The Environment Agency has announced that it will shortly go out to tender with a contract to put a national property flood resilience framework in place.
The framework, which will be tendered in the following Lots, covers the provision of services and works relating to property flood resilience.
- Property flood survey
- Supply and installation of property flood resilience measures
- Survey, supply and installation of property flood resilience measures
- Managing agent
The Agency expects to go out to tender shortly before Christmas.
Heavy rain this week has seen properties in parts of the UK flooded and residents evacuated from their homes, with Lancashire particularly badly affected. The weather station at Lancaster University recorded its highest ever rainfall total since the centre started weather observations more than 50 years ago.
United Utilities said rainfall had reached "unprecedented levels" - the levels were higher than Storm Desmond in December 2015 which saw around 5,200 homes in Cumbria flooded.
More than 80 flood warnings and flood alerts which were in place have been have been taken down over the last 2 days and are no longer required.
However, currently 6 flood warning are still in place where immediate action is required with 13 alerts where flooding is possible.
Barhale has completed work on two separate Rapid Action Taskforce Spills projects it is carrying out for Severn Trent.
Börger UK, which has firmly established itself as a leading pump brand since it was set up in Staffordshire in 2004, has moved into bigger, brand-new premises in Shrewsbury.
HUBER Technology UK & Ireland are inviting people to register for their March webinar where they will be providing information about HUBER water intake screens for municipal and industrial applications.
Sulzer has launched a new global Center of Excellence (CoE) for Water Treatment Solutions - the CoE consolidates Sulzer’s wastewater treatment expertise in a unified and global manner.
Hear how Scottish Water has completed its £235 million Ayrshire Glasgow Resilience Project - customers across Greater Glasgow, Ayrshire and East Renfrewshire will now benefit from a more secure and resilient water supply.
Hear how United Utilities is accelerating its investment to reduce spills from storm overflows across the Northwest.
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