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A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT |
Another year, another flood.
With flash flooding in Far North Queensland resulting from Tropical Cyclone Owen in December, residents spent the New Year cleaning up yet again. Extra hazards were evident with Police near Tully coming across a crocodile sitting near the middle of the road.
Meanwhile in NSW, areas affected were in the south of the state including the Riverina, South West Slopes, Snowy Mountains and Central West Slopes, as well as the ACT. Sydney copped another major storm and flash flooding with insurance claims already exceeding $80 million.
In Victoria, heavy rain caused flash flooding and building damage in inner Melbourne after parts of regional Victoria experienced flooding in December.
Welcome to 2019!
Just this week we have intense monsoon rain and flash flooding in North Queensland. And there's no doubt more to come with the cyclone season still ahead of us.
But as we continue to come together as a network of strong, innovative and knowledgable flood professionals through FMA, we are actively making this nation safer and more resilient.
I look forward to another action packed year with all of you in our great FMA network.
Happy New Year to all!
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Ian Dinham | FMA President
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MEET CANBERRA'S SPONSORS + EXHIBITORS!
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With the Conference less than 6 months away, FMA is proud to announce the Platinum Sponsor of the 2019 - the Insurance Council of Australia.
Other sponsorships are also being filled very quickly:
- Silver - BMT
- Bronze - WMAwater
- Stationery - Allan & Dennis
- Lanyard - HDR Inc.
- Satchel Insert - AWMA Water Control Solutions.
If you have attended an FMA Conference before, you would know how much networking occurs across an Exhibitor Booth table.
Congratulations to the following for securing their exhibitor's booth before they're all gone:
- ICA
- BMT
- WMAwater
- waterRIDE
- AWMA Water Control Solutions
- Bluemont
- Innovyze
- AEGIS
- Public Works Advisory
- Substation 33
With the assistance of these sponsors and exhibitors, delegates can be assured of a high-quality, informative and entertaining event in our Nation's capital.
If you are interested in securing a sponsorship opportunity or exhibitor booth, please visit floodplainconference.com for full details.
Coming onboard as an FMA Conference sponsor or exhibitor provides your organisation the opportunity to be exposed to and engage with over 400 flood risk professionals throughout the week.
Conference registrations are now open, and FMA Members are entitled to discounted rates. Visit floodplainconference.com for easy online registration.
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FEBRUARY FMA MEETINGS IN SYDNEY AND BRISBANE
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FMA will be convening its upcoming meetings in Sydney and Brisbane during February.
We encourage you to attend to make the most of the networking opportunities and to get the latest updates from State agencies and Members, including the Bureau of Meteorology, Queensland Reconstruction Authority, Office of Environment and Heritage, State Emergency Service and Insurance Council of Australia.
Attendance of the meetings is free, however we ask that you RSVP to Dominique Jovanovic as soon as is convenient at projectservices@floods.org.au.
The Meetings will begin at 10.30am (morning tea provided at 10am), with the afternoon workshops convening at 1.45pm.
A light lunch will also be provided after the completion of the Meeting proper.
Details of the Meetings are:
Queensland Chapter Meeting
Wednesday 13 February
AECOM, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
Workshop Topic: Risk Based Approach to Flooding Within Planning Scheme Instruments
NSW/ACT Chapter Meeting
Thursday 21 February
Bureau of Meteorology, Sydney
Workshop Topic: Developing a Public Website for Local Development Flood Data in NSW - NSW State Emergency Service and NSW Office of Environment and Heritage.
If you plan on attending and have special dietary requirements, please let us know ASAP so we may accommodate them.
Business Papers will be circulated at a closer date.
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WELCOME TO THE FMA MEMBERSHIP
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FMA would like to welcome it's newest Full Member to the association's ever-growing national network of flood professionals; Central Highlands Regional Council (CHRC).
CHRC is located in Central Queensland and the region includes the Shires of Bauhinia, Duaringa, Emerald and Peak Downs.
CHRC has invested heavily since the 2010/11 event to improve its intelligence, knowledge and analysis of flood risk, and introduced a number of land planning controls into its planning scheme around flood risk.
Some of these works include:
- CHRC Floodplain Management Study (2012-14)
- Flood mitigation investigations in Emerald (river works, new street evacuation route, flood protection scheme)
- Flood mitigation investigations for Rolleston
- Flood warning network
- Capture of over 570 historic flood heights across the region.
If you would like to find out more about CHRC, and their floodplain risk management efforts, please visit their website at chrc.qld.gov.au.
The FMA Membership now includes over 150 Members from around Australia and overseas. It includes Councils, CMAs, government agencies and businesses, as well as flood professionals, retired flood experts and students.
FMA provides you with unparalleled opportunities to network with the peers of your industry and create strong professional connections.
Visit floods.org.au for more on joining.
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FMA MEMBER WINS LGSNW AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
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Pictured: Completed flood works at Liverpool.
FMA Full Member, Liverpool City Council has won the 2018 Water Management Award at the LGNSW Excellence in the Environment Awards.
Council took home the highly-coveted prize for their Amalfi Park Basin - Brickmakers Creek Flood Mitigation Project, which FMA Members will also recall from the 2018 FMA Excellence Awards.
The project included significant works to reduce and relieve flooding in the area including:
- Channel widening
- Culvert enhancement
- Construction of a 48ML flood detention basin.
Upon completion, the efforts of Council have enhanced the ecological health of the creek, improved water quality, provided direct flood relief to 62 properties and the northern CBD, and included passive and active recreation (sports field, wetland, viewing platform and walkways).
Congratulations to Liverpool City Council on their win, and for raising the profile of best practice flood risk management for their local community and the rest of New South Wales.
Pssst.... The FMA Excellence Awards are opening soon. If you have a flood project like this, start thinking about your nomination!
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ACT FLOOD MAPS
NOW AVAILABLE
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New flood maps of the ACT region were released in early December and can be viewed online at http://www.actmapi.act.gov.au.
The maps show the expected extent, depth, and flow of flood water during a major flood including the relative hazard of water.
The ACT Government is using the maps to highlight risk areas, improve planning and build infrastructure to better protect risk areas.
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REMINDER: NATIONAL RESILIENCE TASKFORCE SURVEY
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This is a reminder that the National Resilience Taskforce Survey closes next week on Friday 8 February, and that there is still time to complete it.
This survey is an opportunity to share your emergency, natural hazard, disaster or climate related risk assessment and risk management experience and expertise with the Taskforce.
The survey contains 14 questions and will take about 30 minutes to complete.
Click for the survey – “UNDERSTANDING DISASTER RISK”.
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MEMBER PROJECT SPOTLIGHT: CASINO URBAN DRAINAGE STUDY
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Flume Engineering has provided the following article which outlines work undertaken in the Casino Urban Drainage Study for Richmond Valley Council in northern NSW.
“We are on the front foot of available technology and have utilised the InfoWorks ICM software for the Quality Assurance stage of this project. With this software we have been able to rapidly assess, inspect and quality assure Council’s asset data, and convert all relevant and required information to a suitable standard for importation to the hydrodynamic TUFLOW
model.
With the 3D capabilities ICM created an easy to see process of the exact issues in Council’s data and was able to be actioned on the spot. Flag systems within the software also made the QA process trackable via colour coding for data that needed to be action, data that was modified/assumed, and data that did not need alterations.
To adapt the new Australian Rainfall and Runoff 2016, Flume Engineering developed state of the art methodologies to ensure best management practices and the most recent available data was implemented into the project.”
For more on the methodologies used read the full article on the FMA website.
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UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS |
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COFFS HARBOUR CITY COUNCIL
Senior Waterway Engineer
and
Graduate/Assistant Waterway Engineer
For more information on these two positions, please visit the CHCC website.
AECOM
Graduate Civil/Environmental Engineer
If you are interested in promoting a vacant position with us, please contact us.
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Pictured: The best collection of Conference Caps we've seen so far - held by Mark Forest of HDR Inc. in his office at Nevada, United States of America (with a space left for 2019?).
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