Fundamentals of Bioretention Design

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Date

Thursday 25 February 2010

Time

8.45am – 5.00pm

Venue

Christies Conference Centre
Level 2 – Tasman Room
320 Adelaide Street
Brisbane CBD

Course Outline

This one-day course provides training on the fundamentals of bioretention system design to enable better design and assessment. The course compliments the “Water Sensitive Urban Design Technical Design Guidelines for South East Queensland” (South East Queensland Healthy Waterways Partnership, Version 1 June 2006) and covers recent advancements since publication of the guidelines. A field trip to a bioretention system will take place in the afternoon.

Key Learnings

• Be familiar with the design method for bioretention systems detailed in the “Water Sensitive Urban Design Technical Design Guidelines for South East Queensland”.
• Have an appreciation of the science behind why and how bioretention systems work.
• Be aware of urban design principles for bioretention systems.
• Be aware of the major risk considerations when designing and constructing a bioretention system, and how to address these.

Who should attend?

The course will assist practitioners seeking a working understanding of bioretention system processes and design issues. Knowledge of bioretention systems is not a prerequisite.

Presenters

The course will be presented by Shaun Leinster (Design Flow) and Alan Hoban (SEQ Healthy Waterways Partnership). Shaun and Alan have experience in many aspects of water sensitive urban design, ranging from policy development to design and construction of water sensitive urban design infrastructure. Shaun and Alan were key contributors to the “Water Sensitive Urban Design Technical Design Guidelines for South East Queensland”.

Continuing Professional Development

Completion of this course is equivalent to:

• 8 hours of continuing professional development (CPD) for members of Engineers Australia.
• 16 points of CPD for members of the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand.
• 8 points of CPD for members of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects.
• 8 points of CPD for members of the Planning Institute of Australia.

Cost

$490 (incl GST) per person

$392 (incl GST) per person for Government, not-for-profit organisations and students

Registration

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

Online payments are not available at this time, therefore a tax invoice will be emailed to the person on the Billing Details section of the registration form.

Cancellations

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