Topic: Water Resources
Innovative Techniques Improve Safety at Lake Ponca Dam Spillway
The award-winning project exemplifies an intentional, systematic approach to safety, users’ needs, and cost-effective solutions, allowing for continued use even during flood events.
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An Innovative Approach to Pump Station Design
The award-winning Main Stem project, which provides a renewable source of water, used innovative applications of modeling tools to reduce cost, minimize risk and maximize value to the owner.
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Ed Dickson
Morgan McIlwain
Forward-Thinking Watershed Master Plan Makes Fayetteville a Leader in Flood Resilience
The project, which saves taxpayer dollars and lays a strong foundation for economic development, was recognized with one of four top honors from ACEC North Carolina.
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Adam Payne
Big Reservoir, Big Savings: Innovative QC and QA Strategies for the Bois d’Arc Lake Program
The $1.6 billion program has an innovative approach with a staff augmentation and construction management-at-risk (CMAR) model, which saved the owner tens of millions of dollars.
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Laying Foundations for Port Freeport’s Progress
Over the past five years, Port Freeport has powered forward on an ambitious plan to broaden its role as an […]
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Murphy Parks
Grady Hillhouse Shares Dams Expertise in Texas WET Magazine
Thousands of small dams across Texas have outlasted their design life, need repair or replacement, and pose the risk of […]
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Justin Oswald
Designing for Channels with Limited Space
Even when designing drainage improvements in a project with limited easement space, aesthetics remain important to a successful outcome. When […]
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Featured Innovation: Forecasts for Water Along With the Weather
Amid 100-degree temperatures, Freese and Nichols employed a Daily Demand Model to help a water district be sure they could reliably provide for the peak demands of their 1.8 million customers.
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Featured Innovation: Streamlining for Stormwater
By leveraging data in GIS, the Amarillo Drainage Utility focused the available dollars on projects that meet the strategic goals of the community and demonstrate a business case, helping to build support among citizens and elected officials.
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Holland Lake Channel Project Honored by APWA Texas
Four Freese and Nichols projects received awards from the American Public Works Association, Texas Chapter. The Holland Lake Channel Improvements […]
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Farmers Branch Creek Emergency Repairs Honored by APWA Texas
After two dams crumbled during torrential rains, our multidisciplinary team of engineers and scientists devised a solution to stabilize the creek in just nine months.
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Krista Melnar
New FEMA Hazard Mitigation Funding Opportunities
As hurricane season is upon us, our partners throughout the country in the floodplain management sector are exploring ways to […]
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