Surface Water Management, Flooding and SUDS Related Projects

Dunfermline Eastern Expansion (DEX) Development Area for the DEX Group.

Preparation of the SUDS design criteria to be employed on new and brownfield developments within the 5.5 square kilometre development area sited above areas of known flood risk.  

Dunfermline Eastern Expansion (DEX) Development Area for Fife Council.

Fife Council's extended appointment to review and report on the surface water drainage and SUDS aspects of all planning and road construction submissions within the DEX area and subsequently for other parts of Fife.

Chapel Development Area, Kirkcaldy for Fife Council.

Providing advise on surface water drainage runoff from the new proposed development area including an assessment of the capacity of the existing watercourses and S.W. drainage networks and thereafter preparing the design criteria for the use and integration of SUDS treatment and control facilities within the proposed development areas.   Providing technical advise to Fife Council and the developer on the use and implementation of regional SUDS facilities within part of the proposed development area.

South East Wedge Development Area for the South East Wedge Group

Organising and participating in a series of workshops primarily outlining the use and integration of SUDS facilities and BMP technology to treat and control the increased surface water run-off generated by the proposed development of the major 13 square kilometre area.

Preliminary Outline Masterplan Siting and Sizing of SUDS within Shawfair Local Development Area for Midlothian Council.

Combined appointment with Derek Carter Associates to produce a preliminary SUDS masterplan for Midlothian Council's Shawfair Development Area.

Mains Burn Flood Assessment Reports and Prevention Scheme for West Lothian Council.

Preparation of burn catchment studies and reports identifying the flooding risk and bank erosion problems associated with the upper and lower reaches of the Mains Burn in and around Linlithgow and thereafter preparing an outline flood prevention scheme utilising attenuation and surface water runoff control techniques to provide an acceptable potential solution to the reported flooding problems and thereafter submitting and obtaining approval for this scheme from the Scottish Executive and the Planning Authority.  

Review of a Flood Risk Assessment Prepared in Relation to a Proposed Residential Development within the Catchment of the Chapel Burn at Larbert for Falkirk Council.

Review and report on the flood risk assessment submitted to Falkirk Council as part of the planning process and thereafter provide technical advise to the Council on related surface water drainage matters including the provision of control and SUDS treatment facilities upstream of the proposed development site.

Preliminary Assessment for a combined Flood Alleviation Control Structure/Regional SUDS at the RSNH Site in Larbert, Falkirk for Falkirk Council in association with Forth Valley Primary Care NHS Trust.

Preparation of a preliminary flood alleviation assessment/SUDS report including initial calculations, notional sizing and preparation of location plans for flood alleviation control structures to deal with the existing downstream flooding combined with regional SUDS facilities associated with the proposed future redevelopment of the RSNH site in Larbet.