Research by topic: Sustainability and the built environment

Guidance on enabling community maintenance for local flood risk management

This project will develop guidance on approaches to empower local community groups to undertake safe, appropriate and routine maintenance of local flood risk management infrastructure (surface water and ordinary watercourses).

Community of practice - Biodiversity Interest Group (BIG)

This project will create a community of practice for improving biodiversity value through a practitioners’ network focused on collaboration and sharing knowledge to enhance and improve biodiversity across transport, utilities, housing & development.

Thrust blocks on buried pressure pipelines

This project will review and update CIRIA's 1994 guide to the design of thrust blocks for buried pressure pipelines to reflect new materials - particularly polyethylene, practices and changes to standards and codes.

NERC Environmental Risks to Infrastructure Programme (ERIIP)

The Environmental Risks to Infrastructure Innovation Programme is a five-year, £5m initiative, which will be driven by the needs of the business community and decision-makers.

Community of Practice - Driving Net Zero Carbon

This new initiative brings together sustainability practitioners from across multiple sectors and disciplines within infrastructure to help the Government drive the pathways to NZC 2050 .