ECS delivers new weir gates for Iffley Weir refurbishment 29 May 2014

The Environment Agency has completed refurbishment of the historic Iffley Weir – part of the flood defence scheme on the River Thames near Oxford – with the installation of new weir gates, which replace wooden sections, fitted in the 1980s.

The new gates were fabricated by ECS Engineering Services, and are compliant with the new CE certification requirements that came into force earlier in the year.

Design work was undertaken by water control gates specialist KGAL, working with ECS and the Environment Agency.

The project was scheduled for completion during the summer months, when the water flows would be at their lowest, and the overall timeframe from design to delivery was just seven weeks.

In all, six new vertical roller gates have been manufactured and coated to provide a minimum of 15 years protection before first maintenance.

The project required all materials to meet BS EN 1090-2, which includes CE marking as part of the European regulation that came into force from 1 July 2013.

Under the CPR 2013 (Construction Products Regulations 2013), it is now mandatory for all construction products supplied into the building or civil construction projects to bear the CE mark and for the supplier to have conformed to all the associated requirements with regard to technical documentation, quality control and manufacturing practices.

From 1 July 2014 this requirement will extend to all fabricated assemblies.

Brian Tinham

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