon Bell
Managing Director, iNPIPE PRODUCTS
The smart-pigging solutions partnership has already been recognised in 2024 by the Pipeline Industry Guild awarding the project Large Diameter Pipeline of the Year and for Groundbreaker of the Year at the Water Industry of the Year awards.
Congratulations to everyone involved in the project and the award submission. We look forward to attending the Utility Week Awards on 3 December, in London.