Flood Protection | 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 Protection | 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 Balfour Beatty secures £27M contract for Comrie Flood Protection in Scotland https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/balfour-beatty-secures-27m-contract-for-comrie-flood-protection-in-scotland-06-09-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/balfour-beatty-secures-27m-contract-for-comrie-flood-protection-in-scotland-06-09-2024/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 10:56:59 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=283256 Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £27M contract by Perth and Kinross Council to establish a flood protection scheme in Comrie, aiming to protect 189 properties.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/balfour-beatty-secures-27m-contract-for-comrie-flood-protection-in-scotland-06-09-2024/feed/ 0 North Ayrshire £48M flood scheme offshore works complete and £4.6M sea wall installed https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/north-ayrshire-48m-flood-scheme-offshore-works-complete-and-4-6m-sea-wall-installed-02-05-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/north-ayrshire-48m-flood-scheme-offshore-works-complete-and-4-6m-sea-wall-installed-02-05-2024/#respond Thu, 02 May 2024 09:06:29 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=277549 North Ayrshire Council has seen milestones on two flood coastal with offshore works completed on the £48M Millport Flood Protection Scheme and construction of the £4.6M Largs sea wall entering its final stage.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/north-ayrshire-48m-flood-scheme-offshore-works-complete-and-4-6m-sea-wall-installed-02-05-2024/feed/ 0 National Infrastructure Commission criticises Government on surface water flood response https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/national-infrastructure-commission-criticises-government-on-surface-water-flood-response-13-03-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/national-infrastructure-commission-criticises-government-on-surface-water-flood-response-13-03-2024/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:10:05 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=275470  The government has responded to the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) study on reducing the risk of surface water flooding, but has not accepted a number of the report’s recommendations.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/national-infrastructure-commission-criticises-government-on-surface-water-flood-response-13-03-2024/feed/ 0 Innovative Thinking | New SuDS Adoption https://www.newcivilengineer.com/sponsored/innovative-thinking-new-suds-adoption-24-01-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/sponsored/innovative-thinking-new-suds-adoption-24-01-2023/#respond Tue, 24 Jan 2023 11:00:04 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=254970 Changes to the design and construction guidance for adoptable sewers gives the green light for arch-shaped attenuation chambers.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/sponsored/innovative-thinking-new-suds-adoption-24-01-2023/feed/ 0 Jacobs wins job on largest coastal protection scheme in north-west Europe https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/jacobs-wins-job-on-largest-coastal-protection-scheme-in-north-west-europe-27-09-2022/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/jacobs-wins-job-on-largest-coastal-protection-scheme-in-north-west-europe-27-09-2022/#respond Tue, 27 Sep 2022 03:48:39 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=249734 Irish Rail has awarded Jacobs the contract to develop the "largest coastal protection scheme" in northwestern Europe.  

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/jacobs-wins-job-on-largest-coastal-protection-scheme-in-north-west-europe-27-09-2022/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 Glass flood defence installed on Severn Estuary https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/glass-flood-defence-installed-on-severn-estuary-01-03-2022/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/glass-flood-defence-installed-on-severn-estuary-01-03-2022/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2022 13:48:36 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=239091 A “hybrid” flood defence made of glass panels on a concrete base has been installed at New Passage, South Gloucestershire, to preserve views of the Severn Estuary.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/glass-flood-defence-installed-on-severn-estuary-01-03-2022/feed/ 1 Flood protection work on West Coast Main Line begins https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/flood-protection-work-on-west-coast-main-line-begins-04-01-2022/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/flood-protection-work-on-west-coast-main-line-begins-04-01-2022/#respond Tue, 04 Jan 2022 14:00:08 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=236283 Major work started today on the section of the West Coast Main Line between Milton Keynes and Rugby railway stations to protect the tracks from flooding during heavy rainfall events.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/flood-protection-work-on-west-coast-main-line-begins-04-01-2022/feed/ 0 Future of Flooding | How partnerships can deliver more flood protection https://www.newcivilengineer.com/the-future-of/future-of-flooding-how-partnerships-can-deliver-more-flood-protection-23-12-2021/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/the-future-of/future-of-flooding-how-partnerships-can-deliver-more-flood-protection-23-12-2021/#respond Thu, 23 Dec 2021 06:15:47 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=235995 Government investment in flood defences is significant, but is it enough? Partnership funding can boost overall investment in such schemes but the private sector’s contribution so far has been low. 

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