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Ian Titherington, Cardiff City Council   It has been an absolute pleasure being the CIRIA SuDS Champion for the last 12 months. To be recognised by people whom I greatly admire (and pinch great ideas from) is all a bit …

Brian J. D’Arcy, for the Kinross-shire Civic Trust Raingardens Challenge   CIRIA is pleased to support an interesting initiative in Scotland in 2020: The Kinross-shire Raingardens Challenge, which is promoting SuDS.   Kinross and its surrounding areas are served by …

Paul Hurcombe, Severn Trent   Whilst we are all looking to identify opportunities to incorporate multiple benefit SuDS features within our flood alleviation schemes we need to be mindful that we don’t overlook opportunities to be innovative with existing infrastructure …

Celeste Morgan, AECOM   To what extent can SuDS be retrofitted in a high density urban environment? That question has rung out in the industry in response to a number of great examples being forwarded from the UK and abroad …

Paul Shaffer, Associate at CIRIA and susdrain On May 11 a bright but damp Saturday morning (with the ever present threat of more potential rain) Sustrans and Lambeth Council Green Streets project delivered another community engagement event, this time with …

Paul Shaffer, Associate at CIRIA and susdrain Saturday 26 January 2013 was the third public consultation meeting on the Lambeth Green Streets project. Despite threats of snow and rain we were greeted with a fresh sunny morning for the “drop …

Paul Shaffer, Associate at CIRIA and susdrain 10 November 2012 was a damp autumnal Saturday afternoon and saw the second stage of the Lambeth Green Streets project kick off. The local church hall in Chatsworth Way was the venue for …

Paul Shaffer, Associate at CIRIA and susdrain   6 October 2012, (a sunny autumnal) Saturday morning saw the first stage of a community engagement process for an exciting and innovative project to bring Green Streets to Lambeth, which in essence …