Engineering stories whose deep dive explains coasts and rivers, ready to use as a starter, a reading task or a real-world example. Each one links to the GCSE and A level curriculum.
Construction & Infrastructure
Engineers begin placing 15,000 tonnes of Norwegian granite to protect the 150-year-old South Gare breakwater on the River Tees from increasingly severe North Sea…
Deep dive: How Rock Armour Protects Coastal Structures
Construction & Infrastructure
How Jones Bros used 66,500 tonnes of Welsh rock armour to build the Kinmel Bay coastal defence, protecting 2,000+ homes from the sea.
Deep dive: How Rock Armour Absorbs a Storm
Construction & InfrastructureInnovation
The UK's upgraded surface water flood forecasting system uses impact-based modelling to protect 4.6 million at-risk properties from intense rainfall events.
Deep dive: How Surface Water Flood Forecasting Works