When working or living around rivers or other bodies of water it is critical to protect yourself and property by properly identifying flood hazard zones. Flooding occurs on a wide range of drainage courses including lakes, rivers, streams, and intermittent drainage ways. By identifying the flood hazard zones, an owner can ensure that their personal property will be safe from flooding issues.
REL can help with a wide variety of floodplain and drainage related concerns. The following are examples of services that can be provided by REL professional engineers and surveyors:
100-Year Floodplain Determinations
Hydraulic AnalysisHEC-RAS Hydrologic ModelingFloodplain Mapping- Culvert / Bridge Capacity Analysis and Sizing
- Mitigating Localized Flooding Concerns
- Stream Restoration / Relocation
- FEMA Mapping
- Dam Analysis / Permitting
- Dam Failure AnalysisOperation / Maintenance PlansEmergency Action Plan Development
- Dam Inspections
- Dam Removal
- Fema Flood Hazard MappingLetter of Map Amendments (LOMA)Letter of Map Revision (LOMR)Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR)
- Elevation Certificates