Aug 16
2009

I have recently had the opportunity to extend my modeling capabilities by learning SWMM5.  The training that I went through was a web-based course offered by Computational Hydraulics International (CHI), who offers their own SWMM software toolset that goes by the name of PCSWMM.  The training included the following SWMM capabilities and uses:

-Hydrologic routing using RADAR, rain gages, or synthetic events.

-Steady state and dynamic  hydraulic modeling of piped and open channel networks.

-Event-based and continuous modeling.

-Detention pond design.

-Land use – based water quality modeling and evaluation of best management practices (BMPs).

-Sanitary sewer dry weather flow (DWF) and rainfall derived inflow and infiltration (RDII).

-Sensitivity, calibration, and error analysis.

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Aug 7
2009

North Carolina State University (NCSU) offers a certificate in Construction Project Management.  I have not yet decided if or when I plan to complete the series, but I have decided that some of the seminars could be quite useful.  As an example, on Monday August 3rd, I attended the seminar on contracts and negotiations.  It was mainly an explanation of common aspects of contracts, their implications, and why one might include them.  We got to go over some examples, at which point I found out that the contracts that I had reviewed at The John R. McAdams Company had been based on the documents provided by the Engineers Joint Contracts Document Committee (EJCDC).  We also found out where to get sample documents, from which we could draft our own.

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