Join us for ASCE/SEI webinar series to listen to Respectable Local Consultants and Scholars. 1 PDH will be given at this webinar.
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Webinars will Cover Variety of Topics on Climate Change and Coastal Resiliency and will Provide Updates on Exciting Projects.
- November 18, 2020 (12 pm - 1 pm): North Armistead Avenue Resilience Infrastructure Project by Scott Smith
The North Armistead Avenue Resilience Infrastructure Project consists of several elements designed to increase resilience and protect infrastructure along the North Armistead Avenue corridor between LaSalle Avenue and Convention Center Boulevard. The project will include raising the road to prevent tidal flooding, providing Green Infrastructure to reduce and store runoff, and improvements to Lake Hampton to increase storage capacity, improve resilience and provide a community park.
Scott is currently licensed as a Professional Engineer and Land Surveyor in Virginia and is Certified Public Works Professional and has over 33 years of experience.
Scott currently serves as a Senior Civil Engineer for the City of Hampton, Public Works Department, with a primary responsibility for stormwater management.
Duties involve project management of stormwater water quality, drainage improvements, water storage and runoff reduction projects. These projects will assist in the City in meeting its nutrient reduction requirements of the Chesapeake Bay TMDL. Other projects reduce flooding in neighborhoods and help improve the quality of life for the citizens of Hampton. Other duties include assisting Resilience office implement the Resilient Hampton initiative, working to develop and implement adaptation and mitigation strategies in response to Climate Change.
Scott is a member of APWA and ASCE and serves as President-Elect on the Board of Directors for the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the APWA and is Chairman of the Public Works Institute Steering Committee.