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INSTRUCTORS: 

William L. Coulbourne, P.E., F.SEI, F.ASCE

Purpose and Background

The purpose of this webinar is to allow the user to practice how to determine the flood hazard that should be used for design. This webinar is part of a series of webinars that focus on the many changes that have been made to the Flood Load Provisions in ASCE 7-22 and published in Supplement 2. This webinar on the flood hazard is intended to give the user the tools necessary to perform the required analytical evaluations related to the flood hazard. The last major revision to the flood load provisions was made nearly 20 years ago and many changes to the practice have occurred since then. There have been many failure studies of flooded buildings and much research done at the university level and at the US Corps of Engineers since the last revision.

The major change in the ASCE 7-22 flood provisions is the adoption of the 500-year flood as the minimum design flood level for Risk Category II buildings. This change prompted many other changes related to the recommended flood design level for other building types as well as the inclusion of revised formulas for many different types of flood loads. Many load calculations have been revised so the latest design considerations are included in the ASCE 7 load standard. The webinar topics include flood design and climate change and flood load combinations and how these combinations are dealt with in both ASCE 7 Chapter 5 and the ASCE 7 load combinations in Chapter 2.

This webinar series will cover all of the changes to the flood load provisions and will include several examples to illustrate how to apply the formulas and what information is required in order to provide a complete flood design. Each webinar in the series will focus on the changes in ASCE 7-22 compared to the provisions in ASCE 7-16. The sessions will cover the many substantial changes made to load equations including those for hydrodynamic loads, debris loads, wave loads, and flood load combinations. There are several examples included to help the user understand the differences between ASCE 7-22 and ASCE 7-16 and the magnitude of those changes on flood designs. The topic of climate change and flooding will be discussed as well as how the new flood load provisions can be used with the most recent version of ASCE 24-14. The intended outcome is that the participants will understand what the revisions to the flood standard are and be able to apply them to real problems.

Benefits and Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Use the revised methods and formulas in ASCE 7-22 Chapter 5 to solve flood load problems for both riverine and coastal locations
• Find the appropriate 500-year flood level to use for design
• Locate flood data for any location in at least three places
• Describe what the exemptions are for the application of various flood loads
• Find and use the many resources available to perform flood load calculations accurately

Assessment of Learning Outcomes

Students' achievement of the learning outcomes will be assessed via a short post-assessment (true-false, multiple choice and fill in the blank questions).

Who Should Attend?

Civil engineers, structural engineers, coastal engineers, architects, flood plain managers

Outline

• Determining the Flood Hazard
• Using Flood Insurance Rate Maps and flood insurance studies
• Using flood history
• Finding flood damage history
• Using USACE coastal wave studies and data
• Making the flood hazard decision

How to Earn your CEUs/PDHs and Receive Your Certificate of Completion

This course is worth .2 CEUs/2 PDHs. To receive your certificate of completion, you will need to complete a short on-line post-test and receive a passing score of 70% or higher within 30 days of the course.

How do I convert CEUs to PDHs?

1.0 CEU = 10 PDHs [Example: 0.1 CEU = 1 PDH]