Drainage and Erosion Control
All About Culverts: Design, Installation & Maintenance
This one-day workshop will cover drainage permits, liability issues, installation methods, erosion control, maintenance, and record-keeping. This course will discuss common, proven practices, and its content is not highly technical. We’ll begin by going over basic principles of culvert design, location, and installation. We’ll look at the role of culverts in drainage systems, especially during floods, and at common failure mechanisms and how to prevent them. A simple sizing procedure, the Talbot Method, will be described and we’ll learn how to use it by working examples. The impact of culverts on upstream and downstream flows will be discussed along with ways to avoid potential problems through proper design, installation, maintenance, and inspection. This workshop will provide attendees with the knowhow to install and maintain culverts that should perform well for decades.
Who Should Attend
This is a comprehensive workshop for engineers, supervisors, and technicians who regularly work with culverts. It’s geared toward those who install and maintain them as well as those who perform simple designs.
Topics Covered
- Culverts: Part of the Drainage System
- Flow: Inlet and Outlet Control
- Common Culvert Problems and How to Avoid Them
- Sizing Culverts: The Talbot Method
- Culvert Installation: Where and How
- Maintenance and Inspection
- Risk Assessment
- Other Issues from Low-Water Crossings to Linings to Beavers
Course Instructor
George Huntington, P.E., has been with the Wyoming LTAP Center for the past six years. He has taught classes on various topics such as soils, construction inspection, erosion control, and, of course, culverts. Before coming to the Center he worked at WYDOT and at Banner Associates where, among other things, he inspected the installation of culverts and pipelines.
Credit
- 1.0 Roads Scholar Program required credit
- To the best of our knowledge, this course/activity meets the continuing education requirements for 6.0 PDHs as outlined in Minnesota Statute 326.107. More information concerning continuing education for professionals is online at www.aelslagid.state.mn.us.
Sponsors
This workshop is presented by the Minnesota Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) at the Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota. Minnesota LTAP is sponsored by the Minnesota Local Road Research Board (LRRB) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). This course is subsidized through funding from LRRB and FHWA. Facilitated by the College of Continuing Education, University of Minnesota.
Instructor(s)
Frank Peloubet has more than 20 years of experience in sanitary engineering and water-related areas. His background includes 10 years as a wastewater and storm water utility manger, plus experience with the North Dakota environmental regulatory agency. Peloubet has worked on municipal and county drainage projects with a local engineering consulting firm to design culvert installations, and has taught water- and transportation- related courses. He is a graduate of North Dakota State University.
Fee
- Townships & Tribal Governments—$60
- Cities, counties, public agencies—$70
- Others—$150
Workshop Schedule
Registration: 8:00 a.m.
Class hours: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.