SW WA Public Agency Liaison

• Facilitate cooperative dialogue between southwest Washington public agencies and ACEC; 
• Foster an attitude that explores opportunities and resolves issues.
• Enhance professionalism and integrity throughout the design and construction industry; 
• Promote quality and value through improved business practices; 
• Invest in the future by promoting education, new technology, and research and development; and
• Promote the use of project delivery methods that best serve the public interest.

MORE INFO
Contact the steering committee chair, Jeff Whitman, jeff.whitman@pbsusa.com, or mwebber@acecOregon.org. 

NEXT MEETING / PRESENTATION 
Wednesday, May 1
12:30 to 1:30 p.m. 

LOCATION
Lacamas Lake Lodge, Camas, Washington
 

• Curtis Loeb, P.E., Principal Engineer, Wolf Water Resources
• Wade Osborne, P.E., Senior Associate Engineer, Cornforth Consultants

PRESENTATION
Steigerwald Wetland Restoration

PROGRAM ABSTRACT 
The Steigerwald Floodplain Reconnection Project was a collaborative effort across over a dozen federal, state, and local agencies to reconfigure the Columbia River levee system to reduce flood risk, reconnect 965 acres of floodplain, and increase recreation opportunities at Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge located in Washougal, Washington. The project removed 2.2 miles of federally-authorized (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) levee, excavation of four large floodplain channels, and creation of 115 acres of new wetland habitat. To reduce flood risks for residents and infrastructure, floodplain reconnection required the design and construction of two new setback levees, 500 feet of new floodwall along Gibbons Creek, and raising a section of Washington State Route 14. Wolf Water Resources and Cornforth Consultants have partnered since early design in 2014 to the end of construction in 2022, overcoming numerous significant technical challenges along the way. The presentation will discuss these technical challenges and also highlight the numerous project benefits for fish and wildlife, for adjacent property owners, for the Refuge land manager, and for the levee system operator. 

PUBLIC AGENGY UPDATE
TBD

CPDs
Program is good for accruing one (1.0) continuing professional development credit! 

Please register so we have an accurate lunch count. 
No charge to attend!
Click HERE to register. 

THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS!

1. Update on your agency's impact from COVID in the following areas:
   a)  2021/ 2022 capital improvement plans
   b)  Budgets
   c)  Changes to procuring professional services
   d)  Changes to agency office policies

2. Update on your agency's plan for post pandemic re-officing.

3. Update and planning associated with potential stimulus funding.
    

Click HERE for video of presentation. 

April 28, 2016
WSDOT Headquarters
Tilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People
sponsored by GRI