Climate change is impacting the UK’s infrastructure in many ways, but flood risk, and in particular the risk of flooding from surface water, poses one of the most pressing challenges for engineers. Margo Cole reports.
A huge sustainable drainage project in Leeds aims to revolutionise efforts to improve urban flood resilience. Margo Cole reports.
Active collaboration and partnership between many different professions is essential for effective coastal management, delegates at the ICE’s recent Coastal Management 2019 conference heard. The conference was part of the ICE’s Water Knowledge Programme and was held in partnership with the Environment Agency. More than 200 coastal management professionals attended…
National Grid has awarded Barhale three flood defence improvement contracts, together worth £7.5M.
Wavin’s Q-Bic Plus range of sustainable drainage products offers design and installation benefits and come with on site assistance.
Early registration tickets for the ICE’s ninth Coastal Management conference will be available until 31 May.
The Environment Agency has named the winning contractors and consultants on its new collaborative delivery framework to deliver its £2.6bn capital investment programme.
The final outline design for the Environment Agency’s plan to build a new flood channel alongside the River Thames has been completed.
A £1bn annual investment in flood protection in the UK will be needed up until 2065, an economic assessment by the Environment Agency (EA) has found.
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