Tag: stormwater

Poured-in-place concrete channels control stormwater & erosion Hard-armoring channels to resist severe velocities and hydraulic stresses are typically accomplished by reinforced concrete or articulating concrete...

Managing stormwater quality is an unfunded mandate. The cost for capital and operations will have to be funded at the local level, through taxes...

OSHA HAZWOPER Training - 8 Hour Refresher September 12, 2019 Bordentown, NJ NJ Professional Engineers: 8 Continuing Professional Competency (CPC) Credits NY Professional Engineers: 7.5 PDHs (NOTE: This class may not be used...

Geothermal System Cools and Warms Atlanta Braves SunTrust Park Turf, Additional Pipe Systems Drain and Recycle Stormwater. By Steve Cooper Designing a natural turf field for...

Grasscrete: Meeting California’s demanding stormwater retention requirements has never been easier By Sean O’Keefe In construction, innovation is essential and, as the needs of the industry...

Floods across the Front Range in the fall of 2013 caused widespread damage to critical infrastructure. In the Big Thompson River canyon, floods destroyed more than 10 miles of the US 34 roadway embankment. The Colorado Department of Transportation committed to completing emergency, temporary repairs, followed by a flexible and resilient permanent solution — for which they engaged Jacobs.

The International Code Council (ICC) and CSA Group published the CSA B805/ICC 805 Rainwater Harvesting System standard for use in the U.S. and Canada that addresses design, materials, installation, and operation of residential and commercial rainwater harvesting systems for potable and non-potable water uses.

Lisa Iulo, associate professor of architecture and director of the Hamer Center for Community Design in the Stuckeman School at Penn State, is the lead researcher on an interdisciplinary team that has received funding from Penn State to develop community-based solutions to river flooding in Pennsylvania under the University’s strategic plan seed grant program.

A study that determined New York City's comprehensive strategy for the Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency (LMCR) project evaluated dozens of adaptation measures and identified a set of strategies to build resilience in Lower Manhattan.