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Building Better Buildings Guildhall, Hull 1 December 2015

Property Level Flood Protection Andrew McLachlan Flood Risk Strategy Manager East Riding of Yorkshire

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Flood Risk in East Yorkshire • 2nd Most at flood risk area in UK • Risk from:

• Tidal • Fluvial • Pluvial • Groundwater

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Flood Risk in East Yorkshire • Entirely reliant on manmade

drainage systems • Dutch Model

• Ditches (Cuttings) • Dykes (River Hull) • Sluices (Cloughs) • Pumps

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Options for Managing Flood Risk • Avoid (Sequential Approach) • Community Level Flood Defence • Land Raising • Water Compatible Design • Protection (PLFP) • Resilient Design

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Options for Managing Flood Risk • Avoid (Sequential Approach) • Community Level Flood Defence • Land Raising • Water Compatible Design • Protection (PLFP) • Resilient Design

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Options for Managing Flood Risk • Avoid (Sequential Approach) • Community Level Flood Defence • Land Raising • Water Compatible Design • Protection (PLFP) • Resilient Design

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Options for Managing Flood Risk • Avoid (Sequential Approach) • Community Level Flood Defence • Land Raising • Water Compatible Design • Protection (PLFP) • Resilient Design

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Options for Managing Flood Risk • Avoid (Sequential Approach) • Community Level Flood Defence • Land Raising • Water Compatible Design • Protection (PLFP) • Resilient Design

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Options for Managing Flood Risk • Avoid (Sequential Approach) • Community Level Flood Defence • Land Raising • Water Compatible Design • Protection (PLFP) • Resilient Design

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When is PLFP Appropriate? • Existing Development

• No other solution available • No other solution affordable • Last line of defence

• New Development • Where there are wider sustainability issues • Where the development is necessary • To meet the requirements of the Strategic Flood

Risk Assessment

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East Riding Experience • Defra sponsored pilot scheme

• Town of Hedon and Village of Bilton • 1000 properties flooded in 2007 • Successful bid for 3 grants • Total of £600K • 150 properties • Ring-fenced for protection at the property level • Tight timescales for delivery

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East Riding Experience • Defra sponsored pilot scheme

• Town of Hedon and Village of Bilton • 1000 properties flooded in 2007 • Successful bid for 3 grants • Total of £600K • 150 properties • Ring-fenced for protection at the property level • Tight timescales for delivery

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East Riding Experience • Defra sponsored pilot scheme

• Town of Hedon and Village of Bilton • 1000 properties flooded in 2007 • Successful bid for 3 grants • Total of £600K • 150 properties • Ring-fenced for protection at the property level • Tight timescales for delivery

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East Riding Experience • Procurement

• Dozens of unaccredited products • No “real world” deployment or testing • Price / Quality Assessment

• Testing • Build “test rig house” • Test products in different combinations • Test “install-ability” of products

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Assessment and Engagement • Test Rig

• Simulate building style and local conditions • Built in “simulated poor workmanship” • Controlled environment

• Stakeholder engagement • Open days • Kinaesthetic and physical handling of products • Aesthetic and storage considerations

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PLFP Product Types • Passive

• No requirement for householder to be present • Very effective • Very expensive to install (labour costs)

• Active • Requirement for householder to be present • Storage issues • Deployment issues for the less able

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“There’s a hole in my bucket” • Consider

• Building materials • Floor construction • Build quality • Flood depth and duration • Ground conditions • Age of property • Structural characteristics (600mm +FFL) • Below ground drainage • WC / Shower / Wet Room / Utility • Utilities • Displacement

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A Comprehensive Solution • Consider

• Door and window guards • Airbrick cover/device and/or • Concrete floor and tanking • Ventilation • Non return / Isolation valves on waste • Seal around incoming utility pipes • Seal under thresholds • Floor covering • Lime plaster • Sockets and utilities • Pumps • Don’t forget the building regs!

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PLFP Standards • BSI Standards

• PAS 1188-1:2014 - Flood Protection products. Part 1: Building aperture products • PAS 1188-2:2014 - Flood Protection products. Part 2: Temporary and demountable flood protection • PAS 1188-3:2014 - Flood protection products. Part 3: Buildings & building skirt systems • PAS 1188-4:2014 - Flood protection products. Part 4: Demountable products

• Useful Links • www.eastriding.gov.uk/flooding • www.nationalfloodforum.org.uk/bluepages/ • www.gov.uk/floodsdestroy

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Consider Professional Advice and Independent Project Management

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Future Standards • Improved NPPF Technical Guidance? • Improved SFRA guidance? • Building regulations? • LLFA Technical Approval?

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