Winner of the Diversity Award at the ICE Wales Cymru Awards 2025 for YGC – Hirael Bangor Flood Prevention Scheme
Picture of Rob Williams (Water and Environment Service Manager at YGC), Steffan Jones (Head of Highways, Engineering and YGC), Emyr Gareth (Principle Engineer), Elen Mai Williamson (Technical Assistant) , Sion Arwel Jones (Business Development Manager) and Griffiths
We are proud to announce that we have Won the Diversity Award at the ICE Wales Cymru Awards 2025 for the Hirael Bangor Flood Prevention Scheme, and we are delighted about it!
Congratulations to everyone!
About the project
YGC has completed a project worth nearly £6 million that will protect the Hirael area of Bangor from the effects of coastal flooding and improve local recreational resources.
YGC engineers were responsible for the work to install new flood gates and walls; raising the level of the promenade and creating a new slipway; and creating a cycle path and other recreational resources in the area.
The work is designed to protect nearly 200 domestic and commercial properties in this area of Bangor from coastal flooding – a problem likely to be exacerbated as the sea level rises and as extreme weather becomes more common, due to climate change.
Bill Ward Sustainability Award 2025
The work was funded through the Welsh Government’s Coastal Risk Management Programme.
As part of the project, Engineers from YGC visited Ysgol Hirael to talk to the children about the impacts of climate change on our communities and how engineering works, such as this project in Hirael, can protect local infrastructure.
During the works, a fig-tree growing from the old sea wall at Hirael – which is of local significance – was moved under the supervision of arboriculture specialists to a spot south of the Lôn Glan Môr east car park, conserving it for the future.
YGC managed the project and provided design support. Griffiths Construction were appointed to carry out the work on site.
Strict environmental measures were followed throughout the construction process and a marine licence for the work was obtained from Natural Resources Wales.
More information is available on the Hirael website.