Defra is extending the appointments of  four Regional Flood and Coastal Committee Chairs: Dr Jonathan Hargreaves as the Chair of the Northumbria RFCC, Professor Robert Van de Noort as the Chair of the South West (Devon and Cornwall) RFCC, Amanda Nobbs as the Chair of Thames RFCC, and Steve Wheatley as the Chair of Anglian (Central) RFCC.

The findings of a major  € 7.6m+ EU-funded research project to enhance risk management partnerships set up to deal with catastrophic natural hazards in Europe are being used at EU, national and local levels.

The Environment Agency is planning to construct a dam at Eccleston in Lancashire to reduce flood risk.

South East Water is about to start a major £4.3 million upgrade of its water treatment works at Kingston near Canterbury, which currently processes 7.3 million litres of water every day.

Northumbrian Water has gone out to tender with a contract for structural steelworks worth up to £14 million.

Galliford Try ‘s construction division order book has increased to £3.6 billion up from  £3.3 billion at the end of December 2015, according to the latest trading update from the housebuilding and construction group for the period 1 January to 11 May 2016 published today.

Construction work has started this week on a new storage reservoir to protect Catterick Village and the A1 motorway from flooding.

Work has started on South West Water’s new £60 million state-of-the-art water treatment works, which will serve Plymouth and the surrounding area.