Making it simple to assess flood risk to individual properties or across your portfolio
FloodScore™ Property provides property-level flood risk scores and flood risk information for all properties in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. You can use it to quickly evaluate and quantify flood risk. It’s available as an online checking service through an API, as a full or partial database, or as spatial layers.
Ambiental is a specialist in flood modelling and flood risk assessment. We have offices in the UK, Australia and Singapore and work with clients ranging from the World Bank to reinsurers, insurance brokers, multinational businesses, planners and individual home owners. In the last two decades we have successfully undertaken flood risk projects in Europe, Australasia, Africa, the Middle East and South East Asia.
At the heart of our success in predicting flood risk more accurately is the quality of our source data and our proven flood modelling software, Flowroute-i™. It was originally developed in close collaboration with scientists at Cambridge University, and provides uniquely detailed and informative visual outputs as well as accurate flood forecasts that can be delivered in a format that suits the client.
As a highly specialised team we are able to help with both rapid assessments and in-depth research that supports decision-making around flood risk. Our flexible, robust flood modelling software means we can develop and customise models relatively quickly, and use them to answer specific questions, helping our clients be far more agile and responsive. We help to improve our clients’ confidence in their decision-making.
As a company we are committed to continually developing and improving our methods and technologies. To support this we undertake ongoing research and development, and maintain close links with academia and regulatory policymakers.
Sustainable drainage systems (SuDS for short) encompass a range of techniques for holistically managing water runoff onsite to reduce the quantity, and increase the quality, of surface water that drains into sewers from a development. A general SuDS definition is that it mimics natural systems, and differs from traditional drainage in aiming to manage rain close to where it falls. Not only do these sustainable drainage systems reduce the burden on our sewerage system, they can also help wildlife to thrive in urban areas, with many of the drainage systems being intrinsically wildlife friendly.
Slowing the flow of water allows it to be taken up and transpired by vegetation, and constructed wetlands and ponds ensure plants aid with the uptake of water and help in cleaning polluted runoff. Such water purification is an important part of the SuDS meaning. Purification systems in the form of ponds and marshes also allow for water to be stored before it is released into watercourses, ensuring that the risk of flash flooding is reduced. As you can imagine, enhancing a development with living roofs, ponds and wetlands not only helps attract wildlife back into the area, but also adds amenity more generally, making the site more attractive to those living and working in the area.
April 2015 it became compulsory for sustainable urban drainage systems to be considered in the planning applications for major developments, and at Ambiental we are able to provide support and guidance in how best to incorporate SuDS into your development. We’ll soon be publishing a blog to tell you all about the policy changes and how they’ll affect your drainage strategy.
We work with clients worldwide, ranging from the World Bank and government agencies, to insurers, risk managers, planners and developers. By providing advanced tools, data, digital maps and expert advice on flood risk assessment and management, we help to predict the location and severity of flooding, prevent damage, and protect lives, property and assets.
