01 · Water mains · Urban infrastructure
Renewing a trunk main in Central London
Inspect a congested corridor and compare the conditions behind four construction methods.
scopeeconomics
Requirements in practice
Water infrastructure
Understand how technical requirements, operating conditions and site constraints shape the decisions made across water and wastewater infrastructure projects.
Explore the decisions behind water-main installations, sewer diversions, pumping station upgrades and construction on constrained live sites.
About the project
Mercer Quarter is a fictional London infrastructure programme. Inspect the evidence, test an option and record the assumptions behind your recommendation. Each lesson can be opened independently.
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02 · Water mains · Live connections
Connecting to a live water main
Review a 150 mm branch, supply continuity and the evidence needed before commissioning.
03 · Wastewater · Sewer diversions
Diverting a live sewer
Check a basement conflict, diversion levels and temporary flow arrangements.
04 · Wastewater · Mechanical and electrical
Upgrading an operational wastewater pumping station
Keep inflow under control while comparing resilience, sequencing and whole-life costs.
Photo: Saud · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped
05 · Estimating · Framework rates
Estimating works on a constrained London site
Interpret the preamble, separate included work and build a rate for restricted access.
Photo: Wesley Tingey · Unsplash License · cropped
Original teaching scenarios by Scope Economics. Drawings, quantities and commercial documents were created for these lessons. They are not utility records, approved designs or instructions for site work.