Hydraulic Modelling

We specialise in detailed hydraulic modelling, from concept site layout to detailed design, enabling us to help inform, shape, and optimise your proposals in line with relevant guidance.

Hydraulic modelling provides a visual understanding of the potential impact of flood risk on a development.

Our technical staff use a range of industry-standard software packages such as Flood Modeller, TUFLOW, Infoworks ICM, and HEC-RAS to quantify and understand potential flood risk to a site or area from a range of sources such as rainfall, rivers, or the coast. Modelling outputs provide key statistics such as flow routes, flood depths, water levels, velocities, and flood hazard ratings, used to inform a design.

Hydraulic modelling can be used:

in support of a flood risk assessment.
for options appraisal.
to identifying the residual flood risk in the event of a defence breach or structure blockage.
in reservoir inundation mapping.
to challenge EA/SEPA/NRW flood maps to reduce insurance premiums.
in scour assessment.
in wastewater network design’
to support an EA/SEPA/NRW flood map challenge.
to support an expert witness statement.