Category: Stormwater Management
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Grant Writing with Kelsey Howard
Read how Grant Writing Manager Kelsey Howard has secured over $194 million for projects, including a multimillion-dollar grant for flood mitigation in Highlands, NJ.
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Becoming a Certified Floodplain Manager: A Flood of Opportunity
Floodplain management is like solving a big puzzle where the end goal is to keep people and their homes safe during a flood event. But figuring out this puzzle requires specialized knowledge, skills, and experience. We sat down with Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM) Michelle Barkley to discuss how one gains this experience and the importance…
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Experts Choose Experts: Jesse Cokeley
Are you wondering how you can further your career? Jesse Cokeley came into our firm as an entry-level engineer and is now a principal. At Colliers Engineering & Design, our clients and leadership choose Cokeley again and again. The keys to his success? A strong technical background, building strong relationships, and doing good work reliably.…
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Remembering Superstorm Sandy: 10 Years Later
During the late hours of Monday, October 29, 2012, Superstorm Sandy made landfall on the East Coast, bringing storm surges and flooding never seen before. Longstanding Jersey Shore landmarks were pulled into the raging waters with ease. Houses were ripped to shreds by the power the waves possessed. Airports and Subway stations were flooded with…
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Field of Dreams
The vision for the fully accessible recreation facility known as the Field of Dreams was conceived by a family whose young son sustained severe brain trauma from a serious car accident which left him disabled. Out of passion for their son and a lack of recreational areas that catered to his abilities they formed a…
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NJDEP Green Infrastructure Regs to Affect Land Development
Executive Order 100 In 2020, New Jersey Governor Murphy signed Executive Order 100, a sweeping Energy Master Plan to protect against the threat of climate change. This plan was developed partially in response to a 2019 report “New Jersey’s Rising Seas and Changing Coastal Storms”, prepared by Rutgers University for the Department of Environmental Protection.…
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Lake Carasaljo: Keeping Stormwater Runoff at Bay
A coworker here at Maser once told me that we don’t just fix problems, we fix problems and then make it pretty. A recent project in New Jersey, the Brick Township MUA Lake Carasaljo Stormwater Improvements, is the perfect example of this.
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Seminar Sparks Rethinking Curve Number Rainfall-Runoff Method
The USDA NRCS Curve Number Method (CN Method) is an application used to provide guidance to design engineers in calculating single event rainfall-runoff volumes that was originally developed in the mid-1950s for agricultural uplands and overland flow. Over time, the CN Method has become entrenched with governmental agencies and private entities dealing with hydrology and…
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Municipalities Unite at the 2015 NJSLOM Conference & NJSME Awards
In New Jersey, the largest municipal event by far is heralded in by the NJ State League of Municipalities’ (NJSLOM) Annual Conference held within the casinos of Atlantic City, NJ. This 3-day long event is filled with handshaking, info-booths, making friends, enjoying the festivities, developing business contacts and a chance to compare notes with any one of the 565 municipalities…
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Extending Roadway Lifespans with Micro-Surfacing
With another severe winter under our belts, New Jersey’s roadways are emerging from the layers of snow, ice, and salt with the usual signs of damage. Road program budgets are limited, and many communities are left wondering what affordable options exist for fixing or preventing the potholes and cracks plaguing their local streets. The level…