366-Resiliency Strategies for Smaller Scale Sites
By: John B. McAllister, P.E.
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Course Objective
This continuing education course is written specifically for professional engineers with the objective of relating to and enhancing the practice of engineering.
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to explore different options that are available for helping to make smaller scale sites more resilient and adapted to better handle the larger, more frequent storm events. Resiliency is usually thought of being done at a much larger scale; municipalities and states implementing large scale strategies that are focused at making their target areas more resilient and less susceptible to large storm events or rising sea levels. Those large-scale resiliency projects are often complicated and very expensive; therefore, it doesn’t seem like there is much that can be done on a smaller site. In the course, however we will exam some of the ideas and strategies that are implemented on a large scale and see how they can be scaled down to be viable on a smaller site. We will also review other strategies that can be implemented to make a site better situated to withstand or minimize the impact of a large storm event. It may not be feasible to completely protect a site and its infrastructure by itself, however we will review design strategies and actions that can mitigate or reduce impacts from large storm events, flooding, and sea level rise. There are both physical and operational changes for almost every budgetary range that can be made to make a site more resilient and better protected from rising sea levels, flooding and larger, more frequent storm events.
Review of: Resiliency Strategies for Smaller Scale Sites
Thomas Stearns
04/14/2024
Good review of obvious strategies and an
in-depth look at not so obvious planning and
implementation items.
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Review of: Resiliency Strategies for Smaller Scale Sites
Karl V
09/12/2023
Verified Buyer
Good introduction and thought initiator to the topic
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366-Resiliency Strategies for Smaller Scale Sites
Michael Morgante
11/17/2019
Verified Buyer
Useful information on a topic that is becoming increasingly important. I found the course very worthwhile. Only drawback was the many typos in the course and quiz. It needs a good technical edit.
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