Instructors

David Derrick
Mr. Derrick is a graduate of Villanova University with a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering, and has been employed since 1978 at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center, where he is a Research Hydraulic Engineer in the Coastal and Hydraulics Lab (CHL)

Mr. Derrick specializes in innovative, environmentally compatible, and cost-effective approaches to streambank stabilization and stream restoration. He has extensive experience in sediment transport, stream investigation and analysis using the principles of fluvial geomorphology, construction methodologies for stream stabilization works, and has worked on salmonid stream restoration projects.

Dr. Gary Freeman, Ph.D., P.E., ESQ.,
Mr. Freeman, Director of Water Resources Engineering for WEST Consultants, Inc., is a registered civil engineer in the states of Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Mississippi, and Pennsylvania. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Utah State University, a Ph.D. degree from Texas A&M University, and a Law Degree from Brigham Young University.

Dr. Freeman has more than 18 years experience in water related endeavors. His experience includes projects dealing in hydraulics, sediment transport, stable channel design, bank stabilization, restoration, and irrigation.

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Course Description

Channel modification, urbanization, and other land use changes have contributed to the problems of stream erosion and instability, degradation of important riparian habitat, and the loss of valuable land and infrastructure. Understanding stream behavior, assessing instability problems, and planning for stabilization or restoration projects have become increasingly important for engineers and other professionals that work within or near riparian systems.

This three-day seminar provides a comprehensive introduction to stream investigation, stabilization, and restoration. An emphasis is placed on innovative streambank protection and riparian habitat restoration techniques, including rock vanes, LUNKERS, bendway weirs and a wide variety of bioengineering methods. Traditional and proprietary streambank protection and streambed stabilization/grade control methods are also covered.

Seminar topics include:

• Goal and function-based design
• Fluvial geomorphology fundamentals
• How to conduct a field investigation
• Riparian corridor importance, enhancement, and protection
• How to choose a streambank protection method
• The channel evolution model
• Design approaches for streambank protection
• Construction, monitoring, and maintenance
• Introduction to stream channel design

A half-day field trip during the seminar provides a valuable opportunity to learn from a team of experienced instructors on how to analyze the conditions of a stream, and to select the most appropriate stabilization or restoration techniques.

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Seminar Benefits

• Learn innovative riparian and stream stabilization and restoration techniques
• Reinforce classroom lectures with in-the-field stream analysis and evaluation
• Learn how to read a stream and how to perform a comprehensive analysis of a streambank erosion problem
• Learn how to select appropriate streambank protection methods for your project
• Avoid common mistakes during stream stabilization design and construction
• Earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

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Learning Objectives

• Learn a consistent philosophy of stream stabilization and restoration design
• Learn how to develop appropriate project goals (function-based design)
• Understand the stream as a complex, inter-related system
• Review the fundamentals of fluvial geomorphology
• Understand the Channel Evolution Model (CEM) and use CEM data for design
• Understand the causes and types of streambank failure
• Learn the latest bioengineering techniques for streambank protection
• Learn how to use innovative redirective techniques, including bendway weirs
• Review traditional resistive techniques, including riprap and articulated blocks
• Find out how to conduct a comprehensive and safe stream investigation
• Learn how to select a streambank protection method
• Review design approaches to stream stabilization and restoration
• Gain insight into stream channel design
• Discuss construction, monitoring, and maintenance issues

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Special Features

Seminar participants will receive a course notebook and a CD containing a wide range of stream stabilization and restoration resources, including valuable reference documents in pdf format, seminar presentations, a comprehensive glossary, and relevant website links.

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Who Should Attend

Consulting engineers and local, state, or federal engineers, fish and wildlife biologists, restoration ecologists, planners, program managers, and regulatory personnel. Anyone involved with stream stabilization or restoration projects, or that needs to protect vital infrastructure such as bridges, highways, or pipelines.

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Summary Outline

Day One

• Introduction
• Introduction to Stream Instability and Protection
• The Philosophy of Restoration
• The Importance of the Riparian Buffer Zone
• Fluvial Geomorphology Fundamentals
• Channel Form and Processes
• Lane’s Relationship
• The Channel Evolution Model (CEM)
• Causes and Types of Streambank Failure
• Local vs. Systemic Problems
• Streambank Protection Methods I
• Bioengineering Techniques
• Bioengineering Philosophy
• Streambank Protection Methods Using Native Plants
• Streambank Protection Methods II
• Redirective Techniques
• Indirect Methods
• Discontinuous Methods
• Redirective Methods
• Bendway Weirs
• Spur Dikes
• Vane Dikes

Day Two

• Streambank Protection Methods III
• Traditional Resistive Techniques
• Riprap
• Articulated Blocks
• A-Jacks
• Streambed Stabilization and Grade Control
• How to Conduct a Field Investigation
• Field Trip (Afternoon)

Day Three

• Innovative Ideas to Restore Riparian Function
• How to Choose a Streambank Protection Method
• Appropriate Types of Streambank Protection
• How to Determine Design Q
• Constraints in Urban Areas
• Design Approaches for Streambank Protection
• Hydraulic Design Criteria
• Design Criteria for Bendway Weirs and Spur Dikes
• Design Criteria for Soil Bioengineering
• Introduction to Design Computer Programs
• Construction, Monitoring, and Maintenance
• Daves Top 10, (46 Ways to Stay out of Trouble)
• Introduction to Stream Channel Design
• Bankfull, Discharge, and Channel-Forming Discharges
• Stable Channel Design and Stream Restoration
• Copeland, Regime, and Tractive Force Methods

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Locations & Dates
Introduction to Streambank Investigation, Stabilization and Restoration	$1,145 M $1,345 NM
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