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CH2M Expands Flood Management Expertise in Europe with Project Wins Across the UK

The Environment Agency (England) recently awarded CH2M two significant flood defence projects, Bridgwater Tidal Barrier Appraisal and conducting the Avonmouth-Severnside Enterprise Area Ecology Mitigation and Flood Defence study. “These contracts build on…

UK’s Largest Water Utility Selects InfoWorks ICM

May 26, 2016 - in Corporate, Maintenance, Water

Broomfield, Colo., May 24, 2016 — Innovyze, a leading global innovator of business analytics software and technologies for smart wet infrastructure,…

Floods and Coastal Erosion May Expose Contents of UK Landfills, Study Finds

The contents of historic coastal landfill sites could pose a significant environmental threat if they erode, according to a new study from Queen Mary…

The UK’s National Infrastructure Commission Outlines Investment Plans

March 28, 2016 - in Financial, Planning

The UK unveiled a new National Infrastructure Commission in October to develop long-term infrastructure plans and to assess the needs early in each parliament. The plan is to create five-year plans and to fund new infrastructure projects from multiple sources,…

DNV GL Opens First Technical Assurance Laboratory for Smart Energy and Cybersecurity

March 16, 2016 - in Corporate, Design/Engineering, Energy

London, March 16, 2016— DNV GL has launched a new centre of excellence for both smart energy and cyber security testing expertise. This facility, which will specialise in smart metering assurance, is the first of its kind in the UK. As UK industry makes…

Keeping Transport Systems on Track

February 29, 2016 - in Corporate, Maintenance, Transportation

Feb. 29, 2016—Operators of UK transport networks are the first who are set to benefit from Live Land, a satellite-based land monitoring system developed through ESA. Transport operators across the UK face significant challenges in monitoring and detecting…

Jacobs Awarded Contract for Manchester Airport Transformation Program in UK

February 19, 2016 - in Projects, Transportation

PASADENA, Calif.—Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today it was awarded a contract to provide multidisciplinary engineering and selected architectural services to Manchester Airports Group (M.A.G) to support development of the Manchester…

Quantifying the Impact of Fish Ladders on River Flow Measurements

February 12, 2016 - in Analysis, Corporate, Maintenance, Water

HR Wallingford is helping the UK Environment Agency to understand the impact of fish passes on flow gauging structures. How do these structures, and their positioning, impact on the accuracy of flow measurements in the river? Results of this research will…

Private Sector Key to Smart City Success

February 12, 2016 - in Corporate, Design/Engineering, Smart Cities

If Smart Cities are to work for their citizens and communities, the private sector needs to make more of its data freely available, concludes a report by BSI (British Standards Institution) and Ordnance Survey (OS). The City Data Report, which was constructed…

New Coastal Flood Risk Model for the UK

February 9, 2016 - in Analysis, Corporate, Planning, Stormwater

Flooding from the sea represents a major threat to the UK; this was demonstrated most recently during the winter of 2013/14, when widespread flooding and damage occurred around much of the coastline. Whilst major advances have helped us to better assess flood…