Capita Symonds rallies bridge engineers for flood checks

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Capita Symonds has issued a national call to draft in up to 100 employees this week to inspect flood-damaged bridges in Cumbria.rnThe consultant, which has a partnership with Cumbria council, is managing a programme to inspect the county's 1,800 bridges in the wake of last week's floods, which washed away six crossings and damaged 1,300 homes.rnRobin McCartney, associate director of Capita Symonds, said the firm would need 30-50 bridge engineers, and an equal number of other staff to ensure the process was managed safely, and had called all its offices to ask them to put people on standby.