Builders Beware
28 Floodex 2020
According to an article published by Loughborough university, The UK market for flood risk products is growing, particularly since the 2015/16 floods, which cost councils £323m and insurers £1.27bn. One insurer stated that 2.4 million are at risk of surface water flooding, with over 3.5 million residential properties in England and Wale sat risk from some form of flooding. One in twelve are at a high risk of flooding. Recognizing that sometimes floods just cannot be fully constrained, it has to be acknowledged that a wider, integrated approach is needed and a shift from flood control to water management which is set up to deal with higher volumes of surface water that results in flooding within today’s infrastructure Jon Irwin, event director, said “FLOODEX is a great way for people from the construction fraternity to attend CPR accredited seminars and talk to experts about solutions and products on the exhibition stands,” adding
“flooding events are only going to get worse and could affect many aspects of planning, development and construction.”
HRH Duke of Gloucester will be attending FLOODEX on 27th February. Despite the UK’s exit from the EU at the end of last month, technical engagement on all matters of water management with our near neighbours, especially The Netherlands, continues and indeed strengthens. Jon Irwin, went on to say “Given that a major part of urban flood damage is caused for surface water run-off, this should make flood mitigation high on the list of considerations for the construction industry, developers, architects, contractors and engineers alike.”
