Construction industry research and information association, CIRIA, has been successful in securing funding through the Ofwat Innovation Fund, Water Breakthrough Challenge 5 funding round.
Working alongside three core partners Wessex Water, HR Wallingford and Stantec, CIRIA plans to develop a Rainwater Management Platform. This will be a user-focused online digital resource hosting up-to-date good practice guidance, as well as complementary tools to support the design, implementation and maintenance of high-quality blue-green infrastructure interventions. Additionally, it aims to help develop skills and capability across the industry.
Dr Andy Moores, CIRIA Director of Research said:
“This Ofwat funding is going to enable a long called for refresh of one of the cornerstones of the industry: the CIRIA SuDS Manual (C753).
“The grant will allow this guidance to be digitally transformed, extended in scope, focused on user needs and enable onward agile updates to content and tools as practice evolves.”
CIRIA Senior Research Manager and susdrain lead Adrien Baudrimont added:
“The Rainwater Management Platform will transform how we access best practice, creating a truly accessible resource for everyone – from homeowners to drainage engineers!
“In true CIRIA fashion, this collaborative project will bring together partners and experts from across the industry to help create, review, and test the platform, its content and associated tools. Get in touch if you’d like to be involved.”
