Agenda

Registration:                    8:00 – 8:30 am

Morning Session:             8:30 am – 12:00 pm

Lunch (On your own):       12:00 – 1:00 pm

Afternoon Session:           1:00 – 4:30 pm

Floodplain Management

   Floodplain hydrology and modeling methods
   Floodway concepts
   Overview of FEMA’s flood insurance rate maps
   Basic principles of open channel flow
   Interpreting HEC-RAS output and results
   Interpreting HEC-2 models and conversion to HEC-RAS
   FEMA’s Approximate Zone A floodplain
   FEMA’s letter of map revision processes
   Overview of floodplain management concepts and terms

Stormwater Sustainability

   Defining green practices/sustainability
   Objective of green/sustainable stormwater practices
   Types of pollutants in stormwater
   Evaluating green practices
   Extended detention basins
   Bioretention basics
   Rainwater harvesting
   Porous pavers
   Porous landscape detention basin (PLD)
   Best management practices (BMPs)

Detention Concepts

   Detention/retention pond overview
   “Beating the peak” concept_when detention may not be appropriate
   Hydrograph basics and pond-routing theory
   Design considerations
   Site selection
   Staged outlet structures
   Interconnected ponds
   Water quality
   Integrating sustainability with detention ponds
   Steps for detention pond design
   Maintaining ponds
   Maintaining outlets and trash racks

Credits

Professional Engineers
     6.5 Wyoming CPC Units/PDHs

Landscape Architects
     6.5 Wyoming HSW CEHs
     6.5 LA CES HSW PDHs

Floodplain Managers
     6.5 CECs

Contractors
     Non-Credit Continuing Ed.

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.5 continuing education hours to engineers, landscape architects (HSW), in most states, including Wyoming. Educators and courses are not subject to pre-approval in Wyoming. This seminar also offers a continuing education opportunity to floodplain managers.

The Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System has approved this program for 6.5 HSW PDHs

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education provider for engineers in Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New York (NYSED So. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota. HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York landscape architects.

The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this activity for 6.5 CECs.

This program offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not been reviewed by any state licensing board with mandatory continuing education.

Attendance will be monitored and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.

Speakers

Aaron Cvar

Front Range Stormwater & Floodplain Consulting, LLC

President of Front Range Stormwater & Floodplain Consulting, LLC, in Fort Collins, COMr. Cvar founded Front Range Stormwater & Floodplain Consulting, LLC, in 2008. Mr. Cvar has worked for over 15 years on water-related engineering projects throughout Colorado and Wyoming. He is a licensed professional engineer in the states of Colorado and Wyoming.
Mr. Cvar provides consulting involving stormwater management plans (SWMP) and storm drainage plans, reports, and design. He conducts flood studies, and provides consultation regarding FEMA flood map interpretation and letters of map revision (LOMR). Mr. Cvar has provided expert testimony and forensic engineering studies in support of water-related litigation, such as the Schiller Property in Logan County, Colorado. He has done numerous water mitigation and stormwater studies, including stormwater infrastructure design for Centerra East in Loveland, Colorado. Mr. Cvar has conducted numerous flood studies and FEMA flood map revisions. He has taken a lead role in recent FEMA flood map revisions for the Town of Severance, Colorado. Mr. Cvar has conducted letters of map revision for riverine floodplains and drainageways in Fort Collins, Timnath, Wellington, and Windsor, Colorado. He also has had extensive experience in conducting mountain flood studies within the Cache La Poudre River and Big Thompson River watersheds.
Mr. Cvar holds both a Bachelor and a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering, along with his Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering, from Colorado State University.

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