Utilities

A growing population. Extreme weather events. The energy trilemma.

Three global challenges, with utilities at the heart of a resilient response. In an ever-changing world, this response needs to be agile, integrated and innovative. Our utilities infrastructure needs to stand the test of time and provide a foundation for a net zero future.

Mace is at the vanguard. Using our multi-sector experience and commitment to an integrated, programmatic approach, we consider the bigger picture. No utility can be delivered in isolation; we work with our clients and stakeholders to coordinate and align needs – managing conflict, finding opportunity, and finding solutions that achieve positive outcomes.

Whether it’s gas, electricity, heat, telecoms, water or waste, we blend our consultancy and construction expertise to provide clients with a holistic service that unpicks the complex set of requirements needed to deliver utility infrastructure.

Communities at the core

We all understand the positive impacts of readily accessible energy and water, but often take for granted the process to get it to our homes. Utilities are out of sight and out of mind, apart from when they’re being built or repaired!

Whether it’s a new overhead line through quaint countryside or constrained pipelines in big cities, communities are affected by utility works; it’s unavoidable. But this doesn’t mean these projects and programmes have to lead to conflict. Mace people, skilled in community and stakeholder management work as part of our integrated teams to enable open, honest and meaningful two-way conversations with local communities to smooth the delivery of outputs and emphasise the long-term benefits of the outcomes.

The connection conundrum

Producing energy is one thing. Getting it to where it’s needed is another. The range of infrastructure required to generate energy and deliver it to users is owned and operated by multiple parties. The picture is complex, with countless interfaces and processes muddying the water.

A delivery partner – given the mandate to drive the integration of multiple projects (generation, transmission and distribution), multiple stakeholders and multiple contractors at every stage of the lifecycle to ensure a programmatic, whole-system approach – can be at the forefront of a much-needed shift to get low carbon energy online.

Net zero now

The global climate emergency is already upon us. The world needs action and it needs it now.

Ageing and inadequate utilities present a problem; dealing with them an opportunity. From upgrading gas networks to handle hydrogen, to fixing leaky water pipes, to building the connections needed for renewable electricity generation, utilities sectors have a profound role to play in taking on the climate challenge.