Technical Briefing: Flood Defence & Climate Adaptation Infrastructure

Webinar

Friday 22 August 2025
10:00 - 11:00

Join Barking Riverside for this technical briefing exploring the complex engineering challenges and innovative solutions behind the transformation of the foreshore at Barking Riverside.

This webinar will focus on how Barking Riverside are delivering resilient and future-proofing infrastructure, outlining how flood defences, ecological considerations, and public realm enhancements are being integrated into one of Europe’s largest placemaking projects.

Key discussion areas will include designing for resilience through flood defence and climate adaptation, addressing site-specific constructability challenges with tailored engineering solutions, and integrating hard infrastructure with ecological and public realm enhancements to maximise landscape and community value.

Attendees will gain CPD insights into the collaborative design and delivery approach being taken to safeguard and activate this river edge for generations to come.

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Programme

10:00 Welcome from Chair

Adara Wicaksono, Programme Manager, NLA

10:05 Presentation

Duncan Barnes, Infrastructure Manager, Barking Riverside
Leigh Money, Technical Director, WSP
Graham Gathergood, Senior Maritime Engineer, Beckett Rankine

10:40 Panel discussion & Audience Q&A

11:00 End

Speaker biographies

Duncan Barnes

Infrastructure Manager, Barking Riverside

Adara Wicaksono

Programme Manager, NLA

Leigh Money

Technical Director, WSP

Graham Gathergood

Senior Maritime Engineer, Beckett Rankine

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