What is BDS?

The BDS Prize Competition Results

The results of the BDS prize competition were announced on the 20th November 2023. Thank you to our finalists Daniel Morris- Stantec, Thomas Rigby – United Utilities, Emily Hale – Mott Macdonald, Veronika Martin- Arup, Matt Craig – Mott Macdonald, who presented their papers with great confidence and answered many questions from the audience on the night.

Thank you to all those who entered; the BDS has been impressed by the high standard of entries this year.

New Ciria Guidance Document

CIRIA has released a new guidance document entitled ‘Siphons in dams – design, installation, operation, management and testing (C813)’ a link to more information can be found here.

Forthcoming BDS Events

The next BDS evening technical meeting will be on the 8th January 2024. This will be held at the ICE in London and will be streamed online. Our regional hubs will also be open for the event. Details of the event and how to join one of our hubs will be available shortly on the Events page.

CIWEM Webinar - Global engineering response to the Kakhovka Dam breach failure in Ukraine

CIWEM are hosting an online webinar about the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam on 3rd October 2023. Information about the event can be accessed here. This lunchtime webinar is produced in collaboration with the CIWEM Rivers & Coastal group, the CIWEM Welsh Branch, and Arcadis. The panellists will discuss the global engineering response to the 2023 breach of the Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine.

Post-incident reporting for Reservoirs

The Environment Agency has published its annual post-incident report on reservoir safety incidents in England. Six incidents are included in the report, which can be found here.