WSP USA provides flood risk assessment, complex coastal and riverine hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, planning and design of hydraulic control structures and facilities, floodplain analysis and flood forecasting, FEMA mapping and CLOMR/LOMR preparation.
Our team has a successful track record working with private and public clients for both large and small hydraulic structures including dams, levees and large water impoundments. We provide technical services and expertise that is vital to the success of any hydraulic structures including:
Water resources planning and engineering
- Hydrologic and hydraulic modeling (1-D, 2-D and 3-D)
- Dam break analysis
- Watershed analysis and inundation mapping
- conveyance / transmission and storage design
- Climate adaptation and resiliency
- Extreme events preparedness
- Emergency action plans (EAP)
- Environmental assessment and permitting
- Spillway, channel, and culvert design
- Flood mitigation engineering
Construction management
- Cost estimating and scheduling
- Quality control / quality assurance
- Construction monitoring and inspection
- Regulatory agency coordination
- Permitting and regulatory filing
Geotechnical
- Investigative program
- Ground improvement techniques
- Slope stability analysis
- Soil-structure interaction analysis
- Deep and shallow foundation
- Hydrogeology
- Instrumentation and monitoring
Structural, mechanical, electrical engineering
- Dam/levee safety inspections
- Stability analyses
- Structural analysis of all types of hydraulic structures
- Dam rehabilitation and removal
Geospatial
- Topographic and bathymetric survey
- Aerial imagery
- 3D laser scanning
- Geographic Information System (GIS) services
