Mott MacDonald Bentley led a £300 million phosphorous removal program across 7 UK water organizations to upgrade existing assets to meet new water quality standards. The program focused on reducing phosphorous levels in watercourses to prevent algae growth. Mott MacDonald Bentley established a central component library using Bentley Component Center and Moata Intelligent Content to enable reuse of standardized, parametric components across projects. This approach saved over 15,000 hours and £690,000 by increasing repeatability, collaboration and design efficiency. The program's success improved water quality and habitats.

1. Anmol Khurana –
Product Lead, Mott MacDonald
Mott MacDonald Bentley:
Phosphorous Removal
Scheme

2. Asset upgradation
UK water companies'
existing assets needed
to be upgraded to meet
the new stringent
requirements.
Water quality
Heightened priority for
water quality schemes
as part of the UK water
industry's Asset
Management Plan 7
procurement cycle.
MMB’s programme
Instigation of Mott
MacDonald Bentley’s
£300 million P-Removal
programme consisting of
100 projects across 7
UK water organisations.
P-Removal
Focus on reduction of
phosphorous (P) being
released into watercourses
high levels extensive algae
growth, which poses a
significant threat to habitats
within the watercourse.
Phosphorous removal and its importance
Mott MacDonald Bentley Phosphorous Removal Scheme 2

3. At the heart of Mott MacDonald Bentley's approach was the mindset of moving together to use repeatable solutions, data
and know-how in design, procurement, and construction processes. Key opportunity areas included:
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With the large programme of works came an opportunity to make a huge impact
Opportunity
1
Repeatability
Identifying reusable
components across
client frameworks
2
Standardisation
Creating standard
parametric models
3
Collaboration
Hosting centrally to
facilitate cross-
frameworks
collaboration
Mott MacDonald Bentley Phosphorous Removal Scheme

4. Solution
4
Integrate Enhance Liberate
Platform
Bentley Component Center
Service
Moata Intelligent Content
Solution
Centralised Component Library
Creating a library of standardised, parametric, P-Removal components
Mott MacDonald Bentley Phosphorous Removal Scheme

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Using a combination of Component Center and Intelligent Content compounds benefits
Key benefits from using this solution
Mott MacDonald Bentley Phosphorous Removal Scheme
Data-ready
components
Links to
standard
information
Create once,
reuse
many times
Agnostic to
different file type
Rapid access to
central p-removal
library
A single source
of truth
CC x MIC
Intelligent
Content
Component
Center

6. Enhancing speed and quality of design
Enhancing speed and quality of design

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Significant savings seen stemming from repeatable parametric designs
Outcomes
63
components
15k
hours saved
£690k
cost saving
Equivalent to
The successful completion of the P schemes will reduce the amount of
phosphorous that ends up in watercourses. This will improve water
quality, positively impacting the environment and local communities
through protecting habitats and ecosystems and increasing the amount of
drinking water available.
Mott MacDonald Bentley Phosphorous Removal Scheme

8. Deploying Bentley Component Centre for our P-
removal projects has proven to be instrumental in
achieving substantial gains in both design efficiency and
waste reduction across our entire project
portfolio. The establishment of a unified, central repository
has effectively mitigated the complexities arising from outdated
component designs. This, in turn, has created an environment
conducive to improved collaboration, enabling not only our
BIM Technicians but also our engineers to participate more
effectively in collaborative endeavours.
Matthew Dinsdale, DfMA Digital Lead , Mott MacDonald Bentley
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Mott MacDonald Bentley Phosphorous Removal Scheme

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Key focus areas to
achieve efficient
delivery
• Repeatability
• Standardisation
• Collaboration
Conclusion
Mott MacDonald Bentley Phosphorous Removal Scheme

10. EA Phase 2
Creating content from
the EA’s Data
Requirements Library
2023
Growth and benefits in the water sector
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2021
Supercharging project delivery
Intelligent Content for large
infrastructure organisations such
as EA and HS2 delivering 30x
RoI
Going Digital Awards
EA’s Smart Object Library
is winner of the Enterprise
Engineering Award
2022
Scottish Water
Enterprise level
agreement commences
2023
Severn Trent
Enterprise deployment
underway
2023
Anglian Water
Recommendations on
how to maximise value
from a standard BIM
library
2023
Wessex Water
Pilot project to explore
value for AMP8
2023
Going Digital Awards
MMB’s P-removal
programme is winner of
the Enterprise
Engineering Award
Mott MacDonald Bentley Phosphorous Removal Scheme

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A glimpse into 2024
Pushing embodied carbon values into Intelligent Content Making component selection informed by carbon values
Querying content for optimisation* 3D printing components to facilitate DfMA*
*NOTE – Images courtesy of MMB