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Inquiry into Flood Mitigation and Resilience
The All Party Parliamentary Group for Excellence in the Built Environment will be holding evidence sessions for it 3rd inquiry, in late November/early December 2014 with a report to follow in the New Year.
This inquiry will look at the problems caused to the UK by flooding and examine the potential for greater mitigation of these problems and significantly improving flood resilience including the potential for adaptation to changing environmental pressures.
The Commission Members:
Oliver Colvile MP (chairman), George Adams, Peter Aldous MP, Professor Richard Ashley, Peter Bonfield OBE, Tony Burton, Sue Illman, The Earl of Lytton (vice chairman) Jack Pringle, Rt Hon Nick Raynsford MP (vice chairman)
A full copy of the report can be found here
Submissions
- Arup
- Augean Plc
- BRE
- CIRIA
- F P McCann
- Floodline Developments
- Heriot-Watt University
- Hydro Consultancy
- Institution of Civil Engineers
- Kent County Council
- LABC
- Landscape Institute
- Robert Mann
- Royal Institute of British Architects
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
- Shropshire Council
- The Prince’s Foundation
- Watkins Design Associates
Sessions
First Session
ARUP – Will McBain and Dr Faye Beaman
BRE – Stephen Garvin
CIRIA – Paul Shaffer
Hydro Consultancy – David Schofield
Second Session
Floodline Developments – Espen Østbye-Strøm and Justin Meredith
Institution of Civil Engineers – Andrew Wescott and Brian Rodgers
Royal Academy of Engineering’s Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Building Design at Herriot-Watt University – Dr David Kelly and Professor Dorte-Rich Jorgensen
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors – Alan Cripps and Philip Wilbourn
Third Session
Landscape Institute – Paul Lincoln & Stuart Ryder
Royal Institute of British Architects – Emilia Plotka & Robert Barker
Shropshire Council – David Edwards
Watkins Design Associates– Simon Watkins, Julian Jones, Sue Charlesworth
Kent County Council – Brownyn Buntine & Max Tant