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Flood Risk Evolution

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Category : Floodplain Management

Flood risk assessment and management is evolving throughout latest contemporary floodplain management plans that we have been involved on delivering in QLD.  Throughout the process of several recent major projects, the Brisbane River Strategic Management Plan has established some form of consistency to be applied across multiple catchments.  The latest Council local floodplain management plans (across entire jurisdictions) have gone to the next level in latest thinking and application.

As part of this, flood risk and how it is defined and captured has also changed.  Not only has it changed, but it is now being captured in a way through analysis that enables contemporary approaches to management measures such as evacuation and flood resilient building materials (but to name a few)

As we all know, flood risk previously was defined as a single line on a map, evolving to understanding hazard in the mix and now a multitude of parameters are used to define holistic flood risk.

In the near future, we will highlight areas in how this information can be used in different areas of floodplain management.  The future is exciting in the FM space, and we are thrilled to be leading the charge in a new line of thinking.

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Synergy Projects

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Category : Floodplain Management , General

Synergy has been busy.  Very busy.  Because we are working on what we are good at and what we love, its a really awesome thing!!

Our last year we have worked on a range of projects across flood modelling, floodplain management and waterway health.  As some of projects are still current, we cant reveal much yet but here’s some of the examples we have been working on:

  • Multiple Flood Modelling Projects utilising latest technology and AR&R19 outputs.
  • Best Practice and contemporary floodplain management plans.  this space is exciting and we have been pushing the boundaries delivering on holistic floodplain management and new ways in thinking and implementing flood risk based planning, emergency management and flood mitigation outcomes.
  • Flood Forecasting and Flood Intelligence Projects
  • Integrated Water Plans, strategies and modelling outcomes
  • Flood Risk based planning projects that are moving past just frequency and hazard.  We are working with Councils to increase understanding and application of flood risk incorporating evacuation, time to and duration of inundation, cumulative fill impact assessments, floodplain management and master planning and delivering No Feasible Alternatives Assessment Reports.
  • Waterway health and water quality modelling and design outcomes and WSUD projects

Many of these projects push boundaries in a big way, innovative and some Australian and potentially world first applications.  We are really excited.  Our delivery also provides higher quality for lower costs whilst still pushing the industry forward and its because of our unique business model that we continue to deliver in this method.

As projects wind up we will be providing detailed overviews of these projects to give a depth of understanding of how everyone can benefit.

If you really want to push things forward in your area, please drop us a line and we can show you how!!

Water Resources Learning

Connecting the Water Resources Industry with Universities

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Category : General

Synergy Solutions have now dedicated many days to preparing and delivering lectures at Queensland University of Technology to hundreds of students in the civil engineering discipline.  The lectures were recorded and also distributed to the University of Southern Qld to provide even further reach!!

Our Director’s hope is to better align university and the water resources industry to produce the water leaders of the future and ignite the passion early on that is so evident in many water professionals in the present.

Lecture one consisted of basics of urban stormwater design as well as an introduction to Water Sensitive Urban Design.  It was great to see some of the students light up in the WSUD space and want to know more after the lecture.

Lecture two was “Future directions in water engineering” and was a really interesting look at the past, present and possible future practices in the water resources space.  This included a look into flood modelling, floodplain management, flood forecasting and some of Synergy’s favourite areas of integrated water design and natural floodplain management.

On top of this, we also showed some masters students from the International Water Centre around two integrated water projects.

We are looking forward to continue to work with any academic organisations to help improve the passion and better equip students for a career in the water resources industry!!

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