https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/5m-lagoon-built-to-stop-gloucestershire-railway-flooding-failed-during-storm-henk-11-01-2024/ Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer Fri, 12 Jan 2024 11:26:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif https://www.newcivilengineer.com 125 75 Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/5m-lagoon-built-to-stop-gloucestershire-railway-flooding-failed-during-storm-henk-11-01-2024/#comment-4611 Fri, 12 Jan 2024 11:26:34 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=272698#comment-4611 It appears from the comments by Network Rail that the system performed within it’s design parameters, so did not “fail” but was overwhelmed. NCE needs to be more careful about its terminology, not following the lead of the popular press in lambasting engineers for working within constraints.

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