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CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION<br />

PREVIEW<br />

EVERYONE’S<br />

GOING–<br />

ARE YOU?<br />

CONVENED BY<br />

RISK RESILIENCE AND RESPONSE<br />

IN A CHANGING CLIMATE<br />

Telford International Centre, 28-30 March 2017<br />

SUPPORTERS<br />

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CONTENTS<br />

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS,<br />

SUPPORTERS AND MEDIA PARTNERS<br />

GOLD SPONSOR<br />

SILVER SPONSORS<br />

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SUPPORTERS<br />

3 Chairs welcome<br />

What’s on<br />

4 Flood & Coast Networking App<br />

5 Event at a Glance<br />

2017 Advisory Committee<br />

6 Events Schedule<br />

Conference Programme<br />

7 Conference 2017<br />

8 Conference Day 1<br />

14 Conference Day 2<br />

20 Conference Day 3<br />

24 Free Seminar Live series<br />

Exhibition<br />

26 Exhibitor List<br />

Resilient Homes<br />

27 Exhibitor Profiles<br />

Event Information<br />

33 Media Partners<br />

34 Conference Awards Dinner<br />

35 Opening Times<br />

Venue<br />

Travel and Accommodation<br />

Contacts<br />

Flood & Coast Networking App<br />

Engage with us<br />

www.floodandcoast.com<br />

@floodandcoast<br />

www.linkedin.com/<br />

groups/8348972<br />

2 28-30 March 2017


CHAIR’S WELCOME<br />

Clare Dinnis<br />

Deputy Director of Strategy, Environment Agency and Chair<br />

of Advisory Committee<br />

Welcome to the Flood and Coast<br />

Conference 2017. This is a fantastic<br />

opportunity for the flood and<br />

coastal risk community to come<br />

together to share the latest in<br />

delivery and research, learn from one another’s<br />

experiences, and build resilience through connections.<br />

After the success of the first event in 2016 we are<br />

delighted to return with a programme developed<br />

by a range of flood and coastal risk management<br />

partners, including professionals involved in scheme<br />

design and delivery as well as public authorities<br />

and community groups that help to plan and build<br />

resilience to flooding.<br />

This year we will explore three themes essential<br />

to the delivery of effective flood and coastal risk<br />

management (FCRM). On Day 1 we will look at<br />

leadership in FCRM, with examples of leadership<br />

and new initiatives across different parts of the FCRM<br />

community – council partners, infrastructure providers,<br />

business, agriculture and local communities.<br />

Following the devastating floods in winter 2015/16<br />

we have seen a new dynamic in partnership<br />

working across England, driving forward planning at<br />

catchment level through collaborative partnerships.<br />

I am delighted that we have representatives from<br />

some of these initiatives to share their experiences<br />

and stories this year.<br />

On Day 2 we will focus on the importance of flood<br />

risk management to local growth, and examine<br />

issues relevant to local authorities and communities<br />

across England. This will include the role of land use<br />

planning in FCRM, the future of sustainable drainage,<br />

and the delivery of property level resilience. We will<br />

also explore the practical tools and support available<br />

to risk management authorities.<br />

On Wednesday evening we host our annual<br />

Project Excellence Awards at the conference dinner. I<br />

am delighted to see so many entries from across the<br />

FCRM community and look forward to recognising<br />

the range of partners and project teams that have<br />

contributed to improved flood resilience in 2016.<br />

On Day 3 we will look more widely at the<br />

opportunities for integrated water management. Our<br />

programme will cover the delivery and development<br />

of natural flood management as well as global<br />

perspectives on flood and water management. This<br />

will be an important opportunity to look forward and<br />

as part of this we will hear from Government on the<br />

development of the 25 Year Environment Plan.<br />

For me the unique element of this conference is<br />

the diversity of the FCRM delivery community – I<br />

look forward to the collective energy that this event<br />

will bring as well as the opportunities for learning<br />

and inspiring our future work together.<br />

Look out for our daily email with some of the<br />

highlights from each day and take part in the debate<br />

via #FloodandCoast17. You can also join the Flood<br />

and Coast Linkedin Group (www.linkedin.com/<br />

groups/8348972) to keep in touch with the network<br />

after the event.<br />

In addition to the speakers and exhibitors, I<br />

would also like to take this opportunity to thank our<br />

sponsors, supporters and media partners who play<br />

an essential role in making this event happen.<br />

CONVENED BY<br />

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4 28-30 March 2017


EVENT AT A GLANCE<br />

Flood & Coast 2017 is a conference<br />

and exhibition bringing together the<br />

Environment Agency, local authorities,<br />

infrastructure owners, civil engineers,<br />

planners, surveyors and architects,<br />

consultancies, contractors, emergency<br />

responders, community groups, utility<br />

companies and universities to facilitate the<br />

exchange of innovation and best practice<br />

across the FCRM sector.<br />

CONFERENCE<br />

Register today to attend the multi-stream conference with its<br />

over-arching theme of risk, resilience and response.<br />

PLENARY SESSIONS<br />

Hear senior representatives from the Environment Agency and<br />

FCRM Community Stakeholders debate current FCRM issues and<br />

future trends.<br />

CONFERENCE SESSIONS<br />

The 30+ sessions feature over 150+ speakers drawn from<br />

the UK, Europe, and the US. Main themes include: policy<br />

and strategy; modelling & forecasting; people, property and<br />

communities; infrastructure & asset management; emergency<br />

response and global climate change.<br />

EXHIBITION<br />

The 80+ exhibitors represent specialists from across the<br />

entire supply chain delivering FCRM technology and solutions,<br />

including the leading contractors to the Environment Agency<br />

Water and Environment Management (WEM) framework.<br />

» SEE THE EXHIBITOR LIST ON PAGE 26 OR VIEW THE<br />

FULL EXHIBITOR LIST AT WWW.FLOODANDCOAST.COM<br />

EXHIBITION ‘SEMINAR LIVE’ THEATRE<br />

The free-to-attend exhibition includes a dedicated theatre<br />

with a full programme of free seminars. These sessions take<br />

place in the dedicated Theatre on the exhibition floor, which<br />

is separate from the main conference<br />

» FULL SEMINAR LIVE PROGRAMME ON PAGE 24<br />

EXHIBITION FEATURES<br />

The exhibition will host several features including The Sunday<br />

Times Resilient Home competition finalists and winners and a<br />

Networking reception for all on Tuesday 28 evening<br />

FLOOD & COAST DINNER<br />

The Flood & Coast dinner is being held on the evening<br />

of Wednesday 29 March at Telford International Centre.<br />

Featuring the Project Excellence Award presentations, there<br />

will be a chance to view the award entries and network with<br />

industry colleagues. The event will include entertainment<br />

from Dominic Holland.<br />

» BUY TICKETS ONLINE OR HERE<br />

2017 Advisory<br />

Committee<br />

Please join us in thanking the<br />

Environment Agency and industry<br />

advisory committee who have worked<br />

tirelessly over the past nine months to<br />

shape the conference themes, select<br />

presentations and speakers, and provide<br />

general guidance and support.<br />

Clare Dinnis, Chair<br />

Deputy Director for Flood and Coastal Risk<br />

Management – Environment Agency<br />

Josie Bateman<br />

Vice Chair ADEPT Flood & Water Management<br />

Group & Flood Manager Northamptonshire Council<br />

Tim Bowen<br />

Executive Director, Corporate Development – Costain<br />

Rhiannon Clancy<br />

FCRM Engagement Manager – Environment Agency<br />

Paul Cobbing<br />

Chief Executive – National Flood Forum<br />

Lisa Constable<br />

Weather Resilience & Climate Change Strategy<br />

Manager – Network Rail<br />

Katharine Evans<br />

National Flood & Coastal Risk Manager –<br />

Environment Agency<br />

Ben Fletcher<br />

Assistant Director Energy, Environment and Transport,<br />

Civil Contingencies Secretariat – Cabinet Office<br />

Mark Garrett<br />

Flood Risk Manager for Greater Manchester,<br />

Merseyside and Cheshire – Environment Agency<br />

Nick Hardiman<br />

Senior Coastal Adviser FCRM Directorate –<br />

Environment Agency<br />

Gareth Heatley<br />

Managing Director Water, Europe – CH2M<br />

Rod Hulse<br />

Consultant, Fellow ICE<br />

Ben Johnstone<br />

Area FCRM Manager for Devon and Cornwall –<br />

Environment Agency<br />

Dr Chrissy Mitchell<br />

Principal Research Scientist, Flooding & Communities<br />

Evidence Directorate – Environment Agency<br />

Fola Ogunyoye<br />

Technical Director Water Europe and Leading<br />

Professional for Flood Resilience Rivers, Deltas<br />

and Coasts – Royal HaskoningDHV<br />

Innes Thomson<br />

Chief Executive – Association of Drainage Authorities<br />

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EVENT SCHEDULE<br />

TUESDAY<br />

28 MARCH<br />

08:30-17.30 Registration open<br />

08:30-18:30 Exhibition open<br />

11:00-17:30 Seminar Live Theatre,<br />

Exhibition Hall (Free to attend)<br />

09:15-10:45 Plenary session:<br />

LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY<br />

How are flood and coast<br />

partners, at every level, showing<br />

leadership and working together<br />

to reduce flood risk?<br />

(Conference delegates only)<br />

10:30-11:30 Refreshment break<br />

11:00 onwards Conference sessions:<br />

(Paid for conference delegates only)<br />

11:30-13:00 Powerful projects in<br />

partnership I<br />

11:30-13:00 Future flood forecasting<br />

systems, measures and<br />

approaches<br />

11:00-12:30 Managing the risk to UK’s<br />

critical national infrastructure<br />

11:00-12:30 Innovation and sustainability<br />

11:00 onwards Seminar Live session:<br />

(Free to attend)<br />

11:00-12:30 Community flood groups in<br />

their own words – working<br />

with us to manage local flood<br />

risk.<br />

12:30-14:30 Lunch<br />

14:00 onwards Conference sessions:<br />

(Paid for conference delegates only)<br />

14:00-15:30 Powerful projects in<br />

partnership II<br />

14:00-15:45 Modelling local flood risk<br />

14:30-16:00 Is your infrastructure your<br />

most most important asset?<br />

What strategies can be used to<br />

protect it against flood?<br />

14:30-15:30 Supply chain briefing:<br />

government sector<br />

15:30-16:30 Refreshment break<br />

16:00 onwards Conference sessions:<br />

(Paid for conference delegates only)<br />

16:30-17:30 Funding for flood alleviation<br />

16:00-17:30 Developments in coastal flood<br />

forecasting<br />

16:30-17:30 Managing the risks to rail and<br />

road bridges from scour<br />

16:00-17:30 Valuing our data. How do we<br />

best utilise and share it?<br />

16:00 onwards Seminar Live session:<br />

(Free to attend)<br />

16:00-17:30 Innovations in data, products<br />

and technology<br />

17:30-18:30 Networking reception in<br />

the Exhibition Hall. Open to all<br />

WEDNESDAY<br />

29 MARCH<br />

08:30-17:30 Registration open<br />

08:30-18:30 Exhibition open<br />

11:00-17:30 Seminar Live Theatre,<br />

Exhibition Hall (Free to attend)<br />

09:15-10:30 Plenary session:<br />

ENABLING GROWTH<br />

How can flood and coast<br />

partners work with communities<br />

and local authorities to deliver<br />

sustainable growth?<br />

(Conference delegates only)<br />

10:30-11:30 Refreshment break<br />

11:00 onwards Conference sessions:<br />

(Paid for conference delegates only)<br />

11:30-13:00 New and different approaches<br />

to partnership working<br />

11:30-13:00 Delivering property level<br />

resilience<br />

11:00-12:30 The future of sustainable drainage<br />

11:00-12:30 Our cities are the powerhouse<br />

of UK economic growth – are<br />

we doing enough to make<br />

them resilient to flood risk?<br />

11:00 onwards Seminar Live session:<br />

(Free to attend)<br />

11:00-12:30 Community flood risk planning –<br />

what can we offer people at risk<br />

and how can they get involved?<br />

12:30-14:30 Lunch<br />

14:00 onwards Conference sessions:<br />

(Paid for conference delegates only)<br />

14:00-15:30 Delivering FCRM schemes together<br />

– a selection of some of the best<br />

partnership FCRM projects<br />

14:00-15:30 Strategic planning on the coast<br />

14:30-15:30 Planning for flood risk<br />

14:30-15:30 Flood visualisation in a digital world<br />

14:00 onwards Seminar Live session:<br />

(Free to attend)<br />

14:30-15:30 Supply chain briefing:<br />

Government sector<br />

15:30-16:00 Refreshment break<br />

16:00 onwards Conference sessions:<br />

(Paid for conference delegates only)<br />

16:00-17:30 Flood recovery – lessons learned<br />

16:30-17:30 Sustainable coastal communities<br />

16:30-17:30 Tools and support for risk<br />

management authorities<br />

16:00-17:30 Managing our FCRM assets to<br />

enable growth<br />

16:00 onwards Seminar Live session:<br />

(Free to attend)<br />

16:00-17:30 Working with communities at<br />

risk: the research<br />

18:00-23:00 Flood and Coast 2017<br />

Dinner featuring The Project<br />

Excellence Awards (ticketed event)<br />

See page 34 for further info<br />

and tickets<br />

THURSDAY<br />

30 MARCH<br />

08:30-14:30 Registration open<br />

08:30-14:30 Exhibition open<br />

11:00-14:30 Seminar Live Theatre,<br />

Exhibition Hall (Free to attend)<br />

09:15-10:30 Plenary session: GLOBAL<br />

PERSPECTIVES AND INTEGRATION<br />

How can a more integrated<br />

approach to water management<br />

improve outcomes for people,<br />

places and the environment?<br />

(Conference delegates only)<br />

10:30-11:30 Refreshment break<br />

11:00 onwards Conference sessions:<br />

(Paid for conference delegates only)<br />

11:30-13:00 Water – managing the extremes<br />

11:30-13:00 Under pressure – responding to<br />

a flood emergency<br />

11:00-12:30 Natural flood alleviation –<br />

realising the potential<br />

11:00-12:30 Learning from international cities’<br />

approaches to flood risk<br />

11:00 onwards Seminar Live session:<br />

(Free to attend)<br />

11:00-12:30 Health and Flooding / Business<br />

and Flooding<br />

12:30-14:00 Lunch<br />

14:00 onwards Conference sessions:<br />

(Paid for conference delegates only)<br />

14:00-15:30 Ecosystem services: quantifying<br />

the wider benefits of FCRM<br />

schemes for the environment<br />

14:00-15:30 International perspectives on<br />

resilience and response<br />

14:00-15:30 Natural flood alleviation in<br />

practice<br />

14:00-15:30 What does the future hold for<br />

FCRM asset management?<br />

15:30-16:00 Closing Session<br />

LOCATION<br />

......................................................................................................................Foyer<br />

.......................................................................................... Exihibition Hall<br />

................................................................................................................ Room 1<br />

...............................................................................................................Room 2<br />

...............................................................................................................Room 3<br />

...............................................................................................................Room 4<br />

.......................................................................................... Gallery, Level 1<br />

..................... Seminar Live Theatre, Exhibition Hall<br />

PLEASE NOTE<br />

Events taking place in the foyer and main<br />

exhibition hall are open to all. Plenary and<br />

conference sessions are for conference<br />

delegates only<br />

6 28-30 March 2017


CONFERENCE: 28-30 MARCH<br />

CONFERENCE<br />

PASS<br />

Admission to the 3 day<br />

FCRM conference is by<br />

registration<br />

Included: attendance at all conference<br />

sessions, exhibition & Seminar Live on<br />

days specified, lunch and refreshments<br />

each day, post event access to papers and<br />

presentations (electronic).<br />

PRICES:<br />

3 day standard rate:.......£535 +VAT<br />

3 day reduced* rate:.....£430 +VAT<br />

1 day standard rate:.......£260 +VAT<br />

1 day reduced* rate:........£215 +VAT<br />

Speaker rate:..............................£200 +VAT<br />

for up to 2 additional days<br />

STUDENT/ACADEMIC RATES:<br />

1 day:...............................................................£72 +VAT<br />

3 days:.......................................................£195 +VAT<br />

* Note: reduced rate applies to: Environment<br />

Agency staff, local authority elected members<br />

and officials, LLFA members and members<br />

of ICE, CIWEM, CIRIA, ADA, The Emergency<br />

Planning Society, Construction Industry<br />

Council, Future Water Association, British<br />

Water, BDMA members and Water Industry<br />

Forum. Proof of membership status may be<br />

requested on site.<br />

CONFERENCE<br />

2017<br />

In addition to the free-to-attend exhibition<br />

and free seminar live series, a detailed<br />

technical conference with over 32<br />

conference presentations will take place<br />

across the three days. These sessions will<br />

include high profile speakers from the<br />

Environment Agency, and speakers from<br />

across the UK and abroad. The conference<br />

has been very competitively priced<br />

to encourage comprehensive<br />

attendance.<br />

The programme content and timings maybe<br />

subject to change without notice – please<br />

check website www.floodandcoast.com<br />

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CONFERENCE: DAY 1 / TUESDAY 28 MARCH<br />

PLENARY SESSION<br />

LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY<br />

WELCOME:<br />

JOHN CURTIN: Executive<br />

Director of Flood & Coastal Risk<br />

Management, Environment Agency<br />

How are flood and coast partners, at every level, showing leadership and working together to reduce flood risk?<br />

TIME<br />

09:15<br />

10:45<br />

SPEAKERS<br />

Emma Howard Boyd: Chair, Environment Agency<br />

Jason Gooding: Chief Executive, Carlisle City Council<br />

Minette Batters: Deputy President, National Farmers Union<br />

Phiala Mehring: Integrated Flood Risk Campaigner<br />

Peter Simpson: Chief Executive, Anglian Water<br />

POWERFUL PROJECTS<br />

IN PARTNERSHIP I<br />

ROOM 1<br />

CHAIRED BY: ALISON BAPTISTE<br />

Director of Strategy & Investment, Environment Agency<br />

Latest examples of FCRM delivery, demonstrating leadership by risk management authorities and communities<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

11:30<br />

13:00<br />

Jane Burch: Suffolk County Council<br />

Michael Adams: Environment Agency<br />

Colette Walmsley: Environment Agency<br />

Holistic water management project<br />

Rea catchment partnership - delivery through adaptability<br />

Playing to partner’s strengths to achieve success on a major project<br />

Rachel Bird: WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff<br />

Tim Ellingham: Royal Haskoning DHV<br />

Flood defences for rural communities<br />

Packaging, integrated teams and co-location – does it really help?<br />

FUTURE FLOOD FORECASTING SYSTEMS,<br />

MEASURES AND APPROACHES<br />

ROOM 2<br />

CHAIRED BY: CRYSTAL MOORE<br />

Head of Flood Forecasting Centre, Environment Agency<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

11:30<br />

13:00<br />

Liz Anspoks: Environment Agency<br />

Stefan Laeger: Environment Agency<br />

Future direction of flood forecasting<br />

The Future Flood Forecasting System (FFFS) for England – a step change to<br />

embed a response driven and forecast led approach to flood incidents<br />

Tim Harrison: Environment Agency<br />

Hayley Bowman: Environment Agency<br />

David Ramsbottom: HR Wallingford<br />

A flood forecasting and warning service performance measure<br />

NaFRA2: developing a single scalable flood risk assessment for England<br />

Visualising flood risk: a view from the street<br />

The programme content and timings may be subject to change without notice – please check website www.floodandcoast.com<br />

8 28-30 March 2017


LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY<br />

MORNING SESSIONS<br />

MANAGING THE RISKS TO UK’S CRITICAL<br />

NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE<br />

ROOM 3<br />

CHAIRED BY: JOHN DORA<br />

Dora Consulting<br />

Flood frequency is increasing and recent events have demonstrated how quickly infrastructure can become exposed. This session<br />

provides a view on the resilience of our national infrastructure and whether major flood risk projects should be considered as<br />

nationally significant infrastructure projects.<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

11:00<br />

12:30<br />

Scene setting panel of major infrastructure holders including: ABP, National Grid & Network Rail<br />

Will McBain: Arup<br />

Nanco Dolman: Royal Haskoning DHV<br />

HS2 approach to flood risk and resilience<br />

Creating water sensitive airports in times of climate change<br />

Gordon McCreath: Pinsent Mason<br />

A national policy statement for flood defences: A route-map to ensure critical<br />

projects can be consented and delivered<br />

INNOVATION AND<br />

SUSTAINABILITY<br />

ROOM 4<br />

CHAIRED BY: DEREK ANTROBUS<br />

Chairman North West FRCC & Salford Council<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

11:00<br />

12:30<br />

Steve Moore: Environment Agency<br />

Fiona Moore: Land & Water Services<br />

Sally Sudworth: Environment Agency<br />

David Riley: Anglian Water<br />

Reducing our environmental footprint – why it matters<br />

The carbon story: exchanging learning with industry partners<br />

Katie Born: CH2M<br />

Richard Barnes: Jackson Construction<br />

Jim Barlow: Environment Agency<br />

Andrew Mandle: Environment Agency<br />

Kat Ibbotson: Environment Agency<br />

Ian Corder: Environment Agency<br />

Co-working on cracking the e:Mission challenge<br />

The data story – the data revolution<br />

Carbon cost and efficiency – let’s make the connection<br />

“To prepare for and recover from emergencies well, we have to prepare<br />

together; Flood and Coast 2017 is a great opportunity to get government,<br />

industry, academia and communities together to think about how we’ve done<br />

things in the past and how we can do things in the future.”<br />

Ben Fletcher, Assistant Director Energy, Environment and Transport, Civil Contingencies Secretariat<br />

The programme content and timings may be subject to change without notice – please check website www.floodandcoast.com<br />

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CONFERENCE: DAY 1 / TUESDAY 28 MARCH<br />

POWERFUL PROJECTS<br />

IN PARTNERSHIP II<br />

ROOM 1<br />

CHAIRED BY: JULIE FOLEY<br />

Area Manager, Environment Agency<br />

Latest examples of FCRM delivery, demonstrating leadership by risk management authorities and communities<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

14:00<br />

15:30<br />

Fay Bull: AECOM<br />

Eilis Furlong: Northumbrian Water<br />

Luke Lovell: CH2M<br />

The Isle of Axholme: working in partnership to make the strategy a reality<br />

Partnerships – changing mindsets and doing the right thing<br />

Partnership working in Avonmouth and Severnside: tackling big challenges to<br />

achieve big benefits<br />

Sun Yan Evans: Mott MacDonald<br />

Louise Pennington: Natural Resources Wales<br />

What can we learn from flood management of the River Axe? – an award<br />

winning project<br />

Integrated delivery of the Wales coastal flooding review – challenges and<br />

successes<br />

MODELLING LOCAL<br />

FLOOD RISK<br />

ROOM 2<br />

CHAIRED BY: PAUL ELLIS<br />

Innovation Director, GeoSmart Information<br />

Exploring the drivers and challenges for developing local flood risk modelling and case studies across a range of sources<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

14:00<br />

15:45<br />

Elliot Gill: CH2M<br />

Micheline Hounjet: Deltares<br />

High intensity! Future flood risk in urban and rapid response catchments<br />

Utilising a collaborative modelling tool to increase awareness on critical<br />

infrastructure inter-dependencies<br />

Rachel Jensen: BMT WBM<br />

Rob Lamb: JBA<br />

Paul Ellis: GeoSmart Information<br />

Graeme Boyce: Met Office<br />

Simon Lewis: Environment Agency<br />

Floods maps for surface water and beyond: understand limitations and<br />

improving decision making<br />

An assessment of the probability of extreme flood flows from a national<br />

perspective<br />

Implementing a groundwater flood forecasting service for the Flood<br />

Forecasting Centre<br />

Development of an operational, risk-based approach to surface water flood<br />

forecasting<br />

How do you ensure the largest detailed model of its type ever commissioned<br />

by the Environment Agency (possibly in the world) is built robustly?<br />

The programme content and timings may be subject to change without notice – please check website www.floodandcoast.com<br />

10 28-30 March 2017


LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY<br />

AFTERNOON SESSIONS<br />

IS YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE YOUR MOST<br />

IMPORTANT ASSET? WHAT STRATEGIES CAN<br />

BE USED TO PROTECT IT AGAINST FLOOD?<br />

ROOM 3<br />

CHAIRED BY: PAUL MARTIN GIBBONS<br />

Principal Asset Management Consultant, CH2M<br />

Flooding can cause extensive damage to infrastructure assets from rural communities to urban areas. This session looks at asset<br />

management strategies from: maintaining and managing river channel capacity; managing transport assets: rail and port; to ensuring<br />

aging assets continue to afford the protection we have become accustomed to.<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

14:30<br />

16:00<br />

Andy Hughes: Atkins Ltd<br />

Duncan Faulkner: JBA Consulting<br />

Mark Davin: AECOM<br />

Dams in the society: good or bad?<br />

Are we safe from reservoir flooding?<br />

Hinksey flood alleviation scheme: increasing the resilience of the UK rail<br />

network<br />

Ryan Rooprai: AECOM<br />

Port of Immingham sea defence improvements<br />

14:30<br />

15:30<br />

SUPPLY CHAIN BRIEFING –<br />

PRIVATE SECTOR<br />

ROOM 4<br />

Three major engineering contracting companies undertaking a range of flood alleviation projects will discuss how they<br />

structure complex projects and how they engage with the supply chain and specialist service providers.<br />

“Whether you’re interested in strategy, science, delivery or engagement, Flood<br />

& Coast 2017 offers an exciting spread of coastal interest throughout all three<br />

days. Local authorities will be especially interested in day two, whilst day<br />

three brings in international perspectives. From infrastructure to environment,<br />

homes and businesses, the coast brings its own flooding and erosion<br />

management challenges and opportunities. Flood & Coast 2017 is a great<br />

forum to see how it fits together, and meet the people involved.”<br />

Nick Hardiman, Environment Agency<br />

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CONFERENCE: DAY 1 / TUESDAY 28 MARCH<br />

FUNDING FOR FLOOD<br />

ALLEVIATION<br />

ROOM 1<br />

CHAIRED BY: DAVID COOPER<br />

Head of Flood & Coastal Risk Management, Defra<br />

Exploring mechanisms for FCRM funding, setting out the funding landscape and the role for government, RMA’s and others<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

16:30<br />

17:30<br />

Wesley Jones: Environment Agency<br />

Paul Mackie: Coastal Partnership East,<br />

Seconded from University of Cambridge<br />

Filling the funding gap – experiences from Hampshire and Sussex<br />

Innovative financing for flood and coastal resilience: “Great project, but how<br />

do we pay for it?”<br />

Julia Beeden: Cambridgeshire County Council<br />

Lindsey Ions: Ardent Consulting Engineers<br />

Holistic partnership approaches to project delivery, funding and local levy<br />

allocation in Cambridgeshire<br />

10 years since 2007 – Local flood risk management in West Berkshire<br />

DEVELOPMENTS IN COASTAL<br />

FLOOD FORECASTING<br />

ROOM 2<br />

CHAIRED BY: MARK RUSSELL<br />

Flood Forecasting Manager, Environment Agency<br />

Good modelling and forecasting can save money. A key theme for this session is using better modelling to optimise management<br />

interventions, whether in defence designs or beach management. In particular, it showcases some recent work to bring more reliable<br />

wave modelling into our forecasting, and to ensure our modelling standards are consistent and comparable.<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

16:00<br />

17:30<br />

Keming Hu: Royal Haskoning DHV<br />

Tim Pullen: HR Wallingford<br />

Are we over-designing or under-designing coastal defence: interaction between<br />

coastline and wave angle<br />

Paull Tidal defence optimisation using 2d and 3d physical modelling<br />

Andrew Stevens: Canterbury City Council<br />

Hakeem Johnson: CH2M<br />

Practical guidance on the calculation of beach trigger levels and the<br />

implications for beach management<br />

Standards for modelling of flooding in open coasts and large estuaries<br />

The programme content and timings may be subject to change without notice – please check website www.floodandcoast.com<br />

12 28-30 March 2017


LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY<br />

AFTERNOON SESSIONS<br />

MANAGING THE RISKS TO RAIL AND<br />

ROAD BRIDGES FROM SCOUR<br />

ROOM 3<br />

CHAIRED BY: NICK TEDSTONE<br />

Professional Head of Structures, Network Rail<br />

The erosive power of flood water has been a key consideration of bridge engineers in designing water course crossings. This session<br />

looks at methods of assessing areas subject to scour and a range of methods for scour management.<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

16:30<br />

17:30<br />

Hamish Hall: WSP Parsons Brinkerhoff<br />

Martin Hawkswood: Proserve Ltd<br />

Tom Card: LandScope Engineering Ltd<br />

Don’t forget scour – managing erosion more naturally<br />

Flooding and bridge scour protection<br />

The application of 3D sonar scanning for management of critical underwater<br />

assets<br />

Panagiotis Michalis: University of Zagreb<br />

Bridge scour management system (BRIDGE-SMS) to assess flood hazards at<br />

civil infrastructure<br />

VALUING OUR DATA – HOW DO<br />

WE BEST USE AND SHARE IT?<br />

ROOM 4<br />

CHAIRED BY: MARTIN WHITWORTH<br />

Deputy Director Data, Mapping, Modelling & Information, Environment Agency<br />

How can we put a value on data? This is one of the questions posed in this session in relation to the increasingly powerful body of<br />

national coastal monitoring data available to risk management authorities. Here we explore how to manage, share and use data<br />

intelligently – especially at the coast – and demonstrate how Environment Agency erosion maps are also helping with asset data<br />

management and shoreline management planning.<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

16:00<br />

17:30<br />

Al Rumson: Cranfield University<br />

Conor Smyth: IMGeospatial/Intelligent<br />

Modelling Ltd<br />

Big data driving forward coastal management<br />

Evolving DTMs as improved data intelligence for enhanced flood risk<br />

modelling and resilience<br />

Alan Frampton: CH2M<br />

Tim Jolley: Mouchel<br />

Stewart Rowe: Scarborough Council<br />

The first update of the National Coastal Erosion Risk Map<br />

The challenge of data quality, calibration uncertainty and freeboard – two<br />

Scottish examples<br />

Valuing coastal monitoring data<br />

NETWORKING RECEPTION IN THE EXHIBITION HALL<br />

TUESDAY 28 MARCH – 17:30-18:30<br />

OPEN<br />

TO<br />

ALL<br />

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OPEN TO ALL<br />

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CONFERENCE: DAY 2 / WEDNESDAY 29 MARCH<br />

PLENARY SESSION<br />

ENABLING GROWTH<br />

CHAIRED BY: TOBY WILLISON: Executive Director<br />

of Operations, Environment Agency<br />

How can flood and coast partners work with communities and local authorities to deliver sustainable growth?<br />

TIME<br />

09:15<br />

10:30<br />

SPEAKERS<br />

Tony Meggs: Chief Executive, Infrastructure and Projects Authority<br />

Richard Blyth: Head of Policy and Practice for The Royal Town Planning Institute<br />

Graham Brogden: Director of Technical Claims, AVIVA<br />

Cllr. Keith House: Leader of Eastleigh Borough Council and Deputy Chair of The Local Government Association’s Economy,<br />

Environment, Housing and Transport Board<br />

NEW AND DIFFERENT APPROACHES<br />

TO PARTNERSHIP WORKING<br />

ROOM 1<br />

CHAIRED BY: PAULA HEWITT<br />

Director of Commissioning and Lead Commissioner for Economic and Community Infrastructure,<br />

Somerset County Council & Chair of ADEPT Environment Board<br />

Latest examples of partnership projects led by a range of authorities in differing geographies.<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

11:30<br />

13:00<br />

Amy Heys: Environment Agency<br />

Bill Parker: Coastal Partnership East<br />

Elliot Robertson: Scottish Envrionmental<br />

Protection Agency<br />

A more inclusive way of planning for flood risk – Cumbria after Storm Desmond<br />

Forging the new relationships in coastal management<br />

Partnership working in Scotland<br />

Matthew Hodkin: Environment Agency<br />

Reducing flood risk in York – what do our customers want?<br />

DELIVERING PROPERTY<br />

LEVEL RESILIENCE<br />

ROOM 2<br />

CHAIRED BY: MARY DHONAU, OBE<br />

Chair of Flood Protection Group, Property Care Association & Chief Executive, Know Your Flood Risk Campaign<br />

Following the Bonfield Report, this session looks at the delivery of property level resilience measures, lessons learned and next steps for partners<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

11:30<br />

13:00<br />

Shirley Greenwood: Environment Agency<br />

Stephen Hodgson: Property Care Association<br />

Jessica Lamond: University of the West<br />

of England<br />

Flood risk modelling across Government and the insurance industry<br />

Recognising and delivering resilience in recovery<br />

Supporting resilience during recovery, researching the role of reinstatement<br />

professionals<br />

Andrew Tagg: HR Wallingford<br />

Ed Barsley: University of Cambridge<br />

Developments in property resistance and resilience<br />

Retrofitting resilience: a methodology for assessing community flood resilience<br />

The programme content and timings may be subject to change without notice – please check website www.floodandcoast.com<br />

14 28-30 March 2017


ENABLING GROWTH<br />

MORNING SESSIONS<br />

THE FUTURE OF<br />

SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE<br />

ROOM 3<br />

CHAIRED BY: INNES THOMSON<br />

Chief Executive, Association of Drainage Authorities (ADA)<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

11:00<br />

12:30<br />

Bronwyn Buntine: Sustainable Drainage Team<br />

Leader, Kent County Council<br />

Tom Lester: Environment Agency<br />

Karen Thomas: East Suffolk<br />

Richard Kellagher: HR Wallingford<br />

Paul Hargreaves: CH2M<br />

Peter Robinson: AECOM<br />

Scene setter<br />

4 years of public sector co-operative working, challenges, successes and the<br />

future<br />

Working together on the coast – delivering an integrated approach to coastal<br />

management<br />

SuDs design for catchment flood protection - are current criteria appropriate?<br />

Does retrofitting stormwater green infrastructure support urban regneration<br />

for communities?<br />

North Glasgow integrated water management system: using a scheduled<br />

ancient monument and modern technology to unlock regeneration<br />

OUR CITIES ARE THE POWERHOUSE OF THE UK<br />

ECONOMIC GROWTH – ARE WE DOING ENOUGH<br />

TO MAKE THEM RESILIENT TO FLOOD RISK?<br />

ROOM 4<br />

CHAIRED BY: GARETH HEATLEY<br />

Managing Director Water Europe, CH2M<br />

This session brings together a range of experience from several of the UK’s larger cities, outside of London. With the context of “Delivering<br />

water resilient and adaptive cities” we will hear details of flood risk management initiatives in Sheffield, Leeds, York and Bristol.<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

11:00<br />

12:30<br />

Fola Ogunyoye: Royal Haskoning DHV<br />

Will McBain: Arup<br />

Scene setter – Delivering water-resilient and water-adaptive cities<br />

Sheffield flood protection programme engagement strategy<br />

Michael Coulson: BAM Nuttall Mott MacDonald<br />

Robin Campbell: Arup<br />

Christian Lomax: AECOM<br />

Leeds flood alleviation scheme - a model for the future<br />

Delivering a strategy to manage tidal flood risk to Bristol to maximise<br />

resilience and minimise impact on future prosperity<br />

York Flood Management Plan<br />

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CONFERENCE: DAY 2 / WEDNESDAY 29 MARCH<br />

DELIVERING FCRM SCHEMES TOGETHER<br />

– A SELECTION OF SOME OF THE BEST<br />

PARTNERSHIP FCRM PROJECTS<br />

ROOM 1<br />

CHAIRED BY: HANNAH BURGESS<br />

Flood Risk Manager, Staffordshire County Council<br />

Be inspired by some of the best examples of FCRM projects delivered in partnership. Industry experts will share their experiences and<br />

discuss how effective partnerships can be built together to deliver great schemes.<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

14:00<br />

15:30<br />

David Ramsbottom & Anthony Hurford:<br />

HR Wallingford<br />

Robin Campbell: Ove Arup and Partners<br />

Melissa Mahaver-Snow: Natural Resources Wales<br />

The use of existing reservoirs for flood alleviation<br />

Managing risk to Risca<br />

Nick Cooper: Royal Haskoning DHV<br />

Tony Leney: Environment Agency<br />

Pedro Braga: AECOM<br />

Andrew Cameron: Environment Agency<br />

Partnership working: delivering resilient protection to critical infrastructure in<br />

Sandsend Road<br />

Exmouth tidal defence scheme: achieving more through partnership<br />

Re-connecting people with the River Medway – Aylesford to Allington Lock<br />

Towpath creation<br />

Who is Harry and where is his hill? Working with communities to reduce flood<br />

risk<br />

STRATEGIC PLANNING<br />

ON THE COAST<br />

ROOM 2<br />

CHAIRED BY: CHAIR TO BE ANNOUNCED<br />

Shoreline Management Plans set our strategic goals for coastal risk management, and are maintained as living documents responsive<br />

to change and opportunity. This session takes us through a review of one of these plans, and the challenges to delivering its goals. One<br />

challenge is environmental risk, and here we explore how to properly account for it – and turn risk into innovation and opportunity for<br />

people and wildlife.<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

14:00<br />

15:30<br />

Nigel Pontee: CH2M<br />

Gregor Guthrie: Royal Haskoning DHV<br />

Rob Shore: WWT<br />

Dispelling the myths surrounding coastal squeeze<br />

Quo vadis – Cornwall and Isles of Scilly SMP mid-term review<br />

A new vision for the Severn Estuary – the multiple benefits of working with nature<br />

Nick Bean: Mott MacDonald<br />

Integration to deliver innovation to the North Kent Coast<br />

The programme content and timings may be subject to change without notice – please check website www.floodandcoast.com<br />

16 28-30 March 2017


ENABLING GROWTH<br />

AFTERNOON SESSIONS<br />

PLANNING FOR<br />

FLOOD RISK<br />

ROOM 3<br />

CHAIRED BY: JOSIE BATEMAN<br />

Flood Risk Manager, Northamptonshire Council & Vice Chair ADEPT Flood & Water Management Group<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

14:30<br />

15:30<br />

Hugh Ellis: Town & Country Planning<br />

Association<br />

Hilary Ellis: Cambridgeshire County Council<br />

Embedding long term flood resilience in local planning policy<br />

Shared District and County Council approaches to policy planning for and<br />

implementation of flood water management<br />

Mark Shepard: Jacobs<br />

Aaron Wadhams: Berkeley Homes<br />

Warrington flood alleviation scheme – innovations in approach<br />

Planning for flood resilience - case studies in collaborative working<br />

FLOOD VISUALISATION<br />

IN A DIGITAL WORLD<br />

ROOM 4<br />

CHAIRED BY: CATHERINE WRIGHT<br />

Director of Digital, Knowledge and Innovation, Environment Agency<br />

Ordnance Survey, Shoothill, Environment Agency and the University of the West of England will share the latest thinking and<br />

technology supporting flood risk management. From drones to Twitter, capturing flood memories to 3D visualisation you’ll be inspired<br />

by the possibilities digital technology is bringing to our industry.<br />

TIME<br />

14:30<br />

15:30<br />

SPEAKERS<br />

Carol Hanks: Ordnance Survey<br />

Rod Plummer: Shoothill<br />

Deb Summerskill: Environment Agency<br />

Nick Jones: Environment Agency<br />

Lindsey McEwen: University of the West<br />

of England<br />

Joseph Clarke: CH2M<br />

Roy McIntosh: Scottish Environment<br />

Protection Agency<br />

Using social media for flood warning dissemination<br />

Flood Digital, the past and the future<br />

Sustainable flood memories, lay knowledges and the development of<br />

community resilience to future flood risk<br />

Innovative visualisation for effective coastal flood incident management<br />

How can we make our flood forecasting information better used by a<br />

wider audience<br />

“This conference and exhibition is about networking, capacity building, and<br />

an enhanced understanding of how the supply chain links together to deliver<br />

successful projects for the wider benefit of flood risk reduction.”<br />

Josie Bateman, Flood & Water Manager, Northamptonshire County Counci<br />

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CONFERENCE: DAY 2 / WEDNESDAY 29 MARCH<br />

FLOOD RECOVERY –<br />

LESSONS LEARNED<br />

ROOM 1<br />

CHAIRED BY: IAN WHITEHOUSE<br />

Deputy Director Civil Contingencies Secretariat, Cabinet Office<br />

When the waters recede the hardest and most challenging work begins. What are the immediate concerns and priorities for agencies<br />

responsible? How do we work collaboratively in order to get back to normal? What is normal and how can we adapt to make<br />

communities more resilient for future floods?<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

16:00<br />

17:30<br />

Chris Allman: Mott MacDonald<br />

Jonathan Farrar: Environment Agency<br />

Steve Hamer: VBA<br />

Using hydraulic modelling tools to support better flood recovery<br />

Croston breach emergency repair<br />

Mark Thompson: Calderdale Council<br />

Jonathan Moxon: Leeds City Council<br />

One year on – learning from the response to the 2015 flood<br />

Recovery in the Yorkshire area<br />

SUSTAINABLE COASTAL<br />

COMMUNITIES<br />

ROOM 2<br />

CHAIRED BY: JEREMY PARR<br />

Head of Flood and Incident Risk Management, Natural Resources Wales<br />

The earlier session, Strategic planning at the coast, focuses on environmental risk to strategic coastal management goals. This session<br />

focusses on the challenge of adaptation for people and property, asking fundamental questions of what can be done to move people<br />

from risk on a changing coastline, with a high profile example from Wales. Where protection is an option, it is increasingly being done in<br />

a way that better connects people with their coastal environment – including the UK’s first potential ‘sand engine’.<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

16:30<br />

17:30<br />

Bill Parker: Coastal Partnership East<br />

Jaap Flikweert: Royal Haskoning DHV<br />

Can we adapt to a changing coastline?<br />

Sandscaping at Bacton, Norfolk: protecting critical infrastructure and<br />

benefitting communities<br />

Kevin Keating: Mott MacDonald<br />

Emyr Williams: Pembrokeshire County Council<br />

Coastal protection as a platform for regeneration – The Colywn Bay Waterfront<br />

Project<br />

Communities facing change - managed realignment on the West of Wales<br />

Coastline<br />

The programme content and timings may be subject to change without notice – please check website www.floodandcoast.com<br />

18 28-30 March 2017


ENABLING GROWTH<br />

AFTERNOON SESSIONS<br />

TOOLS AND SUPPORT FOR RISK<br />

MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES<br />

ROOM 3<br />

CHAIRED BY: LYNNE FROSTICK<br />

Research Professor University of Hull; Board Member for Flood and Coastal Risk Management,<br />

Environment Agency<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

16:30<br />

17:30<br />

Steve Nicholls: Environment Agency<br />

Andrew Powell: Environment Agency<br />

WEM Framework<br />

The Infrastructure Innovation Portal (13P) – an infrastructure sector<br />

innovation network that will improve the delivery of FCRM infrastructure<br />

Paul Cross: Environment Agency<br />

Kate Marks: Environment Agency<br />

Skills challenges and opportunities<br />

One version of the truth: Environment Agency shaping and using<br />

ResilienceDirect<br />

MANAGING OUR FCRM ASSETS<br />

TO ENABLE GROWTH<br />

ROOM 4<br />

CHAIRED BY: BEN JOHNSTONE<br />

Area Flood and Coastal Risk Manager, Devon & Cornwall, Environment Agency<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

16:00<br />

17:30<br />

David Ramsbottom: HR Wallingford<br />

Richard Sharp: Environment Agency<br />

A dredging strategy for flood management on the River Parrett and River<br />

Tone in Somerset<br />

Delivering sustainable and cost effective channel management<br />

Matthew Kuhn: CH2M<br />

Kevin Keating: Mott MacDonald<br />

The Thames Estuary Asset Management Programme<br />

New FCRM appraisal guidance for Wales<br />

“Conferences like this open minds and stimulate ideas, providing the<br />

opportunity to candidly discuss what could be the next ‘big step’; advancing<br />

our capability to deal with the growing problem of flood and coastal erosion.”<br />

Chrissy Mitchell, Integrated Assessment Manager, Environment Agency<br />

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CONFERENCE: DAY 3 / THURSDAY 30 MARCH<br />

PLENARY SESSION<br />

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES AND INTEGRATION<br />

CHAIRED BY: JOHN CURTIN: Executive<br />

Director of Flood and<br />

Coastal Risk Management,<br />

Environment Agency<br />

How can a more integrated approach to water management improve outcomes for people, places and the environment?<br />

TIME<br />

09:15<br />

10:30<br />

SPEAKERS<br />

Sarah Hendry: Director of Floods & Water, Defra<br />

Emma Fitzgerald: Executive Director, Severn Trent plc<br />

Bruce Keith: President CIWEM<br />

WATER – MANAGING<br />

THE EXTREMES<br />

ROOM 1<br />

CHAIRED BY: CLARE DINNIS<br />

Deputy Director Strategy Delivery, Environment Agency<br />

TIME<br />

11:30<br />

13:00<br />

SPEAKERS<br />

Manuela de Mauro: Project Manager, Committee on Climate Change<br />

Hazel Durant: Head of Water & Floods Integration, Defra<br />

Polly Hardy: Head of Asset Management & Strategy, Yorkshire Water<br />

Jez Westgarth: Cumbria & Lancashire AMT & Pioneer Lead, Environment Agency<br />

UNDER PRESSURE – RESPONDING<br />

TO A FLOOD EMERGENCY<br />

ROOM 2<br />

CHAIRED BY: KATHERINE RICHARDSON<br />

Dept for Communities and Local Government<br />

It’s 3 AM, you’ve been up for 16 hours and there’s a risk that 100 houses will flood before sunrise. What do you do next? Real life<br />

experiences of responding to floods in the UK from strategic through to tactical and operational responses. Presenters and panel will<br />

consider how decisions are made and what information, techniques, roles and tools we need to make timely choices and take action.<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

11:30<br />

13:00<br />

Chris Regan: Environment Agency<br />

Stuart Hosking-Durn: University Hospitals of<br />

Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust<br />

Under pressure – managing the response to major incidents<br />

Maintaining safe patient care in the face of Storm Desmond<br />

John Greenway: Environment Agency<br />

Flood events: site controller’s view<br />

Peter May: JBA Consulting Review of the responses to flooding in Cumbria following Storm Desmond –<br />

what can we learn from the response?<br />

Kyle Chandler: Chief Fire and Rescue<br />

Mobile rapid deployment pumping stations<br />

The programme content and timings may be subject to change without notice – please check website www.floodandcoast.com<br />

20 28-30 March 2017


GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES AND INTEGRATION<br />

MORNING SESSIONS<br />

NATURAL FLOOD ALLEVIATION –<br />

REALISING THE POTENTIAL<br />

ROOM 3<br />

CHAIRED BY: TIM COLLINS<br />

Principal Specialist – Coasts and Flood Management, Natural England<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

11:00<br />

12:30<br />

Duncan Huggett: Environment Agency<br />

Steve Maslen: JBA Consultants<br />

Natural flood management – realising the potential<br />

Assessing the integration of ecosystem services into decision making for<br />

implementing natural flood management measures in FRM schemes<br />

Ted Thomas: Environment Agency<br />

Jonathan Walker: Moors for the<br />

Future Partnership<br />

Lydia Burgess Gamble: Environment Agency<br />

The challenges and opportunities of delivering natural flood management<br />

The role of the uplands in reducing downstream flood risk<br />

Working with natural processes to reduce flood risk and improve the<br />

environment<br />

LEARNING FROM INTERNATIONAL CITIES’<br />

APPROACHES TO FLOOD RISK<br />

ROOM 4<br />

CHAIRED BY: PROFESSOR RALPH RAYNER<br />

London School of Economics and Chairman Sonardyne International<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

11:00<br />

12:30<br />

Bridget Woods Ballard: HR Wallingford<br />

Sun Yan Evans: Mott MacDonald<br />

UK SuDs and Chinese Sponge Cities: solving the problems of urban flood risk<br />

management?<br />

Climate risk to water supply infrastructure in Shanghai<br />

Karol McCusker: AECOM<br />

Luke Strickland: Ramboll Environ<br />

Professor Joseph Owolabi Ajayi: Obafemi<br />

Awolowo University<br />

Future proofing Dublin – South Campshires Flood Protection Scheme<br />

Cloudburst – lessons from Copenhagen<br />

Flood alleviation and flood water management strategies for Ibadan<br />

Metropolis, south-western Nigeria<br />

“If you want to know anything about where flood risk management is going ,<br />

Flood and Coast is where you have to be. Flooding is one of the big issues of<br />

the age. What do we need to do? How are we going to manage our risks in<br />

the future?”<br />

Paul Cobbing, CEO, National Flood Forum<br />

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CONFERENCE: DAY 3 / THURSDAY 30 MARCH<br />

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES: QUANTIFYING THE<br />

WIDER BENEFITS OF FCRM SCHEMES FOR<br />

THE ENVIRONMENT<br />

ROOM 1<br />

CHAIRED BY: CLAIRE JOHNSTONE<br />

Economics Manager, Environment Agency<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

14:00<br />

15:30<br />

Damien Keneghan: CH2M<br />

Emma McKinley: Cardiff University<br />

FCERM scheme development - where is the value in ecosystem services<br />

assessment?<br />

RESILCOAST: Strengthening Welsh coastal resilience against flooding and<br />

erosion<br />

Francesca Moore: Black & Veatch<br />

Chris White: AECOM<br />

Ecosystems services valuation and funding in flood risk management: the<br />

River Thames Scheme<br />

Realising nature’s value in infrastructure – examples from National Grid and<br />

Yorkshire Water<br />

INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES<br />

ON RESILIENCE AND RESPONSE<br />

ROOM 2<br />

CHAIRED BY: CAROLINE DOUGLASS<br />

Director Incident Management & Resilience, Environment Agency<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

14:00<br />

15:30<br />

Kees Dorst: Infram BV<br />

Susan Gildon & Chad Berginnis: National<br />

Association of Flood and Stormwater<br />

Management Agencies<br />

The (im)possibility of implementing temporary flood barriers in Dutch dike<br />

reinforcements<br />

Lessons learned in flood risk management in the U.S. through multi-billion<br />

dollar events<br />

Garrett Avery: AECOM<br />

Robert McCall: Deltares<br />

Rebuilt by design Meadowlands: improved resilience for floodplain<br />

communities<br />

RISC-KIT: Resilience-increasing strategies for coasts<br />

“Flood & Coast is the focal point for this professional community, and fosters<br />

new ways of approaching traditional problems.”<br />

Nick Hardiman, Senior Coastal Advisor, Environment Agency<br />

The programme content and timings may be subject to change without notice – please check website www.floodandcoast.com<br />

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GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES AND INTEGRATION<br />

AFTERNOON SESSIONS<br />

NATURAL FLOOD ALLEVIATION<br />

IN PRACTICE<br />

ROOM 3<br />

CHAIRED BY: CHRIS UTTLEY<br />

Stroud District Council<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

14:00<br />

15:30<br />

Mark Crussel: AECOM<br />

Iain Blackwell: Jacobs UK Ltd<br />

Fonthill Park SuDs Scheme, Bristol<br />

Natural flood management - an integrated land management case study in<br />

Devon<br />

Renuka Gunasekara: Arcadis Consulting<br />

Barry Hankin: JBA Consulting<br />

Challenges and benefits of green infrastructure and water sensitive urban<br />

design at UK’s first eco-town at NW Bicester<br />

Modelling, mapping and engaging with nature based flood risk regulation for<br />

the Eden, Derwent and Kent catchments<br />

WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR<br />

FCRM ASSET MANAGEMENT?<br />

ROOM 4<br />

CHAIRED BY: KEN ALLISON<br />

Director of Allocation and Asset Management, Environment Agency<br />

TIME SPEAKERS PRESENTATION TITLE<br />

14:00<br />

15:30<br />

Kevin Burgess: CH2M<br />

Peter Slater: Costain<br />

Chris O’Dwyer: Environment Agency<br />

Asset deterioration – the impact of climate change<br />

Smart solutions for 21st Century infrastructure<br />

Innovative survey techniques for management of flood risk assets<br />

Ian Anderson: geosphere4d<br />

Multi-sensor survey techniques for coastal landslide monitoring and analysis<br />

at Folkestone Warren<br />

1530 – 1600 – CLOSING PLENARY SESSION<br />

“I would like people to leave the conference and exhibition with far more<br />

contacts and ideas to help them and understand the part they play in shaping<br />

the future of flood and coastal risk management.”<br />

Clare Dinnis, Deputy Director Strategy Delivery – Flood & Coastal Risk Management, Environment Agency<br />

The programme content and timings may be subject to change without notice – please check website www.floodandcoast.com<br />

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SEMINAR LIVE / FREE TO ATTEND<br />

SEMINAR<br />

LIVE<br />

SESSIONS<br />

DAY 1 / 11:00 – 12:30<br />

COMMUNITY FLOOD GROUPS IN<br />

THEIR OWN WORDS – WORKING<br />

WITH US TO MANAGE LOCAL<br />

FLOOD RISK<br />

Overview<br />

We know that working with affected communities is crucial to<br />

managing flood risk. But how do community groups want to work<br />

with us? Regional Flood & Coast Committee chair Anne Wheeler will<br />

host four local flood action groups in a discussion about:<br />

» Engaging with the various organisations involved in managing<br />

flood risk<br />

» How partnership working can really work<br />

» Community leadership – what does it looks like, how can<br />

organisations support community leaders and let communities lead?<br />

This session is a great opportunity to ask questions and get valuable<br />

insight into what makes community flood groups tick.<br />

DAY 1 / 16:00 – 17:30<br />

INNOVATIONS IN DATA, PRODUCTS<br />

AND TECHNOLOGY<br />

Overview<br />

The latest innovations in data, products and technology will be<br />

showcased and discussed. Speakers include representatives from:<br />

» Telespazio<br />

» Flood Modeller Suite<br />

» Rainwater Harvesting<br />

» Others TBC<br />

THESE<br />

SESSIONS ARE<br />

FREE<br />

FOR ANYONE<br />

TO ATTEND<br />

The programme content and timings maybe subject to change without notice – please check website www.floodandcoast.com<br />

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SEMINAR LIVE / FREE TO ATTEND<br />

DAY 2 / 11:00 – 12:30<br />

COMMUNITY FLOOD RISK<br />

PLANNING – WHAT CAN WE OFFER<br />

PEOPLE AT RISK AND HOW CAN<br />

THEY GET INVOLVED?<br />

Overview<br />

Have you ever been asked by a member of the public how they can<br />

get more involved in managing their flood risk? If so, this session is<br />

for you! National Flood Forum’s Jennifer Jarrett will chair a session<br />

with industry experts from DCLG, Civil Contingencies Secretariat,<br />

Warwickshire County Council alongside experienced community<br />

flood action leaders to explore how individuals and communities can<br />

get more involved in managing their own risk – from planning to<br />

emergency response.<br />

Speakers include<br />

» Chair: Jennifer Jarrett – National Flood Forum<br />

» Michael Green: Warwickshire County Council – Beyond the<br />

Pathfinder – Which Way Now?<br />

» Jonathan Simm PhD: Direct action self-help (DASH) groups in UK<br />

» Community leader TBC<br />

DAY 2 / 16:00– 17:30<br />

WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES<br />

AT RISK: THE RESEARCH<br />

Overview<br />

We are learning more all the time about the effects of flooding on<br />

people and communities. Expert speakers will share their latest<br />

research and insights. They will take part in a panel debate to discuss<br />

how their research can help us improve the way we work with<br />

communities before, during and after flooding.<br />

Speakers include<br />

» Kate Crinion: Ulster University, Bouncing forward after the rain. An<br />

investigation into perceptions of community resilience after the<br />

2015 winter floods in Cumbria<br />

» Cathryn Marcus: Groundwork South, Helping South West<br />

communities to help themselves<br />

» Tim Farr: Southwell Flood Forum, Local responsibility for resilience<br />

» Andrew Clark: The Top of the Tree “This Is Not The Panacea” and<br />

other lessons from the production of High Water Common Ground”<br />

DAY 2 / 14:30– 15:30<br />

SUPPLY CHAIN BRIEFING:<br />

GOVERNMENT SECTOR<br />

Overview<br />

This panel session will discuss the supply chain of government<br />

funded projects and the workings of the Environment Agency capital<br />

programme, the WEM Framework and local authority projects.<br />

Speakers include<br />

» Ken Allison: Director of Allocation and Asset Management<br />

» Steven Nicholls: Supplier Relationship Manager, Environment Agency<br />

» Andy Brown: FCRM Manager Cumbria, Environment Agency<br />

DAY 3 / 11:00 – 12:30<br />

HEALTH AND FLOODING / BUSINESS<br />

AND FLOODING<br />

We share the latest flood risk research and developments in health<br />

and business in two rapid 40 minute sessions, chaired by National<br />

Flood Forum’s CEO Paul Cobbing.<br />

Speakers (Health) include<br />

» Paul Sayers: Sayers and Partners, Flood resilience in<br />

disadvantaged areas<br />

» Jessica Lamond: University of West of England, Factors affecting<br />

psycho-social impacts of flooding<br />

Speakers (Business) include<br />

» Lindsey McEwen: University of West of England, ‘Knowledges for<br />

resilience’ and barriers and motivators to flood risk adaptation for<br />

small business owners in the UK)<br />

» Tanya Wilkins: UKCIP, University of Oxford, Practical guidance for<br />

SMEs preparing for and responding to flooding<br />

» James Mead: Environment Agency, Sheffield’s Lower Don Valley<br />

Flood Alleviation Scheme – Local contributions to construction and<br />

maintenance through a Business Improvement District (BID)<br />

» Namrata Bhattacharya Mis: University of West of England, Flood risk<br />

and the fragility of businesses due to repeated flooding<br />

The programme content and timings maybe subject to change without notice – please check website www.floodandcoast.com<br />

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SHOWCASING<br />

THE SUNDAY<br />

TIMES RESILIENT<br />

HOME DESIGN<br />

COMPETITION<br />

Homes are being built in England’s highest risk flood areas<br />

at almost twice the rate of housing development outside<br />

flood plains, storing up problems for the future. As a special<br />

feature at the show, Flood and Coast 2017 will showcase<br />

The 2016 Sunday Times British Homes Awards Resilient<br />

Home Design Competition winning and commended<br />

companies and individuals. There will be a full display<br />

area showcasing both the innovation and design of these<br />

adaptable flood resilient homes.<br />

2016 Winner<br />

» JTP Architects and Ed Barsley: A Home for all Seasons<br />

The WINNING entry in The Sunday Times Resilient Home<br />

Design Competition, was designed by Ed Barsley in<br />

collaboration with JTP.<br />

‘The ‘Home for All Seasons’<br />

is designed to take extreme<br />

weather in its stride – a place<br />

to live in comfort throughout<br />

the year. Whether torrential rain<br />

causes flooding, blazing sun<br />

causes a heatwave or it’s so<br />

cold that there’s a big freeze, the<br />

‘Home for All Seasons’ will keep<br />

you safe and sound.’<br />

Commended projects also on show:<br />

» Steve Algar / Quorus PGL: Fresh House<br />

» BACA Architects: Village Green to Village Blue<br />

» Alma-nac: The Adaptable House<br />

» ReForm Architects: Lifted House<br />

EXHIBITOR LIST<br />

OVER 80 EXHIBITORS INCLUDING<br />

THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY WILL<br />

DEMONSTRATE THE VERY LATEST<br />

TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION<br />

IN FLOOD PREVENTION AND<br />

ALLEVIATION. THE EXHIBITION AND<br />

SEMINAR LIVE SESSIONS ON THE<br />

EXHIBITION FLOOR ARE COMPLETELY<br />

FREE TO ATTEND.<br />

• ABPmer<br />

• AECOM (Silver Sponsor)<br />

• Aitken & Howard<br />

• Arup<br />

• BMT WBM<br />

• BMM JV<br />

• British Geological Survey<br />

• CEMEX<br />

• Centre for Ecology<br />

and Hydrology<br />

• CH2M (Silver Sponsor)<br />

• Cleantech Business News<br />

• Concrete Canvas<br />

• Controlstar Systems<br />

• CIWEM<br />

• COWI<br />

• CPM Group<br />

• Dyrhoff<br />

• Ebsford Environmental<br />

• Emergency Planning<br />

Society<br />

• Environment Agency<br />

• ESG<br />

• Forterra<br />

• Flood Control<br />

International<br />

• Flood Modeller Suite<br />

• Geodesign Barriers<br />

• Geoline<br />

• Geomarine<br />

• Grass Concrete<br />

• H R Wallingford<br />

(Bronze Sponsor)<br />

• Hesselberg Hydro<br />

• IBS Engineered Products<br />

(Bronze Sponsor)<br />

• Inero<br />

• Institution of Civil<br />

Engineers<br />

• Insituform Technologies<br />

• J T Mackley<br />

(Bronze Sponsor)<br />

• JBA Consulting<br />

• KGAL<br />

• Lakeside Flood Solutions<br />

• Land and Water Services<br />

• LandScope Engineering<br />

• Moore Concrete Products<br />

• National Flood Forum<br />

• Ovenden Earth Moving<br />

• Propex Operating Co.<br />

• RAB Consultants<br />

• Rainwater Harvesting<br />

• Raymond Brown<br />

• Salix<br />

• Shoothill<br />

• Smartlift<br />

• Sunday Times Awards<br />

• Telespazio VEGA<br />

• Tempo PCE<br />

• TMS Maritime Ltd<br />

• UK Flood Barriers<br />

• UK Flood Defences<br />

• Valeport<br />

• Van Heck Group<br />

• Van Oord<br />

(Gold Sponsor)<br />

• VBA Joint Venture<br />

(Silver Sponsor)<br />

• Vikoma International<br />

• VolkerBrooks<br />

• Water and Wastewater<br />

Treatment<br />

• Waterbriefing<br />

• Wavin<br />

• WET News<br />

• WM Plant Hire<br />

• WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff<br />

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28-30 March 2017


EXHIBITORS<br />

SOME OF THIS YEAR’S EXHIBITORS…<br />

VAN OORD<br />

Van Oord, one of the world’s leading<br />

dredging and marine contractors,<br />

has been established in the United<br />

Kingdom since 1924 and specialises in<br />

capital and maintenance dredging, port<br />

development, coastal defence, land<br />

reclamation and pipeline installation.<br />

The company’s specialised<br />

professionals have an unrivalled<br />

experience in and understanding of<br />

marine construction projects in the<br />

UK. In addition, we are able to draw<br />

upon Van Oord’s 5,000 staff who are<br />

available to support our operations<br />

and be deployed on our projects as<br />

need demands.<br />

The visionary engineering projects<br />

of our clients can only be accomplished<br />

by the best people working with the<br />

latest technology. Consequently, Van<br />

Oord owns, operates and maintains<br />

a world leading state-of-the-art fleet<br />

of dredging and marine construction<br />

equipment. This ranges from large<br />

Trailing Suction Hopper, Backhoe and<br />

Cutter Suction Dredgers to small, road<br />

transportable Water Injection vessels.<br />

We understand cooperation is<br />

essential to achieving best results.<br />

We work closely with our clients,<br />

supply chain and stakeholders, to not<br />

only ensure the most cost effective<br />

solutions are achieved but also the<br />

most sustainable.<br />

Van Oord was one of the first<br />

contractors to partner with the<br />

Environment Agency for the delivery<br />

of their coastal infrastructure project<br />

and continues to do so on the current<br />

Water and Environment Management<br />

(WEM) Framework. Many of the<br />

Environment Agency’s major coastal<br />

protection schemes have been<br />

executed by Van Oord, these including:<br />

» Lincshore Beach Re-nourishment<br />

» Broomhill Sands Coastal Defence<br />

Scheme<br />

» Happisburgh to Winterton<br />

» Jaywick<br />

» Felixstowe South<br />

» Southwold<br />

CH2M<br />

CH2M is a global engineering and<br />

project delivery company partnering<br />

with public and private clients to tackle<br />

the world’s most complex infrastructure<br />

and natural resource challenges.<br />

The firm’s work is concentrated<br />

in the water, transportation, energy,<br />

environment and industrial markets.<br />

CH2M has gross revenues of $5.5<br />

billion, has 25,000 employees and is a<br />

specialist in program, construction and<br />

operations management and design.<br />

FLOOD MODELLER SUITE<br />

Flood Modeller Suite, developed by<br />

CH2M, provides innovative products,<br />

industry leading customer service and<br />

delivers global consultancy solutions<br />

to address to today’s and tomorrow’s<br />

flood risk management challenges.<br />

We achieve this by focussing<br />

our products on our users’ needs,<br />

underpinned by proven performance<br />

and flexible, efficient and streamlined<br />

ways of working.<br />

CH2M has been developing flood<br />

risk management solutions for<br />

nearly 40 years. Our software has<br />

helped thousands of users transform<br />

how they undertake modelling<br />

and share and communicate floodrelated<br />

information with clients and<br />

members of the public.<br />

VBA<br />

VBA is a joint venture comprising<br />

VolkerStevin, Boskalis Westminster<br />

and Atkins. It is an established Asset<br />

Delivery Partner on the Environment<br />

Agency’s (EA) national Water and<br />

Environment Management (WEM)<br />

framework and specialises in designing<br />

and constructing sustainable flood and<br />

coastal defences.<br />

Our team has been assembled<br />

to provide a full range of services<br />

throughout the UK to reduce flood risk<br />

whilst securing wider environmental<br />

and social benefits. We deliver; flood<br />

and coastal erosion risk management<br />

functions, emergency works, river<br />

re-alignment, dredging, beach<br />

nourishment, habitat protection and<br />

creation, and flood defence works.<br />

The VBA partners each bring to the<br />

joint venture a wide range of skills<br />

and expertise.<br />

» VolkerStevin – civil engineering<br />

construction<br />

» Boskalis Westminster – dredging<br />

and coastal construction<br />

» Atkins – engineering design and<br />

consultancy<br />

This allows VBA to offer clients, such as<br />

the EA, internal drainage boards, local<br />

authorities and Defra delivery bodies, a<br />

comprehensive end-to-end service.<br />

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HR WALLINGFORD<br />

At HR Wallingford, we understand<br />

water in depth. As an independent<br />

civil engineering and environmental<br />

hydraulics specialist, our focus is on<br />

the management of water and the<br />

way it interacts with, and enhances,<br />

the built and natural environments.<br />

We have world leading expertise in<br />

flood and coastal management and in<br />

the management of water resources.<br />

We develop scientific methods and<br />

models to assess flood risk, plan and<br />

implement management strategies,<br />

and innovate sustainable solutions for<br />

risk reduction.<br />

Together with a 70 year track record<br />

of achievement, we have a unique<br />

mix of skills, assets and facilities, and,<br />

above all, exceptional people with<br />

world-renowned expertise.<br />

AECOM<br />

With the climate changing both<br />

physically and politically, AECOM will<br />

explore ways in which we can all<br />

think differently about flood risk.<br />

Showcasing a number of UK and<br />

international projects, we’ll explain<br />

how we’ve responded to the new<br />

climate by rethinking our approach to<br />

delivering flood and coastal resilience<br />

to communities at risk - delivering<br />

broader benefits, reducing impact and<br />

supporting community wellbeing. From<br />

empowering people to live with the risk<br />

of flooding, to enhancing nature’s own<br />

defences to complement those already<br />

built, and engaging with planners to<br />

re-purpose existing infrastructure, our<br />

work demonstrates that given the<br />

increasingly unpredictable and extreme<br />

nature of flooding there’s no ‘one-sizefits-all’<br />

solution.<br />

The Rebuild by Design (RBD)<br />

Meadowlands project exemplifies<br />

this approach, reducing flood risk<br />

and increasing resilience to Hurricane<br />

Sandy-affected areas of New Jersey in<br />

the US. In the UK, a separate project is<br />

also pioneering a similar approach to<br />

storm water management. Much like<br />

RDB Meadowlands, the North Glasgow<br />

Integrated Water Management System<br />

project in Scotland, aims to develop<br />

environmentally sensitive ways to store<br />

and transport floodwater. Incorporating<br />

the Forth & Clyde Canal, a 19th Century<br />

artificial waterway, into a sustainable<br />

surface water drainage tool it is making<br />

best use of existing water infrastructure<br />

within the city, avoiding costly<br />

alternative infrastructure solutions.<br />

By rethinking our approach to water<br />

management and having an intelligent,<br />

sympathetic attitude to both the natural<br />

landscape and existing infrastructure,<br />

we can tackle the threat of flooding<br />

faced by many local communities.<br />

BMM JV<br />

BMMJV Limited is an incorporated<br />

joint venture between BAM Nuttall<br />

and Mott MacDonald (page 32) for<br />

the Environment Agency Water and<br />

Environment Management (WEM)<br />

Framework Lot 4 providing Early<br />

Contractor Involvement, and design<br />

and construction services for flood<br />

and coastal schemes throughout<br />

England. To date, the JV has secured<br />

and successfully delivered a wide<br />

range of coastal and fluvial, flood<br />

protection schemes such as: Leeds<br />

Flood Alleviation Scheme (FAS); River<br />

Hull and Humber Hull Frontage FAS;<br />

Great Yarmouth FAS; Exeter FAS;<br />

Dawlish Warren and Totnes FAS.<br />

BAM NUTTALL<br />

BAM Nuttall is a major UK based<br />

civil engineering contractor with a<br />

strong coastal marine and inland<br />

waterway construction works track<br />

record. From delivering new lifeboat<br />

stations around the UK coast under<br />

a framework agreement for RNLI,<br />

to major port developments such<br />

as Liverpool 2 and Rosyth and<br />

successful coastal and fluvial flood<br />

defence schemes at Aberaeron,<br />

Borth and Maidenhead to Windsor.<br />

CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY<br />

& HYDROLOGY<br />

Our science & expertise supports<br />

flood risk and impact for business and<br />

government clients.<br />

We develop real-time and longterm<br />

future flood risk estimation<br />

models to inform early warning<br />

services, infrastructure design<br />

planning and disaster risk reduction.<br />

CEH will be showcasing the Flood<br />

Estimation Handbook (FEH) and<br />

its software, which is the industry<br />

standard for estimating UK flood risk.<br />

CEH and Wallingford HydroSolutions<br />

work in partnership on an ongoing<br />

programme of methodological and<br />

software developments.<br />

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EXHIBITOR PROFILE<br />

At Flood and Coast 2017 we are<br />

exhibiting the newest features of the<br />

FEH toolkit:<br />

» The FEH Web Service – including<br />

catchment and point descriptors<br />

and the new FEH13 rainfall model.<br />

» WINFAP 4 – including the ability to<br />

utilise historical data on extreme<br />

river levels and flows.<br />

» ReFH2 version 2.2 - the latest<br />

version of the Revitalised Flood<br />

Hydrograph (ReFH) model.<br />

CONTROLSTAR©<br />

SYSTEMS LTD<br />

Controlstar Systems Ltd will exhibiting<br />

for the first time, their new Web<br />

based system viewer. This licence<br />

free web application supports<br />

Controlstar’s range of Telemetry<br />

and Control products. Controlstar’s<br />

product portfolio covers a wide range<br />

applications from simple remote<br />

level monitoring to large site control<br />

and monitoring including CCTV.<br />

The Controlstar Web viewer being<br />

showcased can be accessed using<br />

any HTML5 compliant browser and is<br />

licence free. The viewer application is<br />

a fluid responsive design, facilitating<br />

its multiplatform operation on devices<br />

from smartphones to workstations.<br />

The web based view is the ‘live’<br />

image served from Controlstar’s cloud<br />

based Telemetry Master operating on<br />

an Industrial Server. Being cloud based<br />

there are no capital commitments for<br />

obtaining the viewer, and there are no<br />

programs to install.<br />

All of Controlstar’s products<br />

connect via the internet to the cloud<br />

based Master station. The Master<br />

Station has a MySQL Database,<br />

MySQL is the world’s widest used<br />

Database, with SQL (Structured<br />

Query Language) enabling efficient<br />

future development and the<br />

integration with other systems.<br />

COWI<br />

COWI is a leading international<br />

consultancy firm that is active on five<br />

continents in the areas of engineering,<br />

environmental and economics.<br />

We push the boundaries of<br />

marine and coastal designs through<br />

our involvement in more than 3,000<br />

projects worldwide. These projects<br />

range from marine terminals,<br />

container ports and waterfront<br />

developments to seawater<br />

systems, offshore wind farms, flood<br />

protection, locks and dams.<br />

With a full set of world-class<br />

competencies within marine and<br />

coastal engineering combined with<br />

local presence and experience, we are<br />

ready to take on the most complex<br />

projects anywhere in the world – no<br />

matter how large or small.<br />

COWI UK Ltd provides specialist civil<br />

and structural engineering services,<br />

particularly within bridge, tunnel<br />

and marine infrastructure operating<br />

from offices in London, Bristol, Derby,<br />

Uttoxeter, Glasgow and York.<br />

DYRHOFF<br />

Dyrhoff is a UK-based company and<br />

a world leader in the design and<br />

supply of pneumatically-operated<br />

dams and gates for water control<br />

and flood defence. The company<br />

has supplied products to over 20<br />

countries in the last 25 years.<br />

One of its current flagship projects<br />

is the supply of five air-actuated<br />

spillway gates to be installed at two<br />

sites on the River Aire, Crown Point<br />

and Knsotrop, as part of the Leeds<br />

Flood Alleviation Scheme for Leeds<br />

City Council in partnership with the<br />

Environment Agency.<br />

One of the three pneumatic gates<br />

installed at Knostrop on the river<br />

Aire. The two gates to be installed<br />

at Crown Point in the city centre<br />

are 2.0m high and 30.12m wide. The<br />

three gates at Knostrop are 3.79m<br />

high x 11.89m wide. Two of the three<br />

Knostrop gates are installed and<br />

in operation; the other project is<br />

scheduled to be completed in 2017.<br />

As well as inflatable rubber dams<br />

and spillway gates, Dyrhoff’s product<br />

range includes drive-over gates and<br />

the new Fastdam® air-inflated flood<br />

protection barrier. These products<br />

are based on Dyrhoff’s extensive<br />

experience designing and supplying<br />

rubber dams and pneumatically<br />

operated spillway gates, and<br />

working models will be on display at<br />

the company’s stand (B66).<br />

ESG<br />

ESG is the UK’s leading provider of<br />

testing, inspection and compliance<br />

services, with comprehensive solutions<br />

in energy & qaste, infrastructure and<br />

the built environment.<br />

Experts within environmental<br />

testing, site investigation, surveys<br />

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and materials testing, will be on<br />

hand to discuss the many ways that<br />

ESG can support national targets<br />

for flood risk management and<br />

response over the coming years at<br />

Flood and Coast 2017.<br />

Working with primary stakeholders,<br />

designers, contractors and suppliers,<br />

ESG provides an unrivalled range<br />

of independent accredited services,<br />

including; land and marine surveys,<br />

chemical analysis of soils and water,<br />

structural investigations, concrete and<br />

earthworks testing, asbestos surveys,<br />

ground investigations, contaminated<br />

land assessments, noise and vibration<br />

monitoring and metallurgy.<br />

FLOOD CONTROL<br />

INTERNATIONAL<br />

Flood Control International<br />

specialises in the design, supply<br />

and installation of the most<br />

comprehensive range of flood<br />

defence systems in the world.<br />

We design, manufacture, supply<br />

and install bespoke engineered flood<br />

defences, including flood barriers,<br />

flood gates and glass flood walls to<br />

the commercial and utility markets.<br />

We work with clients and consultants<br />

to achieve the best engineered flood<br />

defence solution every time.<br />

Our capacity for innovation is<br />

unsurpassed. New designs for flood<br />

barriers and gates include large double<br />

bi-fold flood gates, inflating barriers,<br />

vertical rising barriers and extendable<br />

glass walls to cater of potential rises in<br />

flood levels in the future.<br />

Our professional design service<br />

identifies the most appropriate flood<br />

defence solution. We provide CAD<br />

drawings of all installations ensuring<br />

they fit in with client requirements<br />

and that they integrate correctly.<br />

Our unique engineering knowledge<br />

and experience guarantee flood<br />

protection solutions that are<br />

innovative, efficient, cost-effective<br />

and above all else, dependable.<br />

GEODESIGN BARRIERS<br />

The devastating Storm Desmond<br />

in 2015 led to The National Flood<br />

Resilience Review. Appreciating the<br />

importance of having temporary<br />

flood barriers available nationally,<br />

the government, through the<br />

Environment Agency, significantly<br />

increased their stock of temporary<br />

barriers. Geodesign Barriers have<br />

worked closely with the EA since 2001,<br />

but have now also officially become<br />

an EA framework partner and are<br />

supplying even more temporary<br />

barriers, for national deployment.<br />

Geodesign Barriers has made<br />

effective flood protection available<br />

for companies like National Grid, UK<br />

Power Networks, Northern PowerGrid,<br />

SSE, SGN and Anglian Water.<br />

Many kilometres of barrier have<br />

been distributed around the world,<br />

providing effective protection<br />

against flooding. This easy-to-deploy,<br />

flat-packed barrier is available in<br />

dam heights of 0.45m to 2.40m.<br />

The Geodesign Barriers are free<br />

standing and self-anchoring, with no<br />

fixtures to the ground. Suitable for<br />

both homeowners and large-scale<br />

use, they can be deployed on any<br />

ground surface. The flexible barriers<br />

adapt easily to local conditions, such<br />

as uneven ground, angles, kerbs,<br />

slopes and steps. They can also be<br />

deployed in water, if needed. With a<br />

lifespan of over 50 years and extra<br />

strong, galvanised steel behind<br />

the plastic membrane, this barrier<br />

system becomes less vulnerable<br />

and can be used again and again<br />

– giving excellent life cost value<br />

for money. Geodesign Barriers also<br />

provide training for best practice.<br />

For more information, come and<br />

visit our stand B69.<br />

HESSELBERG HYDRO<br />

Hesselberg Hydro specialises in<br />

the use of asphalt in hydraulic<br />

engineering for erosion & scour<br />

protection. The company supplies<br />

and installs reinforced geomats for<br />

river training, open stone asphalt<br />

(OSA) for flood protection structures,<br />

estuarine revetments & dams, and<br />

grouted rock for the most exposed<br />

coastlines. As well as contracting,<br />

our comprehensive service<br />

encompasses feasibility studies and<br />

inspections, together with design and<br />

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EXHIBITOR PROFILE<br />

maintenance of asphaltic structures<br />

for dams, reservoirs, rivers, estuaries,<br />

coastlines and ports.<br />

Since Flood & Coast 2016 the<br />

company has been very busy<br />

repairing and strengthening<br />

seawalls along the Essex & Suffolk<br />

coastlines. Replacing revetments<br />

comprising individual units (concrete<br />

blocks) with continuous asphalt<br />

revetments provides the client<br />

with a robust, flexible, long-lasting<br />

protection using proven techniques.<br />

Projects have been on the rivers<br />

Blackwater, Crouch, Thames & Alde<br />

as well as along the North Sea coast.<br />

Our research & development team in<br />

the Netherlands have been involved<br />

in a multi-national project to set up<br />

tests to confirm anecdotal evidence<br />

that OSA can withstand water<br />

velocities of over 10 m/s when<br />

used to protect spillways. Tests are<br />

programmed for Q2 2017.<br />

IBS<br />

In 2016, IBS designed, manufactured<br />

and installed a number of high<br />

profile glass flood defence systems<br />

in the UK, taking our total of<br />

successfully delivered projects past<br />

the 1.5Km milestone since the first<br />

system was installed in Keswick in<br />

2011. Included in 2016’s successes<br />

were the UK’s largest glass flood<br />

defence system, installed to protect<br />

the village of Paull (near Hull) from<br />

future tidal surges and as a part<br />

of the wider Hull and Holderness<br />

Flood Alleviation Scheme, a project<br />

that is providing defences along<br />

the Humber estuary together with<br />

inland engineering works.<br />

These recent projects have<br />

allowed IBS to continue their<br />

unrivalled success in the delivery of<br />

these specialist glass flood defence<br />

systems. Having re-located to larger<br />

premises in South Yorkshire at the<br />

end of 2015, IBS continue to expand<br />

and support more clients in the<br />

UK, most recently by the addition<br />

of a new team member to help<br />

manage the ever increasing level<br />

of enquiries. Managing Director<br />

Ray Moulds, says ”After such an<br />

exceptional year with multiple large<br />

contract successes, not only in the<br />

UK & Ireland but also globally, we’re<br />

very much looking forward to 2017<br />

and seeing our business expand<br />

further. By this I don’t just mean by<br />

supporting more and more clients<br />

with our high quality innovative<br />

solutions, but also with exciting<br />

product developments that our<br />

teams are working on and which<br />

will enhance our client offerings<br />

for the future”.<br />

IBS are one of the sponsors of<br />

the Flood & Coast exhibition and<br />

will be located at stand A26, please<br />

come along and talk to us about<br />

your projects and let’s see how we<br />

can help you.<br />

Follow us on Twitter at @IBS_EPLtd<br />

for regular flooding and product news.<br />

INERO AB<br />

Specialists in mobile flood protection<br />

with an approved, patented<br />

system. Freestanding and made<br />

of lightweight aluminium, without<br />

any need for anchoring, the system<br />

is flexible and installs quickly and<br />

easily, plus it packs flat in smart steel<br />

storage crates when not in use.<br />

Inero AB develops and<br />

manufactures mobile flood<br />

protection, based on a worldwide<br />

patent developed by Inero’s founder,<br />

Ingvar Nero. The INERO flood<br />

barrier is a Swedish innovation that<br />

effectively protects material and<br />

intangible assets, developed for<br />

professional use. Our barriers meet<br />

local communities’ needs for flexible,<br />

easily manageable flood protection,<br />

ensuring better preparedness.<br />

All barriers are manufactured in<br />

Sweden under meticulous quality<br />

assurance.<br />

Inero is an approved supplier to<br />

the Environment Agency and the<br />

Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency.<br />

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EXHIBITOR PROFILE<br />

KGAL<br />

Whether it’s design, inspection,<br />

maintenance or refurbishment,<br />

many owners and operators of large<br />

tidal and river control barriers know<br />

that to maintain or upgrade the<br />

reliability of their active assets, KGAL<br />

is the UK’s leading hydraulic steel<br />

structures consultancy with more<br />

direct experience than any other.<br />

We’re aware of all the critical issues<br />

such as shortfalls in original design<br />

capabilities, loss of corrosion protection,<br />

out of date controls, operating<br />

equipment inefficiencies, debris<br />

obstructions or simple but persistent<br />

abrasion and, through familiarity, we<br />

can deliver the optimal solution.<br />

At KGAL we combine experience<br />

with the structural, mechanical,<br />

electrical and hydraulic engineering<br />

expertise to ensure your active<br />

asset is always ready to respond<br />

reliably and to meet future forecast<br />

operational demands.<br />

MOTT MACDONALD<br />

Mott MacDonald is a global<br />

management, engineering and<br />

development consultancy with<br />

expertise on major infrastructure<br />

projects. This enables us to bring<br />

added value as a supplier to the<br />

Environment Agency for Modelling<br />

(Lot 1) and Engineering (Lot 3) under<br />

the WEM Framework delivering<br />

sustainable outcomes and wider<br />

benefits, such as on the regeneration<br />

for River Hull, and funding efficiencies<br />

on schemes such as Medway and<br />

Swale, and Boston Tidal Barrier.<br />

UK FLOOD BARRIERS<br />

Established in 2007, UK Flood<br />

Barriers has grown to become the<br />

country’s leading flood defence<br />

expert. As well as delivering flood<br />

mitigation measure to thousands of<br />

homes and businesses across the<br />

UK every year, the Worcestershire<br />

based company also designs,<br />

manufactures and installs highly<br />

innovative defence solutions to<br />

protect communities and vital<br />

infrastructure both at home<br />

and abroad.<br />

At Flood & Coast 2017, as well<br />

as showcasing its latest range<br />

of engineered defence products<br />

including its unique Self Activating<br />

Flood Barrier and market leading<br />

Flood Security Steel Doors, UK Flood<br />

Barriers will also be unveiling its<br />

new, state of the art flood gates –<br />

a must see for anyone looking for<br />

highly effective, ‘easy operation’<br />

protection.<br />

WM PLANT HIRE<br />

WM Plant Hire is dedicated to long<br />

reach solutions, a family business<br />

with over 50 years of experience,<br />

operating one of the largest fleet<br />

of long reach excavators in the<br />

UK. Our experience and ability<br />

is demonstrated through our<br />

involvement across a wide range<br />

of industry sectors and technical<br />

input to many high-profile projects<br />

with framework contractors. We<br />

also operate the largest long reach<br />

in the UK.<br />

Our primary expertise lies in the<br />

provision of specialised plant for<br />

watercourse maintenance including<br />

flood and coastal protection.<br />

Ranging from light to heavy<br />

duty – our long reach excavators,<br />

pontoons and barges with variety<br />

of attachments can undertake even<br />

the most challenging of projects.<br />

At Flood & Coast this 2017 WM<br />

Plant Hire look forward to showcasing<br />

some of the critical flood infrastructure<br />

and coastal projects we have been<br />

involved with over the past year and<br />

our innovative approaches using<br />

our long reach equipment e.g. Leeds<br />

Flood Alleviation Scheme, Dutch River<br />

scheme at Goole, and a massive sea<br />

defence project in Essex.<br />

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MEDIA PARTNERS<br />

THANKS TO OUR MEDIA PARTNERS<br />

“It was an excellent mix of clients, consultants, contractors & suppliers and we will<br />

look forward to exhibiting again next year.”<br />

Ian White, Volkerbrooks (2016 exhibitor)<br />

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DINNER<br />

FLOOD & COAST DINNER<br />

The Flood & Coast 2017 Dinner will<br />

be held on Wednesday 29 March<br />

at Telford International Centre. The<br />

evening will feature the Environment<br />

Agency Project Excellence Awards.<br />

Entertainment for the evening<br />

will be provided by stand up<br />

comedian and comedy writer<br />

Dominic Holland, a wellestablished<br />

comic artist with<br />

experience as an after dinner<br />

speaker, actor and comedian.<br />

Launching his career with a<br />

Perrier Best Newcomer Award in 1993 Holland is one of<br />

the most popular event comedians in the UK.<br />

Dominic has contributed to the work of both Bob Monkhouse<br />

and Clive Anderson, he has appeared as a panellist on Have<br />

I Got News For You and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. A strong<br />

comedian in his own right Dominic has presented three full<br />

length stand-up shows, appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe<br />

Festival and hosts his own comedy show for BBC<br />

Radio 4. He is a regular at both the Comedy<br />

Store and Jongleurs; his material is creative<br />

and brilliant and never stoops to the lows<br />

of offensive or vulgar jokes and is a joy<br />

to watch.<br />

Tickets for the dinner are £75 plus VAT<br />

per person to include pre-dinner drink,<br />

3 course dinner and coffee and wine and<br />

after dinner entertainment.<br />

PROJECT EXCELLENCE<br />

AWARDS 2017<br />

The Project Excellence Awards recognise projects<br />

that have shown a contribution to managing<br />

flood and coastal risk and building local resilience<br />

to flooding. This includes projects developed or<br />

supported by local authorities, internal drainage<br />

boards and the Environment Agency, as well as<br />

community level initiatives.<br />

2017 Award Categories<br />

» Programme and project delivery –<br />

demonstrating the application of programme<br />

and project management best practice to ensure<br />

the efficient and effective delivery of outcomes.<br />

» Working in partnership – to recognise<br />

excellent partnership action on local flood and<br />

coastal risk management and preparedness.<br />

» Asset management – identifying and<br />

implementing new ways of meeting<br />

challenges to deliver projects better, quicker,<br />

more safely or more efficiently.<br />

» Innovation – identifying and implementing<br />

new ways of meeting challenges to deliver<br />

projects better, quicker, more safely or more<br />

efficiently.<br />

» Managing health, safety and environmental<br />

risk – recognising those projects that have<br />

demonstrated the highest standards in<br />

managing H&S and Environmental risk during<br />

scheme development and construction phases.<br />

» Efficiency – recognising those projects that<br />

have made a major contribution to delivering<br />

more outcomes for less money.<br />

» Sustainable resource management –<br />

demonstrating how they have managed<br />

resources sustainably including measures for<br />

carbon reduction and effective management<br />

of waste and the highest levels of resource<br />

efficiency.<br />

» Building resilience – a new category to<br />

recognise community level action to improve<br />

local resilience, including planning for flooding<br />

and generating new and innovative sources<br />

of funding.<br />

A table of 10 is £700 plus VAT.<br />

Dinner sponsored by:<br />

“Very well organised and targeted<br />

to all the individual elements of the<br />

industry”<br />

Tim Hunt, The Environment Agency<br />

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EVENT INFORMATION<br />

Opening hours<br />

Tuesday 23 March<br />

Wednesday 24 March<br />

Thursday 35 March<br />

Venue<br />

TELFORD INTERNATIONAL CENTRE (TIC)<br />

St Quentin Gate<br />

Telford<br />

Shropshire<br />

TF3 4JH<br />

Travel and accommodation<br />

Find out more about travelling to the TIC with its easy road<br />

and rail access, as well as national and international airport<br />

connections.<br />

For details on local hotels, click here<br />

08:30 – 18:30 hrs<br />

08:30 – 18:00 hrs<br />

(Ticketed conference dinner 18.00-23.00)<br />

08:30 – 16:00 hrs (Exhibition closes at 14.30 hrs)<br />

More event information<br />

www.floodandcoast.com<br />

Contact us<br />

Tel: +44 (0) 330 088 1417<br />

Email: info@floodandcoast.com<br />

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