Welcome! It's been a busy and exciting time for cbec UK and we'd like to share some of our most recent news.
Project work update
Iceland
An exciting project on the Andakílsá River in the west of Iceland continues! These ‘before and after’ photos show the completed bank protection works that we recently designed and supervised the construction of. Easily our most challenging bank protection job but one that has produced a very satisfying outcome!
Map of Recent Projects
Location List
- River Tilt water mill, Blair Atholl
- River Witham, Lincolnshire
- Rivers Don and Deveron bridge training projects, Aberdeenshire
- Deveron at Turriff
- Biggar Water restoration concept design
- River Misbourne – nr Amersham Herts
- River Leven in Fife
- River Ver – near Frogmore, Herts
- River Darent – Dartford
- East Regions Scour – numerous sites centred on Huntingdon
- Minor Watercourse surveys – numerous sites centred on Stafford
- Aire – Leeds
- Emm Brook – Wokingam
- Andakílsá, Iceland
- Stavanger, Norway
- Kergord project, Shetland
- River Poddle in Dublin
- Burrator project in Devon
- River Nith at Blackwood, East Ayrshire
- River Glazert, North Lanarkshire
- Carradale Water, Campbeltown, Kintyre
- Ogwen Bank, North West Wales
- Treorchy, Rhondda, South Wales
- Colin Glen Weir Modification, Dunmurry, Belfast
- Llanddulas Beach Weir Feasibility Study, Llanddulas, Wales
- WFD physical modifications; geomorphology assessment – 3 site: River Dowlais, River Pelenna (Tonmawr) & River Dulas (Rhyd-y-foel), Wales
- Nantmel Outfall Design, Nantmel, Wales
- Bleddfa Outfall Design, Bleddfa, Wales
- Hallingdalselva, Norway
Bowston Weir Removal
Contractors are making great progress at removing the weir at The River Kent at Bowston near Burneside in South Cumbria. We were involved in the design process and it's set to improve biodiversity, reduce flood risk, improve fish migration and navigation.
For more information please click here:
News
Fantastic to be included in the CIWEM’s Consultants and Contactors File for 2022! CIWEM – The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management CIWEM’s 2022 Consultants and contractors file showcases the companies that bring the solutions to the greatest challenges humanity as ever faced.
It’s free to use and here is the link:
https://www.ciwem.org/publications/consultants-and-contractors-file
RRC Conference 2022
Another great year at the annual River Restoration Conference. Our very own Dr.Peter Downs presented 'The Fall and Rise of River Restoration' and Dr. Matthew O’Hare presented 'The Role of Vegetation in Nature Based Restoration and Management'. Well done to all involved!
All presentations can be viewed by clicking on the above image.
Border Life TV Feature
Our work on the River Threave recently featured on ITV's Border Life: The B&B with a steam train. You can watch it here:
https://www.itv.com/news/border/2022-02-11/border-life-the-b-and-b-with-a-steam-train
New Staff
We would like to welcome Bogdan-Alexandru Mihaila to the cbec team! Bogdan has joined us as a Topographic Surveyor.
For more information about Bogdan and his role at cbec please go here: https://www.cbecoeng.co.uk/staff-member/bogdan-alexandru-mihaila/
We would also like to welcome Colm Casserly PhD to the team! Colm Casserly is a Geomorphologist and Senior Technical Specialist with cbec’s international team based in Ireland. For more information on Colm and his role in cbec please go here: https://www.cbecoeng.co.uk/staff-member/dr-colm-casserly/
John Wheatland PhD has also joined the cbec team! John is a environmental scientist specialising in fluvial geomorphology and fine sediment dynamics. He has joined the team as a Fluvial Geomorphologist. For more information about John and his role at cbec please go here: https://www.cbecoeng.co.uk/staff-member/john-wheatland/
Digital Illustrative Service
Did you know that we offer a digital illustrative service to help client visualise potential projects? This was a before image and an after one of what we think the site could look like. For more info please go to https://www.cbecoeng.co.uk/technical-service/graphic-design/
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