b'Partner News Spring 2023 31CorporateExploringThe adoption of innovativeprocesses and systems to the benefitsincrease the efficiency of information gathering anddata organisation can leadto more efficient designof innovation and construction.in designretrieving photos and information much easier, which in turn saved time and project processes resources. Sharing the layout drawing and location tags with those unable to visit the site provided an overview of the electrical infrastructure and the opportunity to accurately locate specific electrical assets. The new approach not only helps to build an appreciation of the way the site works, but also has the potential to reduce the need for repeated site visits, therefore reducing By Struan Maidment, Graduate Electrical Engineertravel related carbon emissions. at Mott MacDonald As the UK water sector has set ambitious carbon reduction targets and needs to comply with stricter discharge requirements in the near future, engineers will need to As engineers, we are always looking forinnovate to help meet these goals. Meeting new ways to increase the efficiency of ourthese objectives will stretch budgets and designs, to reduce carbon costs and deliverresources, so improving the efficiency and extra value in our work. Experimentingeffectiveness of design processes will be with new methods of approaching routinekey to meeting net-zero targets. practices is a key part of this and can yield positive outcomes at all stages of a project.In general, the adoption of innovative I recently worked on the electrical design ofprocesses and systems to increase the several upgrades to a large water recyclingefficiency of information gathering and works which involved visiting the site todata organisation can lead to more efficient investigate existing assets.design and construction, support reuse of areas of interest and highlight any importantexisting equipment, and can increase the During the visit we applied a novel datainformation. The unique location referencessustainability of current and future projects.collection strategy using a smartphonewere included to link to site photos and application to tag locations on thelocation-specific notes.This new method of recording site site with a unique reference. Photos and information has demonstrated the location-specific notes were recorded andWhen visiting sites, the use of systemsadvantages of constantly reviewing how organised using the unique references. Thisdesigned to identify any location increasedeveryday tasks can be more efficiently approach was especially useful for trackingthe efficiency of information gathering andcompleted. By consciously applying the locations and contents of Motor Controldata organisation. The use of the annotatedinnovation and new ideas regardless of Centre kiosks which often look identicalsite layout combined with the uniquethe stage in the project lifecycle, we can when viewed on a map. After the site visit,location references streamlined the processdiscover more efficient and effective ways of layout drawings were annotated to showof organising data from the visit and madedeveloping and completing new designs.'