WEM deal leads to Leeds work

摘要

BMM, the BAM Nuttall and Mott MacDonald joint venture, was set up to deliver coastal and fluvial works under the Environment Agency's Water and Environment Management (WEM) framework. As part of the deal, the joint venture is delivering assets and projects in their entirety from conception to completion, including project appraisals, design development and early contractor involvement, design and build contracts, managing programmes of work and the operation and maintenance of assets. The framework also led to BMM being selected for a £23M contract to deliver flood protection for Leeds. The deal was procured through the WEM framework by Leeds City Council It involves works extending for 4.3km from the city mainline railway station to just below Knostrop weir. It will see the replacement of the existing fixed weirs at Crown Point and Knostrop with moveable ones that can be lowered in flood conditions to reduce river levels and the threat of river flooding.