Bowman provided on-call services to Fairfax County’s Stormwater Planning Division. The team provided environmental consulting services, conceptual and final engineering design, and construction phase administration for this stream restoration project. Bowman’s team of environmental scientists performed a wetland delineation and stream mitigation evaluation. A Water Quality Impact Assessment report and small whorled pogonia survey were prepared. Ultimately, a wetland permit was secured for the construction associated with the stream repairs.<\/p>\n
The project involved improvements to approximately 200 linear feet of deeply incised and eroded stream channel. Prior attempts at stabilizing and repairing the channel were evident, and had failed. Bowman’s engineers and scientists proposed raising the stream bed invert elevation back to prior historical levels, and installing a series of structural stream stabilization devices including cascading step pools, riffles, rock cross vanes, and an imbricated stone-lined dissipation basin. These practices, along with a detailed landscaping program, combined to provide structural and vegetative protection against the hydraulic forces associated with the streamflow during normal base flow conditions, and during larger flows associated with predicted storm events. The Bowman Engineering team prepared conceptual stream restoration plans which assisted in the design development for the project. A detailed hydrologic and hydraulic analysis utilizing TR-55 and HEC-RAS analysis was performed on the existing stream channel, and on the proposed channel with the suggested improvements in place to evaluate the conceptual design. Final engineering construction drawings were prepared and processed through approval. Bowman’s engineers and scientists were on-site during construction to assist the contractor, and monitor the progress of the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bowman provided on-call services to Fairfax County\u0092s Stormwater Planning Division. The team provided environmental consulting services, conceptual and final engineering design, and construction phase administration for this stream restoration project. Bowman\u0092s team of environmental scientists performed a wetland delineation and stream mitigation evaluation, and a Water Quality Impact Assessment report and small whorled pogonia survey were prepared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3128,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":[],"project_type":[3,62,33,53,194],"class_list":["post-2173","projects","type-projects","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project_type-civil-engineering-projects","project_type-environmental-consulting","project_type-public-civic","project_type-virginia","project_type-water-resources"],"yoast_head":"\n