Over the past year… I have been working on a project named ‘Citiswich’,
which is a billion dollar 335 ha masterplanned industrial estate located in Bundamba,
Queensland, and is currently under construction.
Cardno Lawson Treloar… was commissioned to undertake the local
and regional flood assessments, and develop the stormwater management strategy for
the development. With such a large project to be completed in a relatively short
timeframe, a team of engineers were assigned components of the project to ensure
the job was completed on time.
The task ahead of us… was to ensure that no adverse impacts resulted
from the development for both the construction and operational phases of the project.
To achieve these outcomes structures such as culverts, detention basins, weirs,
bio-retention systems and vegetated swales all had to be specifically designed.
My tasks included… hydrologic modelling, local hydrodynamic flooding
assessments, and assisting with the water sensitive urban design aspects of the
project.
Working on this project…further extended my knowledge in a variety
of modelling situations including how water sensitive urban design features can
be incorporated into deisgns and ultimately the constructed product. The local flooding
in particular was relatively complex and achieving an acceptable solution was both
challenging and rewarding.
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