JBA Consulting
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JBA Consulting is an environmental
engineering
consultancy company
, based in the United Kingdom
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JBA is one of the UK's leading environmental and engineering consultancies, with a history going back to 1995. The consultancy is based in the UK and provides flood risk and environmental management services worldwide. JBA has a network of 13 offices throughout the UK (including Scotland and Wales) and Ireland.
JBA Consulting was awarded the prestigious New Civil Engineer
, Association of Consulting Engineers Consultant of the Year award for medium size firms for 2010. New Civil Engineer is the weekly magazine of the Institution of Civil Engineers
, (ICE) the UK and a co-founder of the British Construction Industry Awards
.
Environmental management
Environmental resource management is “a purposeful activity with the goal to maintain and improve the state of an environmental resource affected by human activities” . It is not, as the phrase suggests, the management of the environment as such, but rather the management of the interaction and...
engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
consultancy company
Company
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, based in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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JBA is one of the UK's leading environmental and engineering consultancies, with a history going back to 1995. The consultancy is based in the UK and provides flood risk and environmental management services worldwide. JBA has a network of 13 offices throughout the UK (including Scotland and Wales) and Ireland.
History
The firm was founded in 1995 by civil engineer Jeremy Benn, and was named Jeremy Benn Associates. The firm quickly grew, undertaking railway and flood risk management projects throughout the UK, and became a limited company in 1998, now trading as JBA Consulting.Modern Company
The company has extended its scope of work to include GIS software development and international flood risk planning.JBA Consulting was awarded the prestigious New Civil Engineer
New Civil Engineer
New Civil Engineer is the weekly magazine of the Institution of Civil Engineers, the UK chartered body that oversees the practice of civil engineering in the UK. It is published by EMAP who acquired the title and editorial control from the ICE in 1995...
, Association of Consulting Engineers Consultant of the Year award for medium size firms for 2010. New Civil Engineer is the weekly magazine of the Institution of Civil Engineers
Institution of Civil Engineers
Founded on 2 January 1818, the Institution of Civil Engineers is an independent professional association, based in central London, representing civil engineering. Like its early membership, the majority of its current members are British engineers, but it also has members in more than 150...
, (ICE) the UK and a co-founder of the British Construction Industry Awards
British Construction Industry Awards
The British Construction Industry Awards were launched by the New Civil Engineer magazine and Thomas Telford Ltd - both owned by the Institution of Civil Engineers - in 1998....
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Notable Projects
- Draft New Guidance On Local Flood Risk: JBA have drafted (for the Environment AgencyEnvironment AgencyThe Environment Agency is a British non-departmental public body of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and an Assembly Government Sponsored Body of the Welsh Assembly Government that serves England and Wales.-Purpose:...
) guidance to help local authorities across England and Wales assess the risk of flooding in their areas. - Scottish Flood Defence Assets Database: JBA have built (for the Scottish Environment Protection AgencyScottish Environment Protection AgencyThe Scottish Environment Protection Agency is Scotland’s environmental regulator. Its main role is to protect and improve Scotland's environment...
) and control the website that shows the details of the condition, location and protection provided by the Flood prevention and protection schemes in Scotland. - Probabilistic Flood Model for France: In collaboration with Guy Carpenter and Intermap Technologies, JBA have produced river-flow modelling of 80,000 km of the French river network using JFlow (JBA's 2-D hydraulic model).
- WaPUG IUD Modelling Guide: JBA has assisted with the development of the Integrated Urban Drainage (IUD) approach to planning or managing an urban drainage systems in collaboration with the CIWEMChartered Institution of Water and Environmental ManagementThe Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management is an independent professional body and a registered charity, advancing the science and practice of water and environmental management for a clean, green and sustainable world....
. - Projects for the National TrustNational Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural BeautyThe National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...
: Two projects have recently featured in the National Trust’s members’ magazine. The innovative Holnicote project near Minehead and the Tarn Moss restoration project at Malham Tarn, Yorkshire, were led by JBA's sister company Maslen Environmental in Saltaire. - CIRIACIRIACIRIA is a member-based research and information organisation dedicated to improvement in all aspects of the construction industry. Members include representatives from all parts of the supply chains of the modern built environment, covering building and civil engineering as well as transport and...
Design Guide: The CIRIA Culvert Design and Operation Guide (CDOG) has been co-written by JBA Principal Engineer Dr. Amanda Kitchen. This is a comprehensive guide to the whole-life management of culverts which replaces the Culvert Design Guide. - Fish Pass Design: JBA Consulting has recently expanded its portfolio of fish pass design work by supporting the Don Catchment Rivers Trust in producing designs for elver passes on the Rivers Rother River Don. Money made available by DEFRADepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsThe Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is the government department responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United Kingdom...
to deliver Water Framework DirectiveWater framework directiveThe Water Framework Directive is a European Union directive which commits European Union member states to achieve good qualitative and quantitative status of all water bodies The Water Framework Directive (more formally the Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23...
objectives relating to fish passage and specific objectives highlighted in the Eel Management Plan for the HumberHumberThe Humber is a large tidal estuary on the east coast of Northern England. It is formed at Trent Falls, Faxfleet, by the confluence of the tidal River Ouse and the tidal River Trent. From here to the North Sea, it forms part of the boundary between the East Riding of Yorkshire on the north bank...
River Basin District, has led to designs for eel passes being produced for three weirs. - Fluvial Design Guide: The Environment AgencyEnvironment AgencyThe Environment Agency is a British non-departmental public body of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and an Assembly Government Sponsored Body of the Welsh Assembly Government that serves England and Wales.-Purpose:...
have announced the launch of the Fluvial Design Guide advising on the design process for in-river engineering and maintenance work, for which JBA have provided the Hydrology content for the purposes of designing or assessing the hydraulic performance of works in the fluvial environment. The Fluvial Design Guide is a handbook for flood and coastal erosion risk managers, including Local Authorities, Internal Drainage BoardsInternal Drainage BoardAn internal drainage board is a type of operating authority which is established in areas of special drainage need in England and Wales with permissive powers to undertake work to secure clean water drainage and water level management within drainage districts...
and consultants, and aims to provide enough information to enable its readers to understand the fundamentals of the problem faced and where expert advice should be sought. - RIBARoyal Institute of British ArchitectsThe Royal Institute of British Architects is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally.-History:...
Guide to Designing for Flood Risk: JBA have worked alongside KCA Architects in the production of the RIBA’s (Royal Institute of British ArchitectsRoyal Institute of British ArchitectsThe Royal Institute of British Architects is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally.-History:...
) guide to Designing for Flood Risk which takes a design-led approach to addressing flood risk. The guide informs of the issues that flood risk gives rise to, provides an overview of current policy and legislation, and outlines potential design responses for architects, urban designers, landscape architects and planners. Designing for Flood Risk is a component of the RIBA’s Climate ChangeClimate changeClimate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
Tools, a package of guidance developed to encourage architects to engage with the issue of climate change and to help them both mitigate and adapt to the challenges of global warming including flood risk.