Flood management | New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer Fri, 22 Nov 2024 09:36:53 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://emap-romulus-prod.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2023/07/favicon-nce192x-70x70.png Flood management | New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com 32 32 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com 125 75 Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer Leeds’ flood protection enhanced after 10-year scheme adopts mix of new and well-tried solutions https://www.newcivilengineer.com/in-depth/leeds-flood-protection-enhanced-after-10-year-scheme-adopts-mix-of-new-and-tested-solutions-22-11-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/in-depth/leeds-flood-protection-enhanced-after-10-year-scheme-adopts-mix-of-new-and-tested-solutions-22-11-2024/#comments Fri, 22 Nov 2024 04:00:23 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=286479 Completion of a 10-year programme of work in Leeds this autumn has delivered 1 in 200-year flood protection for the city and some engineering firsts for the UK too.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/in-depth/leeds-flood-protection-enhanced-after-10-year-scheme-adopts-mix-of-new-and-tested-solutions-22-11-2024/feed/ 1 Natural Resources Wales takes action against works which compromise flood defences https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/natural-resources-wales-takes-enforcement-action-against-works-which-compromise-flood-defences-28-10-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/natural-resources-wales-takes-enforcement-action-against-works-which-compromise-flood-defences-28-10-2024/#respond Mon, 28 Oct 2024 11:19:50 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=285486 Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has taken enforcement action against works which negatively impacted flood protection features.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/natural-resources-wales-takes-enforcement-action-against-works-which-compromise-flood-defences-28-10-2024/feed/ 0 Work for £10.6M flood risk management scheme in Stoke-on-Trent town centre begins https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/work-for-10-6m-flood-risk-management-scheme-in-stoke-on-trent-town-centre-begins-11-03-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/work-for-10-6m-flood-risk-management-scheme-in-stoke-on-trent-town-centre-begins-11-03-2024/#respond Mon, 11 Mar 2024 13:31:07 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=275397 The Environment Agency has begun work on its new £10.6M flood risk management scheme to better protect homes and businesses in Stoke-on-Trent town centre.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/work-for-10-6m-flood-risk-management-scheme-in-stoke-on-trent-town-centre-begins-11-03-2024/feed/ 0 Watch: How Kendal Flood Risk Management Scheme is enhancing resilience https://www.newcivilengineer.com/events/watch-kendal-flood-risk-management-scheme-enhancing-resilience-community-engagement-and-environmental-improvements-16-07-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/events/watch-kendal-flood-risk-management-scheme-enhancing-resilience-community-engagement-and-environmental-improvements-16-07-2023/#respond Sun, 16 Jul 2023 10:00:52 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=264199 This video is from NCE's Flood Resilience Forum 2023 held on 19 April 2023. WSP associate flood risk engineers Tom Fitzpatrick and Matt Wiltshire discuss how public engagement helped shape the preferred option for the Kendal Flood Risk Management Scheme. The project will hope to…

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/events/watch-kendal-flood-risk-management-scheme-enhancing-resilience-community-engagement-and-environmental-improvements-16-07-2023/feed/ 0 Flood resilience work under way on Edinburgh-Glasgow railway line https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/flood-resilience-work-under-way-on-edinburgh-glasgow-railway-line-17-04-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/flood-resilience-work-under-way-on-edinburgh-glasgow-railway-line-17-04-2023/#respond Mon, 17 Apr 2023 04:00:48 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=259263 Network Rail has begun a £3.5M programme to improve the heavy rain resilience of the railway between the North Lanarkshire villages of Croy and Dullatur.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/flood-resilience-work-under-way-on-edinburgh-glasgow-railway-line-17-04-2023/feed/ 0 Future of Floods | Change of approach to resilience spending starts to bear fruit https://www.newcivilengineer.com/the-future-of/future-of-flooding-change-of-approach-to-resilience-spending-starts-to-bear-fruit-28-07-2022/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/the-future-of/future-of-flooding-change-of-approach-to-resilience-spending-starts-to-bear-fruit-28-07-2022/#respond Thu, 28 Jul 2022 04:30:04 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=245628 Rewind to the summer of 2007: extreme rainfall in late June and late July led to severe flooding from the Home Counties to Yorkshire and across from the Midlands to South Wales. In all, 55,000 homes and businesses were flooded. Since then, things have changed.…

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/the-future-of/future-of-flooding-change-of-approach-to-resilience-spending-starts-to-bear-fruit-28-07-2022/feed/ 0 Floods review announced to help Wales adapt to climate change https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/floods-review-announced-to-help-wales-adapt-to-climate-change-18-05-2022/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/floods-review-announced-to-help-wales-adapt-to-climate-change-18-05-2022/#respond Wed, 18 May 2022 15:00:38 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=242872 An independent review of flooding events across Wales during the winter of 2020-21 has been launched, the Welsh Government has announced.

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