Case Study

SMP Alliance
Portfolio Weather Planning

Client: Morgan Sindall Infrastructure Alliance: SMP with United Utilities Sector: Water Infrastructure

How Morgan Sindall Infrastructure standardised weather risk management across a portfolio of 100+ water infrastructure projects in the SMP Alliance.

Project Overview

The Strategic Maintenance Programme (SMP) is a major alliance between Morgan Sindall Infrastructure and United Utilities, delivering a portfolio of water infrastructure projects across England. The programme encompasses over 100 individual projects, ranging from pipeline replacement and pumping station upgrades to treatment works expansions.

With projects spread across diverse geographic locations and each having different weather sensitivities, the alliance needed a consistent, scalable approach to weather risk management that could be applied across the entire portfolio without requiring extensive per-project setup.

The Challenge

Managing weather risk across a portfolio of 100+ projects presented unique challenges that traditional project-by-project approaches could not address.

Portfolio Scale

Over 100 projects across diverse locations in England, each with different weather sensitivities depending on the type of work, terrain, and local climate conditions.

Inconsistent Approach

Without a standardised weather risk methodology, each project team was estimating weather impact differently, leading to inconsistent contingency planning and unpredictable programme outcomes.

Varied Contract Types

Different projects operated under different contract frameworks, each requiring different evidence standards for weather-related claims and extensions of time.

Evidence Gaps

Weather delay claims were often unsupported by contemporaneous evidence because recording was manual and inconsistent. Evidence was frequently gathered after the fact rather than captured in real time.

The Solution

WeatherWise provided a portfolio-wide weather intelligence platform that brought consistency and automation to weather risk management across the entire SMP Alliance.

1

Portfolio-Wide Platform

A single weather intelligence platform covering all 100+ projects, with site-specific data for each location and centralised management for the programme team.

2

Standardised Weather Calendars

Consistent weather calendar methodology applied to every project, ensuring reliable weather contingency estimates across the entire portfolio.

3

Automated Claims Evidence

Weather conditions recorded automatically at every site from day one, providing contemporaneous evidence for claims across all contract types.

4

Portfolio Risk Dashboard

A centralised dashboard giving programme managers visibility of weather risk exposure and delay accumulation across the entire project portfolio.

Results

Transforming weather risk management from an ad-hoc project-level activity to a standardised portfolio capability.

100+

Projects Standardised

Consistent weather risk methodology across every project

40%

Less Uncertainty

Reduced weather-related programme uncertainty

Auto

Claims Evidence

Automated evidence collection across the entire portfolio

Unified

Contract Coverage

Consistent approach across all contract types

Key Takeaways

  • 1

    Portfolio approach scales efficiently. Deploying WeatherWise across 100+ projects was not 100 times the effort. The standardised platform meant each new project could be onboarded rapidly with site-specific data generated automatically.

  • 2

    Standardisation reduces per-project effort. With consistent templates and automated recording, individual project teams spent less time on weather risk management while achieving better outcomes than ad-hoc approaches.

  • 3

    Automated recording captures evidence from day one. By automating weather recording at every site, the alliance ensured that claims evidence was always available when needed, eliminating the gap between weather events and evidence collection.

Frequently Asked Questions

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How does WeatherWise scale across 100+ projects?▾
WeatherWise provides a portfolio-wide platform where each project gets its own site-specific weather calendar and automated recording. A centralised dashboard gives managers visibility across all projects, while standardised templates ensure consistency without requiring per-project setup effort.
What is a portfolio-level weather risk dashboard?▾
The portfolio dashboard aggregates weather risk data from all active projects into a single view, showing which projects are most exposed to weather disruption, where weather delays are accumulating, and how weather contingency is tracking across the entire programme.
How does automated claims evidence work?▾
WeatherWise automatically records weather conditions at each project site from day one. When weather disruption occurs, the system generates evidence packages showing actual conditions versus contractual thresholds, ready for submission under the relevant contract framework.
Can it handle different contract types?▾
Yes. The SMP Alliance included projects under various contract types, each with different weather evidence requirements. WeatherWise adapts its recording and reporting to match the specific contract framework for each project while maintaining portfolio-wide consistency.

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