Bespoke Analysis

Householders and businesses are not alone in their battles against flooding. Every year some £800 million is spent on flood defences by government agencies, with the Environment Agency in particular constantly considering the sites of new flood defences. Many local authorities also undertake excellent defence work.

But all public service agencies look only at the big picture, where public money can make the most difference. If their cost/benefit analysis tells them that work at one out of two sites will give them more protection for taxpayers’ money, the other site will be dropped until more funding is available – which could be years, if ever.

For neighbourhoods or communities where waiting simply is not an option, the Floodguards Bespoke flood risk analysis service provides the expertise they need.
 
Our flood defence specialists will produce a full report detailing all flood defence options for a community, from major works toindividual building protection, and
includes a full cost/benefit analysis that includes the effects on property prices, insurance availability and purely local factors. These can cover items such as groundwater, alluvial deposits, historic flooding, drain conditions, runaways, potential and existing culverts and soakaways.

You will know how much risk the community faces and what the options are for reducing that risk. In other words, the community will be independently advised about what is worth doing and what isn’t. Armed with information, the community can then decide what it wants to do.

Any products detailed in the report – including major equipment manufactured by others – will be BSI quality approved. Floodguards products will be included only where relevant: we recognise that approaches to community flooding can differ from individual property protection. Elgin floods, Scotland, July 1997.