(OMAHA, Neb. - September 11, 2009) - A group of experts in water resources are representing HDR at the annual conference of the Floodplain Management Association in San Jose, Calif., Sept. 8-11.
Five HDR employees will participate in presentations during this pivotal event for floodplain managers. They are Justin Rogers, Brian Doeing, Mark Seits and Vicky Zhang, all of HDR’s San Diego, Calif., office, and Les Harder, Folsom, Calif.
The Floodplain Management Association is a regional organization of professionals in California, Nevada and Hawaii involved in multiple aspects of floodplain management.
HDR presentations include:
- "Meeting the Challenges in Improving Levees around the National Basin"
- "Levee Certification—Life after the PAL"
- "Levee Certification for Non-federal Levees—A Case Study"
- "Design of Bank Revetments and Grade Control Structures for Stream Restoration Projects"
- "Bioengineering Design Methods Using Channel Shear Stress for Stream Restoration"
HDR is an employee-owned architectural, engineering and consulting firm with more than 8,000 professionals in 186 locations worldwide. All of them are committed to helping clients manage complex projects and make sound decisions. HDR is No. 13 overall in the Engineering News-Record Top 500 Design Firms rankings for 2009.