Pre Conference Training Day - Wednesday 28th April

Two Pre Conference Training Courses will be held in conjunction with the conference, on Wednesday 28 April 2010. The cost of attendance at either of these sessions is in addition to the two day Conference Registration Fee. Each participant will receive a Certificate of Participation upon completion of their session/s.

Presenter Biography:

Grant Witheridge is a Civil Engineer with both Bachelor and Masters degrees from the University of NSW. He has some 25 years experience in the fields of hydraulics, creek engineering and erosion and sediment control during which time he has worked for the NSW Public Works Department of the University of NSW, Brisbane City Council and Griffith University. Currently Grant works through his own company Catchments ft Creeks Pty Ltd.

Grant is the principal author of publications such as: 'Fish Passage Requirements for Waterway Crossings' ,' IECA's Best Practice Erosion & Sediment Control' document, and Brisbane City Council's: 'Instream Sediment Control Guidelines', 'Creek Erosion Guidelines', 'Natural Channel Design Guidelines' as well as being involved in the recent revision of the Queensland Urban Drainage Manual.

 

Workshop Option 1 - Treatment of Creek and Gully Erosion

Crowne Plaza Pelican Waters
Beerwah Room
8:30 am to 12:30 pm

Cost

$300.00 (incl GST) for SIA members
$350.00 (incl GST) for Non members

The cost of attendance includes course handouts, morning tea and lunch.

Course Notes

Delegates will receive a package of summary notes and a copy of the PowerPoint presentation for this workshop

Course Description

This workshop will include sessions on:

An Introduction to Creek Erosion including bank scour, bank slumping, bank undercutting, fretting, bed scour, lateral bank erosion

• Erosion Indicators
• Erosion Causes
• Treatment of Bed Erosion including rock chutes, plunge pools, rock ribs, drop structures, log and rock weirs
• Treatment of Bank Erosion including gabions and rock mattresses, battering and revegetation, rock beaching, retardation fencing
• Management of Dispersive Soils
• Case Studies

 

Afternoon Workshop - Design of Environmentally Sensitive Waterway Crossings

Crowne Plaza Pelican Waters
Beerwah Room
1.30 – 5.30 pm

Cost

$300.00 (incl GST) for SIA members
$350.00 (incl GST) for Non members

The cost of attendance includes course handouts, afternoon tea and lunch

Course Notes

Delegates will receive a package of summary notes and a copy of the PowerPoint presentation for this workshop

Course Description

This workshop will include sessions on:

• Types of Crossings
• Terrestrial Passage Requirements including dry paths, lizard runs, refuge poles, movement control fencing, traffic calming systems, street lighting shields
• Importance of Fish Passage
• Obstructions cause by Waterway Crossings
• Fish Passage at Bridges and Arch Structures
• Fish-friendly Scour Control around Bridges
• Fish Passage at Culverts including site assessment, culvert location and alignment, culvert flow area, elevation and gradient, inlet and outlet pools, wet and dry cells, bed treatment, sidewall roughness, debris control siltation control, outlet scour control, lighting condi­tions
• Rehabilitation of Existing Culverts
• Construction Considerations
• Case Studies

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