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The Future of Water Bluefield Research
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Bluefield Research’s podcast series breaks down the biggest and smallest events signaling change and opportunity across the global water landscape. From municipal to industrial, vendor to utility, local, state or even globally focused, the Future of Water is a source of critical insights into company strategies, market shifts, and emerging opportunities for key stakeholders.
The Future of Water, released twice a month, is presented by Reese Tisdale and Bluefield's team of water experts willing to showcase their analysis about all the ways in which companies, utilities, and people are addressing the challenges and opportunities in water.
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AI Opportunities and Impacts for Utility Construction Firms in Water
While artificial intelligence (AI) has indeed become a prevalent buzzword in many regards, capturing headlines over the past 12 to 18 months, its potential impact remains significant. There are real applications and impacts that are unfolding for AI, including those in the water and wastewater sectors. In the U.S. utility construction sector—which is facing chronic labor shortages amid historic levels of federal infrastructure investment—AI can serve as a powerful tool for increasing productivity, efficiency, and safety on worksites and in back offices alike.
In this episode, Reese Tisdale speaks with Bluefield's Senior Research Director Eric Bindler who recently presented on AI to to the National Utility of Contractors Association (NUCA). Eric answers 3 major questions:
What is AI and its implications for the construction industry?
What is AI's potential impact on jobs?
What are the applications and who are some companies active in the AI space?
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AI in the Utility Construction Industry: Key Market Trends, Applications & Best Practices
Digital Water: Key Trends, Project Activity, and Market Outlook, Q1 2024 -
The Emergence of Collaborative Delivery for Water
Public sector water and wastewater project owners, engineering & design firms, and contractors are facing cost overruns, schedule delays, and contractual disputes that are slowing the execution and delivery of critical infrastructure.
These factors have prompted the development of new policies and project experiences, accelerating collaborative project delivery approaches. The methods include design-build, progressive design-build, construction manager at-risk approaches, and public-private partnerships.
Reese Tisdale is joined by Bluefield Senior Analyst Charlie Suse to discuss his recent analysis of collaborative delivery and its growing impact on water and wastewater infrastructure buildout in the U.S. Charlie outlines three main factors driving interest and policy changes in collaborative delivery:
Legislative momentum
Demonstrated activity and a growing portfolio of projects
Other factors such as utilities’ financial constraints, aging infrastructure, regulatory pressure, and climate change
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Related Research & Analysis:
Collaborative Project Delivery: State Policies and Market Trends for Water and Wastewater Infrastructure -
IIJA Project Funding Update: Where Are the Dollars Now?
A number of Bluefield clients have enquired about the status of IIJA project funds. Each program stands in terms of four funding phases: appropriated, announced, obligated, outlaid. Podcast host Reese Tisdale is joined by Bluefield Senior Analyst Isabel Kezman to discuss recent analysis of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. In this episode, Bluefield's water experts speak on the pace of project activity and funding timeline from its legislation in November 2021 to now.
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Related Research & Analysis:
Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act: Tracking the Spending, Q1 2024
IIJA Aims to Reduce Backlog of U.S. Tribal Water, Sewer Infrastructure Needs
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA): Breaking Down the Water Funding -
What is Private Equity's Role in Digital Water?
The global private equity (PE) sector has grown thirteenfold since 2000, wielding increasing influence over critical infrastructure sectors. The proliferation of digital technologies across the water industry has opened new growth avenues for select PE investors.
Reese Tisdale is joined by Bluefield Analyst Christine Ow, to discuss her recent research on the role of PE firms in the digital water segment. Our Bluefield water experts once again take a step back and define “Digital Water", and then identify some key market trends, including PE investments, key players, and outlook for the rest of 2024.
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Related Research & Analysis:
Private Equity’s Role in Digital Water: Investor Strategies and Competitive Positioning
Mapping the Global Digital Water Vendor Landscape: 2024 Update
The Digital Water Revolution: Global Digital Water Market Forecast, 2022-2030 -
What's the State of Private Participation in Water?
Reese Tisdale is joined by Bluefield Senior Analyst Charlie Suse to discuss recent research on Investor-Owned Utilities in water. Reese and Charlie spell out Bluefield's definition of "Private Water", followed by a dive into the market outlook, including: Utility M&A trends, what companies are paying for water systems, the influential players in the private water space, and where the market is heading through M&A, geographic shifts, and policy changes.
Reese also provides some key takeaways from Bluefield's recently published Europe Municipal Water CAPEX Forecast Report.
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Related Research & Analysis:
U.S. Private Water: Key Trends, M&A Activity, and Market Outlook, Q1 2024
Third-Party O&M for U.S. Water & Wastewater Utilities
Private Equity Takes Wheel of H2O Innovation -
The Role of 8 Japanese Trading Houses in Water
The eight Japanese trading companies, also known as “sogo shosha”, are Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsui Corporation, Hitachi Corporation, Itochu Corporation, Sumitomo Corporation, Marubeni Corporation, Toyota Tsusho, and Sojitz Corporation. Together these firms reported nearly US$600 billion in assets under management in 2023.
These companies are global, with positions in key markets geographically, and are a unique group with a number of investments in water. Bluefield President and Podcast Host Reese Tisdale and Bluefield's Senior Analyst Ethan Edwards discuss three major questions surrounding the role of these companies within water:
How are Japanese trading houses strategically positioned in the global water market, and what factors contribute to their investments in water-related assets?
What role do Japanese trading houses play in driving technological advancements and innovations in water management?
What are the notable collaborations between Japanese trading houses and local or international entities in the water sector?
"These are massive firms, almost battleships of organizations. They've been at it for so long that they've accumulated a wide network that spans globally. Together, they wield a significant influence across a wide network of industries."
--Ethan Edwards, Senior Analyst, Bluefield Research
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If you’d like to be informed of water market news, trends, perspectives and analysis from Bluefield Research, subscribe to Waterline, our weekly newsletter published each Wednesday.
Related Research & Analysis:
Japanese Trading Companies: Portfolio Strategies and Analysis
Global Desalination: Market Trends, Ownership Rankings, and Forecast, 2022–2028
COVID-19 Wastewater Analysis Gains Traction
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Reese and the Bluefield team have such a broad and deep knowledge of the water markets and they make their insights accessible and relevant in this podcast. This podcast is on the top of my ‘must listen to’ list.