Flooded settlements and fields,
GuyanaWith increasing public attention focusing on flood
occurrence and mitigation owing to climate change, Mott MacDonald
has grown a large and diverse flood management division, capable of
undertaking studies in relation to all aspects of flood risk
management: flood risk mapping, catchment flood management and
flood forecasting in the UK, Europe and Asia.
We are one of the six consortia appointed under the Strategic Flood
Risk Management Framework Agreement with the UK Environment Agency
to be responsible for providing up-to-date river catchment models
and flood risk maps for England and Wales. In the last seven years
we have studied more than 50 catchments, including hydrological
analysis, hydraulic modelling and production of over two thousand
flood maps under this framework. Outputs from the model are being
used in strategy studies, catchment management plans, and other
initiatives being progressed under the European Water Framework
Directive.
We have extensive experience in the development and use of
mathematical models for the simulation of surface water systems and
we are at the forefront of hydraulic and water quality model
development. In recent years we have developed and successfully
used a powerful range of mathematical models for simulating
unsteady flow and water quality parameters in rivers, lakes and
estuarine systems. We have current modelling commissions using
software packages, HEC-RAS, ISIS, MIKE-11 and our in-house
modelling packages HYDRO-1D.
We are also undertaking two-dimensional modelling for the analysis
of flood conditions where a one dimensional model would not provide
an adequate representation of the predicted flood spreading
mechanisms. 2D modelling also allows outputs of flow velocities and
depths which are increasingly being required in consideration of
the hazard associated with flood events.
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