All CIRIA briefings

Collaborating for resilience

Lee Kelly, CIRIA, summarises the findings of CIRIA’s 2016–2017 infrastructure resilience series.

Interdependence analysis for systemically resilient infrastructure systems

Placing resilience at the heart of systemic infrastructure decision-making processes by Tom Dolan, UCL, and Roger Street, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, based on work carried out for UKCRIC and the ARCC Network.

Resilient infrastructure futures - what does success look like?

David Pocock, Jacobs, and Juliet Mian, Arup, draw on their diverse experience to set out a shared view of the definition of ‘success’ as the construction industry steps up efforts to improve the resilience of new and existing critical infrastructure

Maximising the climate resilience dividend for UK infrastructure

Kiki Pattenden and Ian Allison, Mott MacDonald, together with Jonathan Simm, HR Wallingford, explore how strategic, long-term adaptive investment in infrastructure resilience with today’s capital is important for ongoing business performance and surv

Gatwick Airport: delivering resilient projects

Matthew Kent, Design Assurance Manager, Gatwick Airport, discusses how the airport builds resilience into its Capital Investment Programme

Planning for resilient ports and airports

Nanco Dolman, Royal HaskoningDHV, assesses critical infrastructure interdependencies and its cascade effects to help ports and airports plan for flood resilience and adapt to climate change.

Reclamation and other uses of marine aggregate

Ruth Hynes reports from the 2016 EMSAGG event examining the role of marine aggregate for reclamation works, coastal protection, re nourishment projects, and other uses outside the construction industry

Fit-out guidance to support sustainable practices

Karen Lambert, Marketing Director UK & Ireland, Interface, discusses the new CIRIA Environmental fit-out guide (C757) and how it can be used to create stronger cohesion through the supply chain.

The Role of Responsible Sourcing in the Sustainable Construction Agenda

Professor Jacqui Glass of Loughborough University discusses the role of responsible sourcing in construction

CDM has landed

Alan Gilbertson, CIRIA consultant, outlines the latest changes to the CDM regulations...

CDM2015 – why you need to understand and prepare now

Alan Gilbertson discusses the forthcoming changes to the CDM regulations

Preventing catastrophic events in construction - the construction industry moves

Alan Gilbertson, CIRIA, co-author of CIRIA’s report C699, outlines progress on the issue since 2011

SuDS in the community: suitable case for treatment?

David Singleton, DSA Environment + Design Ltd, gives a brief account of the benefits of SuDS and indicates where success has been achieved and why this might be the case

Guidance on glazing at height - an introduction for the client (SP161)

An introduction to CIRIA's full report, Guidance on glazing at height (C632).