Event - Flooding Conference 2014 with CIWEM RCG

Flooding Conference 2014 will take place on January 30 at the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM), 15 John Street, London. The subtitle for this event is, "Delivering Flood & Coastal Schemes & Projects Partnering, Joint Funding and Frameworks, Developing Practice and Emerging Lessons."

Aim

The ways of working and funding arrangements involved in the delivery of major flood and coastal schemes and projects are changing fast. The aim of this conference for flood and erosion risk professionals will be to showcase the developing and innovative partnership approaches to the effective delivery of schemes and projects. This will include the identification of the multiple benefits, working with partners, large consortia projects, framework agreements, shared services agreements, different contractual arrangements and risk management

Objectives

To understand the emerging approaches to partnership working, funding arrangements and client - contractor arrangements for the effective delivery of schemes and projects.

To illustrate this by highlighting schemes and projects that have used a wide variety of mechanisms and reviews that have assessed these emerging work patterns.

In particular to highlight the emerging learning from projects and schemes covering:

Achieving a clear view of shared benefits across funding stakeholders
Partnership funding
Shared service agreements
Environment Agency Frameworks
The work of large scale consortia on major projects
Contractual arrangements and ways of working that minimise risks to clients and contractors