McLaughlin & Harvey wins £38m Dumfries flood wall job

Firm lands early involvement and main works on long-awaited Whitesands scheme

Knights Brown to start £29m Poole flood wall job

1.5km barrier to protect homes and unlock regeneration plans

Kiewit anchors $404M floodwall project

Part of a larger $7 billion initiative, the improvements at Port Arthur, Texas, will protect the area’s petroleum processing hub. 

Two Corps Flood Barrier Projects in NJ Face Different Outcomes

A $148M coastal flood wall proposed by the US Army Corps of Engineers and mostly federally funded remains uncertain weeks after voters rejected it, but work moves forward on a separate $300M agency barrier program nearby.

25-year-old concrete River Chelt flood wall shown leaking in video

A flood defence wall on the River Chelt in Cheltenham that is supposed to provide protection against 1 in 100 year flood events has been shown leaking during a recent strong rainfall incident. The post 25-year-old concrete River Chelt flood wall shown leaking in video appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Cheddar - New York's Plan To Defend Itself From Rising Seas, 22042022

New York City’s geography makes it particularly at risk to the impacts of climate change - like rising seas and subsequent flooding. The city has already experienced the effects of increasingly severe weather. In response, the city is building a plan to protect itself, from flood walls, to levees, to redesigning its coast.