It is without exaggeration that almost every time a storm hits the UK, the Met Office issues a flood warning and the broadcast media follows this up with a news person knee deep on some high street, surveying the damage.…
And how true is that saying at the moment, what with the news showing almost wall-to-wall coverage of severe bad weather causing wide-spread flooding. As I write this blog, weather warnings have been issued, sinkholes have recently appeared on the…
The Environment Agency’s (EA) Chair, Emma Howard Boyd, speaking recently about current trends said, global temperatures could rise between 2°C and 4°C by 2100 and that this would mean spending at least £1bn a year on flood management. As alarmist…
It’s striking just how many people approach flood protection or flow control as a ‘fix’, or worse as a product-based entity that you simply ‘plug-in’ to a problem. The thing is, flood protection systems, and the various options available, are…
Guest blog by Steve Hodgson of the Property Care Association Is Property Level Flood Protection a strategic necessity promoted by the Government or a victim of a constrained system that hasn’t got a clue on how to get what it…
IBS Engineered Products Ltd (IBS), one of the UK’s leading sub-contractors specialising in the design, manufacture and installation of flow control and flood protection equipment, has been awarded the contract to supply and install 30 aluminium lift hinge flood gates…
28th January 2019 By Ray Moulds I cannot labour the point enough, that early engagement and teamwork are key components in the success of any flood protection project. With sufficient time, planning, early supplier engagement and team-working, we can not…
16th January 2019 IBS Awarded Glass Wave Wall System Contract for North Wales Holiday Park IBS Engineered Products Ltd (IBS), one of the UK’s leading contractors specialising in the design, manufacture and installation of flow control and flood protection equipment,…
15th November 2018 We all love a bargain, and I’m the first to admit it sometimes pays to shop around, but when it comes to flood protection products, such as flood doors – it’s definitely worth looking beyond price, as…
1st November 2018 As I write - exactly 18 years on from the widespread and devastating floods of the year 2000 – I can easily recall just how appalling being flooded was. The stench, the sludge, the mess and not…
