Case Study: Southern Water strengthens pipeline route selection with Optioneer from Continuum Industries

Southern Water cuts route selection from 9 months to 3 months with Continuum Industries

Southern Water, a utility company serving southern England, faced a challenge in selecting a pipeline route through a national park with limited time and resources. They engaged vendor Continuum Industries and used its Optioneer service to overcome the constraints of traditional manual route evaluation methods.

Continuum Industries implemented Optioneer, which analyzed over 2.5 million route scenarios using geospatial data to evaluate environmental, social, and engineering constraints. This allowed Southern Water to quickly identify and shortlist five strong route contenders. The solution significantly accelerated the process, reducing route design time from an estimated nine months to just three and cutting full-time resource time from 216 days to 72.

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