Daily Archives: 24th August 2017

Susdrain’s New Infographic – Going with the flow: Managing rainfall with Sustainable Drainage Systems

Susdrain have published a new infographic on their website entitled “Going with the flow: Managing rainfall with Sustainable Drainage Systems”.  It details some of the key objectives and outcomes from a sustainable drainage approach whilst drawing upon a few interesting examples.  To view the infographic follow this link: http://www.susdrain.org/files/resources/ciria_guidance/susdrain_going_with_the_flow_infographic.pdf. To learn more about SuDS, click here.

Engineer’s Week – Women into STEM – 8-13 February 2015

For the second year in a row, we visited St. Mary’s College, Derry as part of Engineer’s week.  This event was open to pupils from all local secondary schools and aim was to promote STEM careers, engineering and related career pathways (especially to girls). Nicola and Roisin are pictured to the left bestowing some of…

Second factsheet for Susdrain – ‘Designing attenuation storage for redevelopment sites’

Anthony has developed a second factsheet for industry use, which has undergone peer review and was published on the Susdrain website last week. It is entitled ‘Designing attenuation storage for redevelopment sites’ and focuses on the improved benefits which could be delivered from redevelopment of previously developed land and retrofit schemes through a change in…

Consultation underway on Draft Flood Risk Management Plans for Northern Ireland

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and Rivers Agency have opened consultation on draft Flood Risk Management Plans, which will identify the flood risks in significant flood risk areas in Northern Ireland as well as outlining mitigation measures. The consultation ends in July which provides plenty of time to formulate a response.  For more information, visit…

McCloy Consulting Newsletter Launch

We are pleased to announce the launch of our new newsletter. We are proposing a quarterly newsletter to keep clients informed on latest industry developments across the UK and Ireland, in addition to developments at McCloy Consulting. If you have not received it, but would like to, join the mailing list then please contact us.

2014 National Irish Hydrology Conference

The 2014 National Irish Hydrology Conference is being held on 11th November 2014. The theme of the conference is Integrated Water Management in Ireland – Governance Politics and Economics.  Kyle Somerville from McCloy Consulting will present a poster which explains new thinking on attenuation of surface runoff from previously developed sites.

Flood and Water Management Act 2010 – SuDS Consultation

The Defra and DCLG SuDS consultation is now closed. The consultation indicated a significant departure from previous proposals and if progressed will have implications for both LA’s, Developers and their consultants. It will be interesting to see what the outcomes of the consultation are, with timeframes for implementation indicated as Spring 2015. McCloy Consulting is…

Release of PPS15 Revised Planning Policy Statement ‘Planning and Flood Risk’

The Department of the Environment has published a Revised Planning Policy Statement (PPS) 15 “Planning and Flood Risk”.  The PPS aims to prevent future development that may be at risk from flooding or that may increase the risk of flooding elsewhere.  Download the document at http://www.planningni.gov.uk/index/policy/policy_publications/planning_statements/pdf_-_pps_15_final_document.pdf

New Arrivals

We would like to welcome two new members of staff to our team this summer, Roisin Malone as our new Engineering Technician and the imminent return of Chris Irwin as Graduate Engineer in August.  We would also like to wish one of our Engineers Paul Singleton the best of luck as he is taking a…

2014 National SuDSsource Conference

The 2014 National SuDSsource Conference is running from 24-25th June in Northampton for local authorities and design professionals. Our Managing Director Anthony McCloy will be speaking on day two with a presentation on Assessing Volume and Flows.  The conference will review the latest guidance, provide technical briefings and explain practical developments that influence the design,…