Flood grants for householders and small businesses
The Government scheme has now closed. However, it may still be appropriate to reduce your flood risk and potential for ungoing insurance claims.
read moreHow to avoid flood damage
Depending on your location it may not be always possible to avoid flood damage, but it is essential to understand the risk and potentially mitigate. The situation regarding flooding is not as black and white as the Environment Agency often presents it. Their maps are limited to only some of the flood risks associated with new or existing developments. The flood maps relate to land rather than specific buildings with specific floor heights. For the public, it is not flooding generally which is of concern. Some flooding is both natural and can...
read moreGatwick Airport Radar Tower avoids Christmas 2013 River Mole Flood
The floods at Gatwick Airport around Christmas 2013 in relation to the River Mole caused considerable disruption when an electrical substation flooded. Such disruption to key infrastructure is completely unnecessary if competent Civil Engineering Consultants are employed to assess sites and produce appropriate flood mitigation solutions. At Wilsham Consulting our Engineers have experience of flood mitigation design for a wide range of clients, from domestic sites to key infrastructure. A good example of this is the NATS Gatwick Airport Radar...
read moreFloodplains and flood defences
The concept of maintaining areas and entire ecosystems where water traditionally has flooded is critical, both to protect the natural habit and provide the natural attenuation from rivers to protect people's homes and businesses. It was a well understood concept and for thousands of years, flood plain land has been protected. Many civilisations around the world have evolved around such flooding, with the Nile in Egypt an excellent example. Such flooding was celebrated due to the renewed fertility of the land. During the last 10...
read moreEnvironment Agency Flood Risk Assessment Rejection
Environment Agency has released data for the 2012 to 2013 period which shows that the majority of planning applications objected to on “flood risk grounds” were rejected because they considered the FRA (Flood Risk Assessment) provided to be unsatisfactory. What does this mean, why and what if anything can be learned from it? a) Not written by a professional civil engineering consultant. Some FRAs submitted are basic documents produced by Architects, Surveyors or others who lack the professional expertise and skill necessary to...
read moreFlood Risk Assessments in Oxford
Wilsham Consulting is based in Abingdon, 5 miles South of Oxford. We have considerable experience of FRAs around Abingdon, Oxford, Witney, Wantage and surrounding villages. Indeed, we visited many of the our sites in Oxford and the surrounding towns, during the recent major flooding events. The purpose was to see how accurate our reports were, against the reality of the flooding events. Direct experience is just as valuable as complex modelling at a local level. Flooding in Oxford Oxford’s name is understood to come directly from its...
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