What FEMA Accepts on a LOMR, and Where the Time Actually Goes
Summary: On a National Flood Insurance Program submittal, the schedule is set by review cycles and engine-version compliance, not by how fast the model solves. FEMA accepts named…
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Rainfall Data in Transition: NOAA Atlas 14 to Atlas 15
Summary: NOAA Atlas 14 remains NOAA’s current precipitation-frequency standard and authoritative source for the areas it covers, while Atlas 15 will gradually replace it with updated, seamless, nonstationary…
Locating Wetlands for Better Model Development and Planning
As hydrologic engineers, we would be remiss not to use all information available to us in the course of understanding water flow within a drainage basin. Increasingly, geospatial…
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The Odd, Riveting and Inspiring Things that People have said
As engineering director and general visionary at CivilGEO I can easily get consumed with the details of running a business. Preoccupation with team management, product design and sales often makes me lose sight of the bigger picture and the WHY behind what I do. I know others have been in my position—stuck…
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Tips from a Transportation Company (What?!)
What could an innovative transportation/taxi company possibly have in common with a firm that makes civil engineering software? As any Business 101 course will tell you, the rules to run a company well are marvelously universal. A greenhouse that specializes in rare orchids can learn a thing or two from a successful…
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GeoHECRAS Update: Next-Generation 2D River Flood Modeling Software
Nov 30, 2018 Release We are glad to announce the release of GeoHECRAS Version 2.6. It’s been busy here and we have added a full spectrum of advanced new features requested by our customers. This new version provides complete support for HEC-RAS 5.0.6, along with an improved user-interface featuring modeless data dialog…
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The Day My Employee Went Rogue
I didn’t realize I had a problem on my hands until the wife of my absentee sales person called to ask one morning if we had seen her husband. There had been red flags leading up to this day that I had foolishly chosen to ignore. This sales agent hadn’t been able…
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What I’m Thankful for in 2018
Ideally, we should give thanks every day for the things that make our lives better. But life and responsibilities get in the way most of the time. When the month of November comes around, it forces us to consider the blessings we so often ignore during the rest of the year. Here…
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Mean What You Say
One summer day many years ago, a friend of our family told my then eight-year old self that he would build me a treehouse in the fall. Maybe this friend didn’t realize how much I trusted his words. Maybe this friend didn’t really think I was paying attention to what he said or…
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5 Proven Principles Can Improve Your Professional & Personal
My personal life is so intertwined with my business life that I value the lessons that apply to both. Here are five principles that I try to practice as much as possible: Simplify Your Business and Home Life I’ve trotted out this concept once before in an earlier blog but it is worth repeating.…
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The Weaving Machine of the Industrial Revolution
Most of us are familiar with the famous computer scientists/entrepreneurs of the 20th and 21st centuries. Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Sergey Brin and Larry Page are just a few. These are the guys that first made personal computers and Internet-based technologies accessible to the masses. But who were the individuals who first imagined a…
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Time to Consider an Alternative Paradigm: Water 4.0
Photo By McPolu – Image taken by the user from a balloon and uploaded to Flickr. The user changed its license to a commons-compatible one under request., CC BY-SA 2.0, Link The ways of the Romans are still with us. Oddly enough, our present-day style of managing water has not strayed much…
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The Evolving Corporate Story
A company’s history, if you look hard enough, has all the elements of a good fairy tale. It is multi-layered, with multiple moving parts and multiple players; it is a constantly evolving and shifting entity. There is the workforce, the executives, those that have resigned or been hired, the product line, the…
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