ECS continues flood prevention work in South Yorkshire The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has continued to award funding to local councils across the country to help with improving flood prevention measures. For Rotherham Borough Council this has enabled them, with the help of the Environment Agency (EA) and ECS Engineering Services,…
Landustrie Archimedes screw pump cuts energy consumption by 44% for Welsh pumping station Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has upgraded one of its drainage pumping stations with the introduction of a new Archimedes screw pump retrofitted alongside 2 existing axial flow submersible pumps. The project was designed and installed by ECS Engineering Services, UK supply and…
Usage of wood and steel falls away as HDPE brings benefits to water control devices Engineers involved in the control of water levels and flow face a constant battle to ensure that the control devices they use are properly maintained and operating efficiently. A great deal of the existing water control infrastructure is constructed from…
ECS takes RoSPA Gold for 7th year running ECS Engineering Services has once again been presented with the RoSPA Gold Award for Occupational Health and Safety, the seventh consecutive year that the company has achieved this award. The presentation will be made during a ceremony at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, at the NEC on…
New flood defence calls for hydraulic actuated penstock As the Environment Agency (EA) continues its work to improve flood defences around the country, in the Northern region, it has chosen to install a new spillway and hydraulically actuated penstock, which will make the flood defences at Market Weighton, in East Yorkshire, compliant with the 1975…
ECS to install UK’s first InfraCore® Inside FRP bridge for the EA The Environment Agency (EA) has awarded ECS Engineering Services, one of its framework contractors, with a project to design, build and install a new bridge in Mapledurham, near Reading. As the exclusive UK agent for FiberCore Europe, the proposed design from ECS will…
New tilting weir helps Somerset flood defences Maintenance of the waterways within the Somerset Levels is a crucial aspect of flood defence work in the area and the Environment Agency (EA) has recently completed a construction project on a 4km stretch of the River Parrett as part of this scheme. ECS Engineering Services has supplied…
ECS delivers rejuvenated flood defence for EA Maintaining flood defence equipment is a vital aspect of the Environment Agency’s role and in many cases it uses engineering partners, such as ECS Engineering Services to plan, design, fabricate and install new equipment. When a fish belly water control gate was identified for replacement after nearly 30…
New Archimedes screw pumps double capacity for Bangor site As part of a £3 million investment, Northern Ireland Water is upgrading the equipment at Luke’s Point pumping station with the installation of two new Archimedes screw pumps, supplied by ECS Engineering Services. Installed in the same footprint as the original equipment, the new pumps will…
New fish & eel passes help more species to migrate upstream According to the Sussex Wildlife Trust, eel stocks have fallen by over 90% in line with a global trend, and the Environment Agency is coordinating a number of measures to help in the recovery of the species. Part of the programme involves the installation…