Agenda

Registration:                    8:00 – 8:30 am

Morning Session:             8:30 am – 12:15 pm

Lunch (On your own):       12:15 – 1:15 pm

Afternoon Session:           1:15 – 4:30 pm

Floods, Floodplains and Floodplain Management

   Identifying floodplains

   Flood facts and terminology

   Flood hazards and flood risks

   Three basic types of flooding (and other “unique” types)

   Floodplains, floodways, and coastal conditions: impact on development

   Why floodplain management matters

   Objectives and purpose of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)

   Evolution of the NFIP and its components

   NFIP approaches to floodplain management

Flood Maps and Flood Zones

   Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) contents and development

      • Understanding flood zone designations

      • Approaches to mapping floodplains

      • Components of flood maps

      • Digital mapping

      • Map Modernization and Risk MAP

   Flood Insurance Study (FIS) Reports

   Impacts of flood zone designations and mapping

   Understanding, distinguishing between, and requesting Letters of Map Change (LOMC)

Elevations in the NFIP

   The impact of elevations in the NFIP

   Sources of elevation

   The role of Elevation Certificates in the NFIP and related technical guidance

Federal, State, and Local Floodplain Regulation

   Federal NFIP regulations: where, what, and why

   Effects of regulations and legislation on building construction and improvement

   The role of lenders in the NFIP

   State and local roles in regulating floodplain development

   The role of advisory elevation and mapping data

Practical Applications

   Technical guidance and advisory documents

   Preparing for resiliency

   Planning for future conditions

   Practical applications exercise

Credits

Architects

     6.5 HSW Contact Hours
     6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units

Landscape Architects

     6.5 HSW Contact Hours
     LA CES Approval Pending

Professional Engineers

     6.5 PDHs

Floodplain Managers

     6.5 ASFPM CECs

Contractors

     Voluntary Cont. Ed.

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to architects and landscape architects and 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers in most states, including Pennsylvania. Courses and course providers are not subject to pre-approval in Pennsylvania.

This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and course approval is pending from the Landscape Architect Continuing Education System.

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

This seminar also offers a continuing education opportunity to construction contractors but has not been submitted to any contractor licensing entity for course approval.

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

Wendy Lathrop, PLS, CFM, CFS

President and Owner of Cadastral Consulting, LLC in Pennsylvania

Ms. Lathrop is licensed as a professional land surveyor in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, and as a professional planner in New Jersey. She holds a master’s degree in Environmental Policy and has been involved in surveying since 1974 in projects ranging from construction to boundary to environmental land use disputes. Ms. Lathrop is also a certified floodplain manager through the Association of State Flood Plain Managers (ASFPM) and a Certified Floodplain Surveyor through the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors. A former adjunct instructor at Mercer County College in New Jersey, she has also taught as part of the team for the licensing exam review course at Drexel University in Pennsylvania. Ms. Lathrop has been teaching seminars for surveyors since 1986 and has been writing articles for surveyors since 1983. She is a contributing editor for The American Surveyor magazine, and she has four articles included in the American Bar Association’s text, Land Surveys: A Guide for Lawyers and Other Professionals. She and Stephen V. Estopinal, PLS, PE co–authored a book titled Professional Surveyors and Real Property Descriptions: Composition, Construction, and Comprehension, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in 2011. She is also on the faculty of GeoLearn, a web-based educational provider. Ms. Lathrop is a past president of the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors and of the National Society of Professional Surveyors, and she has served on the Board of Directors for the American Association for Geodetic Surveying.