Since 2019, the IGNITION project has explored how Greater Manchester can accelerate the delivery of urban nature-based solutions to build a climate resilient city-region. Supported by the Urban Innovations Actions Fund, the project brought together twelve partners from local government, universities, NGOs and business to develop pathways to accelerate public-private investment nature-based solutions.

One strand of the project focused on collaborative investment approaches to tackling urban surface water flooding by:

• Identifying hotspots for multi-partner investment in urban SuDS retrofit
• Piloting the development of an urban SuDS neighbourhood including:
  • Developing conceptual SuDS deisgns
  • Modelling potential benefits to receiving sewer networks and surface water flood risk
  • Estimate of likely scheme costs
  • Building a multi-partner business case
• Testing a replicable methodology for the adaptation of sewer models to represent SuDS.

This webinar will present an overview of the IGNITION project and then provide a deep dive into the SuDS neighbourhood pilot focusing on the planning, modelling and impact evaluation of retrofit SuDS neighbourhood in Walkden, Salford.

Programme

11:00 Welcome and introduction
Dr Louise Walker, Senior Research Manager, CIRIA

11:05 IGNITION: Accelerating the delivery of urban nature-based solutions in Greater Manchester
Matt Ellis, Climate Resilience Lead, Environment Agency
Rachel Morrison, Senior Nature Based Solutions Advisor, Greater Manchester Combined Authority

11:15  Retrofit SuDS: planning, conceptual design and cost estimation
Phil Williams, Technical Director, The Environmental Protection Group

11:40 SuDS retrofit modelling methods and outcomes
Bridget Woods Ballard, Principal Engineer, HR Wallingford

12:05 Interactive discussion and Q&A

12:25 Closing remarks

Fees CIRIA members: Free to attend Non-members: Free to attend