Thursday 15 April 2010

Time

9.30am – 11.30am

Venue

Brisbane CBD – To be advised

Outline

This 2 hour seminar provides an introduction to water sensitive urban design (WSUD) – what it is, why it is important, and using real projects as examples, what does it take to do it well?

Key Learnings

• Be aware of the principles and benefits of WSUD
• Have an appreciation of critical success factors for achieving water sensitive developments, including a collaborative design process
• Be informed of new Queensland State Government requirements for urban water quality and the rationale behind best practice targets
• Be aware of successful WSUD projects around Australia
• Be introduced to emerging research and trends in the field of WSUD

Who should attend?

The seminar is of particular relevance to councilors, senior managers, policy makers, development/project managers and those seeking an understanding of the process, rather than the technological components of WSUD.  Participants may have little or no previous experience of WSUD.

Presenter

The seminar will be presented by Alan Hoban from Water by Design, the sustainable urban water capacity building program for the SEQ Healthy Waterways Partnership. Alan has experience in many aspects of WSUD, ranging from policy development to the design, construction and establishment of WSUD infrastructure.  He has worked on award winning WSUD projects in Melbourne, Canberra, Singapore and South East Queensland, and published several conference papers on the topic.

Cost

$30 (incl GST) per person

Registration

To register for this course, please complete the online registration form below.

Cancellation

Registrations cancelled less than three days prior to the course are non-refundable but are transferable to another individual within the same organisation.

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Thursday 11 March 2010

Time

7am – 9am

Venue

Urban Hotel
Parklands Room
345 Wickham Terrace, Brisbane

Outline

Josh Hinwood, AECOM on ‘Parks Design (Southport Parklands)’
The redevelopment of the parklands will incorporate world-class design in its high quality spaces and create a more natural landscape for family activities, cultural events and active recreation by its incorporation of environmentally sustainable design, ensuring energy efficiency and water sustainability. It provides a link to re-connect the Southport CBD with Broadwater whilst aiming to generate a strong sense of community, regional identity and celebrate the history of Southport. Above all, the new parklands will provide a community facility that celebrates 150 years of Queensland as a separate state from New South Wales.

Peter Savage on ‘Maintenance Challenges’
Peter Savage is the Manager Parks for the Moreton Bay Regional Council. The MBRC parks portfolio covers 8,000ha of parks and reserves and a large number of urban streetscapes. The design of these landscapes is undertaken by council staff and a broad cross section of landscape architects through renewal projects and the development industry. There are times when the designers best intentions don’t actually translate into an outcome which can be economically maintained and some that reflect a disconnect between design and the realities of long term maintenance. Peter will bring to the meeting a rogue’s gallery of the bad and the ugly.

Shaun Walsh and Alan Hoban on ‘Innovation in Park Design: WSUD & Effective Public Open Space’
Shaun Walsh is the Design Manager for PLACE Brisbane. There are many case studies where water sensitive urban design is meaningfully integrated into parklands and can increase park amenity, however typically no open space credits are available for WSUD approaches. Is it time for a fresh approach? PLACE Design Group and Bligh Tanner have been engaged by the SEQ Healthy waterways Partnership’s Water by Design program to prepare a discussion paper exploring issues and approaches to integrating water sensitive urban design and public open space, and Shaun

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ABC’s Gardening Australia ran a segment on how to build a raingarden.  View it here: http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/video/video_index_July2008.htm