Course Outline:
9.00 – 9.30 Reception
9.30 – 10.00 The place of SuDS in highway design
10.00 – 10.30 Volumes and flows – infiltration, runoff and storage
10.30 – 11.00 Water Quality – cleaning runoff – prevention and treatment
11.00 – 11.15 Coffee
11.15 – 11.45 The role of permeable surfaces in SuDS design – permeable block paving
11.45 – 12.15 Collection of runoff from impermeable surfaces – inlets, swales and basins
12.15 – 12.45 Bio-retention and urban SuDS retrofit
12.45 – 1.30 Lunch
1.30 – 2.00 Flow controls in SuDS
2.00 – 2.30 The use of gratings and pipes in SuDS – conventional drainage elements
2.30 – 3.00 Safety by design
3.00 – 3.30 Aspects of Amenity and Biodiversity
3.30 – 4.00 Tea
4.00 – 4.30 Management of SuDS – hard and soft
4.30 – 5.00 Discussion
Trainer: SUDS Designers & Landscape Architects
Duration: 1 Day
Categorised in: Roadworks / Utilities / Excavation