Value Engineering the Termination of the Blue River Flood Conveyance Channel
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US Army Corps of Engineers BUILDING STRONG ® Value Engineering the Termination of the Blue River Flood Conveyance Channel Alan Schlindwein, PE US Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City, Missouri June 14, 2012 Robert Prager, PE Strategic Value Solutions, Inc Independence, Missouri
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US Army Corps of EngineersBUILDING STRONG®
Value Engineering the Termination of the Blue River Flood Conveyance Channel
Alan Schlindwein, PEUS Army Corps of Engineers
Kansas City, Missouri
June 14, 2012
Robert Prager, PEStrategic Value Solutions, Inc
Independence, Missouri
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Battle of Westport
AKA: The Gettysburg of the West
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The Real Brush Creek(after USACE project)
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1st & 2nd Battles of the Big Blue at Byram’s Ford
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Byram’s Ford
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Blue River Flood Conveyance Channel
35,000 cfs Flood Control Channel
New Bridges Remapping of
Floodplain
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3rd Battle of Byram’s Ford
Concrete Grade Control Structure
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Proposed Grade Control Structure
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Byram’s Ford Industrial Park
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Stated Goals
Prevent the headcutting at the battlefield location
Limit maximum flood elevation to pre-project conditions
Control velocity upstream to manage scour along the riverbanks
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Design
The structure was designed to stop head-cutting and control flood elevations upstream to pre-project conditions which in turn aided in managing scour at the battlefield location and along the riverbanks by controlling velocity.
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Externalities Construction of the grade control structure would
affect the channel upstream of this project and create pre-project conditions, i.e., flooding in areas that had not experienced flooding since the channel project began would now be flooded again.
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The Value Ah Ha! The current flood levels
can be maintained to limit maximum flood elevation to below pre-project conditions
Grade controls can be distributed along the river rather than at a concrete waterfall
Perfection
CostFu
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Stated Goals PROTECT THE
CHANNEL PRESERVE THE
BATTLEFIELD
By Mimicking Natural Processes
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Work with River
Continuum
Riffle PoolSequence
Place at end of Bend
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Ground100yrbridgeslow flow
River Profile - Newbury & Proposed GCS
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Grade Control at KC Zoo
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Rock Grade Control Structure
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2000 cfs flow
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