{"id":524204,"date":"2025-10-24T07:50:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T07:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/524204\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T07:50:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T07:50:25","slug":"jba-bentley-starts-19m-sheffield-flood-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/524204\/","title":{"rendered":"JBA Bentley starts \u00a319m Sheffield flood scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Artist's<\/a>
\nArtist’s impression of the Don Valley flood scheme at Sheffield Forgemasters<\/p>\n

Design and build contractor JBA Bentley has won a \u00a319m contract to deliver civil flood alleviation works at Sheffield Forgemasters\u2019 Brightside Lane site in Sheffield.<\/p>\n

The civil engineering project will intercept the Lower Don Valley\u2019s Bagley Brook culvert where it enters Sheffield Forgemasters\u2019 site, allowing storm water to be diverted, stored and transferred into the River Don. <\/p>\n

A large underground catchment system consisting of storage tanks<\/a>, a cross-site transfer tunnel and pumping station, will allow large volumes of water to be re-routed and contained at critical periods, to be released back into the river at a controlled flow-rate.<\/p>\n

Craig Fisher, programmes director at Sheffield Forgemasters, said: \u201cWe have already made huge steps towards flood prevention on the site, but the Bagley Brook transfer system will address a known flood-risk which can affect both our plant<\/a>, and this part of the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe brook, which runs through an enclosed culvert along our northern boundary and into the River Don, was contained in the Victorian era and the culvert simply can\u2019t cope with an excessive flow of water, causing it to breach in heavy storm conditions.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe new transfer system will allow storm water to be diverted from the culvert and contained in large attenuation tanks<\/a>, before being transferred to the River Don via a new underground pumping station, near to Abyssinia Bridge.<\/p>\n

JBA Bentley contracts manager Graham Frudd explained what needed to be done: \u201cJBA Bentley will undertake construction of a new weir chamber, integrated into the side of the existing Bagley Brook culvert, to allow a proportion of storm water to be redirected from the Bagley Brook culvert to a new pumping station at the side of the River Don.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will involve sinking a five-metre shaft to receive a tunnel boring machine that will drive a tunnel, 12-metres deep, for 320 metres across Brightside Lane. This will be launched from the 15-metre diameter shaft that will double as storage and a pumping station.\u201d<\/p>\n

A section of flood wall at Sheffield Forgemasters\u2019 boundary with the Don will be repositioned to accommodate a new outfall structure from which the pumping station will discharge storm water back into the river at a rate of 8,000 litres per second. <\/p>\n

The two-year flood alleviation works form part of Sheffield Forgemasters\u2019 planning requirements for its new 13,000 tonne Forging Line, currently under construction next to the Midland Mainline railway.<\/p>\n

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