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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
