Engineering

JBA excels in all aspects of water engineering, from strategy studies and initial hydraulic modelling through to preparation of contract documentation and site supervision.

Our Engineering Studies core skill areas include:

• Hydraulic design of bridges and culverts including flood and scour risk assessment
• Flood Management options appraisal from strategic assessment to scheme optimisation
• Non structural solutions, using flood warning, pre-event planning, and vulnerability assessments
• Hydraulic Design of pumping stations, pipelines, culverts, retaining structures, screens, and storage devices
• Reservoir Engineering (including Panel Engineer services under the UK Reservoirs Act)
• Civil Engineering - contracts and construction
• Technical support of planning consent applications
• Asset management
• Operation and maintenance

Our team is fully conversant with the requirements of funding and regulatory bodies and appreciate the need for comprehensive economic analysis and environmental appraisal. Appropriately designed modelling is essential and as a result JBA integrate the appraisal process to deliver effective and robust examination of the options available.

Our engineering team includes the experience base of Grantham Brundell and Farran Consulting Engineers (GBF) which merged with JBA in 2004. GBF were founded in 1844 and have been leaders in the field of agricultural drainage and water level management since then.

Traditional solutions have their place and but JBA's exposure to the new delivery landscapes in Flood management means that its engineers can blend and integrate environmental and aesthetic issues as part of a seamless solution. JBA prides itself in recognizing the role of supporting skills from ecologists, economists, emergency planners, geomorphologists (to name just a few of our in-house skills).

We undertake asset management activities including assessment of condition, determination of operational criticality and scoping of refurbishment works.

JBA is able to arrange for inspections to be carried out of reservoirs, as required by the Reservoirs Act of 1975. Inspections are undertaken by qualified members of the Supervising Engineer's Panel. The inspections comprise a visit to the site, examination of previous statements and records, and preparation of a Statement, as required by Section 12 (2) of the Act.

The Engineering Group also has a fully trained Confined Spaces Team who undertake internal inspections of manholes, culverts and chambers.

Example Past Clients

• Network Rail
• British Rail Property Board
• Highways Agency
• British Waterways
• The National Trust
• Environment Agency for England
• Environment Agency Wales
• Rivers Agency, Northern Ireland
• The Office of Public Works, Dublin
• BP
• Internal Drainage Boards
• Local Authorities
• Developers

Countries (outside the UK) where we have worked

• Ireland
• Bosnia
• Georgia
• Azerbaijan