F+G on £14m flood defence job

Faithful+Gould has won a project management role to help The Environment Agency improve the River Trent’s flood defences, which are nearing the end of their design life. The £14m project, which will take place along a 3.2km length of the south bank of the Trent through Nottingham, will reduce the flood risk to 5,636 properties. The aim is to provide protection of a standard that could withstand a storm of the severity that might occur once in a 100 year period.

F+G will act as client’s representative additionally managing the risk process, payments to the contractor and overseeing the construction works.

Andrew Scott, F+G's ECC project manager on the scheme, said: “The majority of works are within the floodplain which understandably can impose a number of restrictions on construction activity and there are significant earthworks close to residential areas, so we are keen to make as much progress as we can while the weather is still fair."

Nicholas Adjei, project manager for The Environment Agency, added: “We have developed a flood risk management strategy for Nottingham involving work along the River Trent after recent investigations showed that the flood defences were nearing the end of their design life.”

The project is due to end in August 2007.