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USACE Nonstructural Flood Proofing Workshop

Published July 2, 2014
Presented by three U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees.
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Ingham County Health Department
5303 S. Cedar, 
Lansing, Mich. 48911

Presented by three U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees. Wednesday, July 23, 2014 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Ingham County Health Department 5303 S. Cedar, Lansing, Mich. 48911

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Ingham County Health Department

(Enter through Door #3, conference room is on the 2nd floor)

5303 S. Cedar,

Lansing, Mich. 48911

 

USACE instructors are coming in from Omaha and New Orleans to provide information on nonstructural flood proofing. This would be especially beneficial for communities that have experienced flood damages in the past and recent years where nonstructural flood proofing measures could reduce flood risk.

*There will be six continuing education credit hours offered for this workshop. 

 

Brief overview:

Workshops provided by the USACE National Nonstructural Flood Proofing Committee (NFPC) provide an in-depth overview of nonstructural techniques such as elevation, wet flood proofing, dry flood proofing, acquisition, relocation, and nonstructural berms and floodwalls. This workshop will illustrate the general data requirements for conducting plan formulation, how to assess the information collected and how to conduct an economic analysis to develop a benefit-cost ratio. The workshop identifies the hydrologic and nonstructural plan formulation required to assist communities/states/tribes to, either individually or in conjunction with USACE or other federal and state partners, develop potentially feasible nonstructural flood risk reduction measures which could lead to implementation and a reduction in damages due to future flood events.