Flood risk & defence

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With over 15 years’ experience of designing and implementing infrastructure civil works and flood defences for large at-risk sites, we are ideally placed to assess, advise, and protect your assets with innovative and sustainable solutions

We are proud of our many long-term client relationships. Making sure we fully understand your requirements enables us to provide the best possible service.

Thinking creatively ensures we propose alternative and innovative solutions that provide value and continuous improvement. By bringing together and managing a collaborative and communicative project team we deliver results you can trust.

Our work showcases the complexity of projects we have undertaken and design solutions that identify and solve our clients’ challenges. We see every project as unique and deserving of a dedicated, focused team from design through to completion.

Our team connects to share ideas and deliver quality client projects using bespoke solutions that satisfy all stakeholders. 

We collaborate across disciplines and with outside agencies to contribute to your project’s success finding solutions to issues and challenges they arise.

Latest flood related news

The impact of climate change on flooding in the UK
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The impact of climate change on flooding in the UK

The Environment Agency (EA) have previously shared that 5.2 million homes and businesses across England are at risk of flooding; that’s one in every six properties.
Understanding flood risk guarantees protection
Opinion

Understanding flood risk guarantees protection

Earlier this week the Environment Agency (EA) warned members of the public to be aware of the risk of flooding to their property. And with the Met Office forewarning of a particularly wet winter ahead (21/22) this could prove to very timely.
Flooding isn’t all about riverbanks overflowing
Opinion

Flooding isn’t all about riverbanks overflowing

When you hear the word flooding does your mind quickly flash to torrential rain causing riverbanks to overtop and dams to burst?
COP26: it’s time to make a watertight investment
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COP26: it’s time to make a watertight investment

On 13 October 2021 the Environmental Agency published warnings on climate change and how we must all “adapt or die.”
A Code of Practice for Property Flood Resilience
Opinion

A Code of Practice for Property Flood Resilience

Property Flood Resilience (PFR) is a key response to reducing the costs of repair, recovery time and reoccupation of buildings and thus reducing the misery and disruption caused to people and businesses affected by flooding.
Flood – payout – reinstate
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Flood – payout – reinstate

Our flooding specialist and contributor to the new Code of Practice for Property Flood Resilience, Ian Paton, discusses the benefits of flood prevention schemes.
Flood risk surveys: how to get the most out of a property flood assessment
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Flood risk surveys: how to get the most out of a property flood assessment

We have teamed up with FloodFlash to help commercial property owners know how to set up a flood risk analysis so they can prepare for flooding better.
Are we prepared for the impacts of climate change on flooding in the UK?
Opinion

Are we prepared for the impacts of climate change on flooding in the UK?

At the end of last year, The Environment Agency shared that 5.2 million homes and businesses across England are at risk of flooding, that’s one in every six properties.
Flooding – prevention is better than cure
Opinion

Flooding – prevention is better than cure

February has already seen two storms battering the British Isles, with homes and businesses counting the cost of high winds and months’ worth of rain. Now we have Storm Jorge on the way.
Flood defence – a watertight investment
Opinion

Flood defence – a watertight investment

On 9 May 2019, BBC News published an article on climate change and how flood planners across the country ‘must prepare for the worst’.

Case study

Flood defence case study: United Biscuits (pladisGroup)

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Case study

Flood risk consultancy: United Biscuits, Carlisle

After flooding at the client’s large factory site in Carlisle, for a second time in 11 years, Cluttons designed and project managed a comprehensive flood defence scheme to protect the site against future flood events.

Flood risk consultancy: United Biscuits, Carlisle

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James Banfield

Associate, building surveying

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Ian Paton

Partner, building surveying

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Ed Yeates

Project engineer, building surveying

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