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, LLCPresident 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.