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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What’s in a Logo?
All trademarks and logos are the property of their respective owners and are used here for reference purposes only. Rumor has it that UK oil group BP spent close to $150,000 US dollars on logo design before launching the now instantly recognizable sunflower logo in 2001. British Petroleum adopted this new logo and…
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The Many Faces of “Free”
Free stuff comes in many different forms. Sometimes there are legitimate, useful things to be had for free. Consider the scores of handy apps to be downloaded free of charge that perform any number of useful tasks. And then there is the pretty ridiculous stuff, designed to lure in anyone with a…
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Software Company as an “Employee Incubator”
It takes only a few substandard hires to bore a hole into your bottom line. It’s actually amazing how much money a company can lose over a few employees who don’t work out. So, like other businesses that champion onboarding and other strategies, I try to create an environment that will help…
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We Thank Our Lucky Stars: Five Reasons CivilGEO is Grateful
The year 2016 is wrapping up. Now is the time to take stock of the dips and peaks of the last 12 months. CivilGEO is still thriving; the number of satisfied customers keeps growing; we are still cranking out useful software. And I am counting my lucky stars to be at the…
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CivilGEO at the 27th Latin American Congress of Hydraulics
Two of our Spanish speaking superstar engineers, Harold Evers and Jordi Oliveras, were exhibiting GeoHECRAS at the XXVII Latin American Congress of Hydraulics at the Swissotel Lima, Peru. They were busy demonstrating the advanced capabilities and new features of GeoHECRAS. Lima is a desert city, the world’s second largest desert city in…
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Not Pie in the Sky Software
If you’ve been following this blog, you will notice a standard theme running through much of what I write: I like high performing software, but I like simplicity as well. I like software that does the work of several applications with an easy-to-use interface that is intuitive and a snap to learn.…
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CivilGEO’s Software “Development on Demand”
What would you think of a software company that is so keen on making a great product that it will take client requests for new software capabilities and will implement them, sometimes within days of the request? That would be a bit unusual wouldn’t it? And yet, CivilGEO does exactly that; we…
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The Many “Hats” I Wear
Photo By © Jorge Royan / http://www.royan.com.ar, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link Here’s something you may not know about me. Back in 2010 with the founding of CivilGEO, I had my hand in managing just about every aspect of the company. Here’s another thing you may not know: Nearly seven years later, in the wake…
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We Don’t Do It That Way Anymore
Before refrigeration, an industry grew up around the task of delivering blocks of ice harvested from local ponds or lakes to those who could afford it. People that couldn’t afford the ice would keep food in underground cellars or windowless back rooms that faced north. My dad loved to trot out his…
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Bridge Construction on the Fly?
Back in early July I posted a short commentary on the state of highways and bridges in the U.S. The American Society of Civil Engineer’s (ASCE) comprehensive 2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure offers an in-depth analysis as well. But wouldn’t you know? There may be hope. The classic entrepreneurial American spirit has hatched an idea…
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