Public Schedule of Sessions Announced – Visit CSA Learning Centre
A public schedule of the Sustainable Stormwater Practices Fundamentals and Design courses has been announced for 2010. See the current schedule.
Dedicated Deliveries Available – Contact CSA for more information.
If your organization or association would like to arrange for a dedicated delivery of the Sustainable Stormwater Practices courses please contact Karyn Ferguson.
Please note: The number of seats available for each course event is limited in support of an interactive and skills development oriented learning environment.
Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) and CSA Partner in the Development of Learning Material for Bridge Hydraulics
Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) and CSA, through its Municipal Infrastructure Solutions Program, will partner to develop learning material about bridge hydraulics.
Floods and erosion continue to be important causes of bridge damage and failures worldwide, and to be key considerations in bridge design, construction and maintenance. In some jurisdictions, concern over the security of bridges against the action of water has led to extensive re-evaluation of existing foundations.
TAC's Guide to Bridge Hydraulics, (second edition published in 2001) aims to assist bridge designers by outlining the factors to be considered in the location, layout and hydraulic design or re-evaluation of bridges and by suggesting criteria and procedures to do so. To date, there has been no training provided based on the Guide to Bridge Hydraulics and the Structures Standing Committee recommended this gap be addressed.
With TAC support, CSA will lead the development of a training product directed at civil engineers and other professionals responsible for bridge design, construction and maintenance. Specific course content remains to be developed but is expected to include some information about basic hydraulic considerations and hydrologic estimates, and focus on waterway design, scour protection and channel control as well as hydraulic aspects of construction, inspection and maintenance.
Upon completion of the training product, further work will be planned to organize sessions and deliver the material to practitioners at various venues in Canada.
TAC members sponsoring this work are Alberta Transportation, British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, Saskatchewan Highways and Infrastructure and Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation.
For more information, please contact Mark Braiter.
Guidance for Implementing Performance Improvement Tools Within Municipal Water/Wastewater Utilities
January 15th, Toronto Ontario
CSA's Municipal Infrastructure Solutions Program (MISP) is pleased to announce the release of Performance Improvement Tools for Small and Medium-Sized Water and Wastewater Utilities.
This guideline will provide operators and owners of water and wastewater utilities with practical tools to help improve their operations and efficiently utilize resources. It will adapt and apply existing knowledge about quality systems and performance indicators, and present it in a usable and understandable format. With this guideline small and medium-sized utilities will be able to measure their performance in a consistent and standardized way, plan for and implement changes, and measure their progress in a cycle of continuous improvement.
CSA Acknowledges the financial contributions of the following organizations towards the development of this product:
Infrastructure Canada, Canadian Water & Wastewater Association, Region of Niagara, AECOM (Canada) Ltd. & the National Water and Wastewater Benchmarking Initiative, Regional Municipalities of Durham and Waterloo, City of Calgary, Halifax Water, EPCOR Water Services Inc., Ontario Clean Water Agency, Water Environment Association of Ontario, Western Canada Water & Wastewater Association, Ontario Municipal Water Association, Ontario Water Works Association, BC Water & Waste Association, Atlantic Canada Water and Wastewater Association
For further information, contact Jeffrey Kraegel.