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14 ALLIANCES 2018 The £11M flood protection project in Teesside is among the latest projects that BMMjv is carrying on behalf of the Environment Agency. The joint venture, the collaboration between BAM Nuttall and Mott MacDonald, has embarked on the second phase of a scheme aimed at reducing flood risk from the River Tees. The second phase entails existing flood embankments being raised along Greatham Creek to reduce the flood risk to Port Clarence and land which is south of the creek. It is expected this phase will be completed by the end of 2018. BMMjv is also working on the £23M contract for a major flood defence scheme in Hull, carrying out vital work to design and build new defences at a number of locations along the River Hull, as well as upgrading the existing defences. BMMjv, which is appointed to the Environment Agency's Water and Environment The BNM Alliance, compris- ing Barhale and NM Group, is continuing its work on the Elan Valley Aqueduct (EVA) tunnelling and pipeline projects as part of Severn Trent's Birmingham Resil- ience Project. BNM has been tasked with delivering three tunnelling projects and one pipeline scheme. The three new sections, at Bleddfa, Management (WEM) Frame- work, was also heavily involved on the £50M flood alleviation scheme in Leeds which recently opened. This project uses moveable weir technology, which is a first for flood risk reduction in the UK. The Leeds Flood Allevia- tion Scheme uses state-of-the- art flood defence engineering techniques but is one of the largest river flood alleviation schemes in the country. The scheme comprises three main Knighton and Nantmel, are being tunnelled alongside the existing aqueduct and the flow of water diverted into the new sections allowing the old tunnel to be sealed off. BNM completed the 1.8km-long Bleddfa diversion, the first of the three sections to be replaced, earlier this year and has since moved on to the next diversion, 12 miles upstream at Nantmel. elements: state-of-the-art mechanical weirs, the merging of the river and canal and flood walls and embank- ments stretching 4.5km through the city centre. Andy Judson, project manager for BAM Nuttall, said: "We've had a really strong 'one team' ethos on this project. We've all been co-located and understood that by working together, we would get the job finished on time and on budget." The third diversion (at Knighton, ten miles east of Bleddfa) will be the last to be completed. Severn Trent is currently working on the basis of a three-year construction and commissioning programme and hopes to have the Birmingham Resilience Project completed by the middle of 2019. The EVA is one of Severn Trent's most significant assets, but a¤er more than 100 years of service, the need for regular maintenance and refurbishment is becoming ever more frequent and so the time has come to provide extra support for the EVA to make sure that it can continue to provide service for another 100 years. This led to the Birming- ham Resilience Project (BRP), a scheme to safeguard the EVA and protect Birming- ham's water supply. At around £300M, the BRP is the biggest infrastructure project in Severn Trent's history. BMMjv PARTNERS BAM Nuttall, Mott MacDonald CLIENT Environment Agency CONTRACT WEM framework TERM Four years BNM PARTNERS Barhale, NM Group CLIENT Severn Trent Water CONTRACT AMP6 delivery as part of One Supply Chain TERM Five years ALLIANCES 2018 Deals flood in for BMM One down, two to go The Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme during construction. Courtesy: Leeds City Council

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