Campaigners have demanded action after research revealed that thousands of flood-protection assets in England were deemed to be in bad condition.
A Freedom of Information request from the investigative arm of action group Greenpeace showed that, of England’s 64,000 “high consequence” flood defences, 4,200 were rated “poor” or “very poor” by…
The village of Hemsby in Norfolk has fallen victim to coastal erosion again, losing another home to demolition following a failed bid for coastal defence funding.
The demolition, the sixth this year, took place on 28 October on the coastal stretch known as The Marrams to prevent the home from collapsing…
The Environment Agency has confirmed that work will begin on a £10M flood alleviation scheme at Tenbury Wells in Worcestershire next year after the town was greatly impacted by Storm Babet.
The storm saw the town centre flooded and necessitated road closures in and around the town due to flooding. While…
The recently completed flood defence scheme in Stonehaven, near Aberdeen, has helped protect the town against Storm Babet which has been causing chaos for Scotland’s infrastructure over the past week.
The Stonehaven Flood Protection Scheme was completed on 23 August after works began in the spring of 2019. It was designed…
The £4.5bn Thames Tideway Tunnel super sewer project has reached a milestone with the placement of a concrete lid on the Nine Elms site, the most central on the 25km project.
Back in 2018, the 30m wide and 50m deep shaft on Kirtling Street saw two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) lowered…
Engineering schedules have been ripped up by Storm Babet, with many works cancelled and emergencies occurring elsewhere.
Storm Babet, a complex area of low pressure which developed to the west of the Iberian Peninsula, was named by the Met Office on 16 October and was forecast to last through last weekend.…
New requirements of The Environment Act and intensifying regulatory expectations are driving new approaches for the water sector.
The water industry in England and Wales is transitioning between five-year asset management plans (AMP) which is always a challenging time. The final phase of AMP7 (2020-2025) is being carried out during…
Balfour Beatty has started construction of a key element of a £69M flood-protection project in Wales.
The contractor this month began installing revetment steps for the western section of the Central Rhyl Coastal Defence Scheme for Denbighshire County Council. Balfour is replacing more than 600m of century-old sea walls in the…
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced an $800M (£655M) allotment for rural infrastructure projects. Although the funding may seem insignificant, it will greatly increase the number of new projects launched in 2024.
It is also important to note that the federal funding, in almost every case, will be…
Improving UK infrastructure to drive economic growth and meet climate goals is both achievable and affordable – if the government makes the right policy decisions now, the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has said.
The government’s independent advisory body has released its second National Infrastructure Assessment – setting out a programme for…
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