Online: Working together for resilient streets – the retrofit challenge of integrating green, grey and blue infrastructure
- CPD Value: This event is awarded 2 CPD Hours
| Dates | Location | Cost (ex VAT) | |
| Tue 08 Jul 2025 | Online via Zoom | FREE | Book now |
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Research evidence clearly outlines the multiple benefits of urban trees including street trees across the social, environmental and economic spectrum. The physical benefits include reducing urban heat, contributing to surface water management, creating better environments for active travel and placemaking generally.
But, in order to achieve these outcomes we need integrated collaboration across the board from those who pay to those who benefit and this includes recognising trees as part of our critical urban infrastructure to be integrated with underground services – this is particularly challenging in retrofit situations – general street elements such as lighting; designing both for the location and with aftercare and low maintenance in mind; implementing effectively using the right skills; delivering within budgets and ensuring that ongoing maintenance is undertaken. How do we deal with the challenges? What does success look like? We have a National Design Guide and a National Model Design Code – do we need a National Underground Design Guide? This seminar will explore these issues and offers some case studies to demonstrate what success looks like.
Chair: Holger Kessler, Senior Stakeholder Manager, AtkinsRéalis
Let’s start with the underground – where are the services?
Carsten Roesndorf, Strategic Product Manager – National Underground Asset Register, Ordnance Survey
Finding space for trees in congested urban environments
Jake Tibbetts, City Gardens Manager, City of London
Alex Roebuck, Arboricultural Projects Officer, City of London (tbc)
Case Studies:
How to integrate trees, sustainable drainage and utilities for better placemaking
Zac Tudor, Director for Place Resilience, Arup
Finding the funding
Adam Boucher, Operations Lead – Green Recovery, Mansfield Sustainable Flooding Resilience, Severn Trent Water
Partners:
Institution of Highway Engineers, Landscape Institute, Street Works UK, Urban Design Group