Celebrating SuDS - converting challenges to opportunities
This free event will celebrate the role of SuDS in a variety of contexts and urban settings, focusing on schools, community buildings, public realm and highways.
The speakers have a wealth of experience, and have been involved in delivering SuDS and producing guidance for a variety of contexts covering retrofit and new build situations.
Further details will appear here shortly.
Background
This event celebrates schemes and projects that deliver great sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) and placemaking in our communities. It will cover new build and retrofit SuDS examples demonstrating how they can become an integral part of the places, spaces and buildings where we live, work and learn. The event will also explain how SuDS can effectively be integrated with transport infrastructure, a combination often thought to be fraught with difficulties.
The event will explain how good design and effective engagement can underpin the delivery of SuDS that provide multiple benefits particularly in our public areas. It will demonstrate how SuDS can contribute to the quality of our urban landscapes, manage pollution from highways, provide attractive planting and habitats for wildlife, combine art as well as improve our school environments.
Who should attend
Engineers, Landscape architects, urban designers, local planning authority representatives, lead local flood authority representatives, regulators, consultants
Programme
14:00 Registration and Coffee
14:30 Chair’s welcome and introduction
14:40 Delivering SuDS in schools, Andy Graham, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust
15.05 Delivering SuDS in the public realm, Kevin Barton, Robert Bray Associates
15:30 Grey to green and the delivery of SuDS in Sheffield, Roger Nowell, Sheffield City Council
15:55 SuDS and transport in London – guidance and examples, Robin Buckle, Transport for London and Johanna Gibbons J&L Gibbons
16:20 Discussion
16:45 Close
When
1 November, 2.00 – 4.45pm (Registration and refreshments from 2pm).
Where
CIRIA
Griffin Court
15 Long Lane
London, EC1A 9PN
Fees
This event is free to attend but you will need to book.
Booking
If you are having problems registering for this event online please contact Patrick Williams on 020 7549 3300 or email [email protected].