Raising the Bar on Flood Model Quality Assurance

Register for upcoming free webinars and online training: https://awschool.com.au Slides & Q&A: https://awschool.com.au/training/floo... 2:29 – Agenda & poll results 4:18 – Frank's presentation: The Environment Agency's role in flood model assurance 6:00 – National flood mapping & external project reviews 9:05 – How models are assured: early engagement & method statements 11:49 – Key principles when reviewing hydraulic models 16:07 – The review spreadsheet walkthrough 21:33 – Full model review case study: solar farm 27:23 – When reviews become iterative: a cautionary example 29:07 – The fluvial model assessment tool explained 34:05 – Jacob's presentation: QA at scale on the River Thames project 39:15 – Automated QA: the structure checker Python script 49:08 – Q&A: AI, benchmarking updates & assurance tools The Environment Agency (England) is well known in the industry for their extensive benchmarking of 2D solvers for Flood Risk Management (see link to Benchmarking the Latest Generation of 2D Hydraulic Modelling Packages below). Equally as impressive but less publicly known is their framework for assessing flood model quality – ensuring models meet requirements, use relevant data and avoid major errors. Join us for a webinar with the EA covering: • Role of the EA • Why QA matters for flood models • EA’s assessment process • Project examples You’ll hear practical advice from the EA on effective model checks and see a demonstration of how Flood Platform are working together with the EA to streamline these processes on real projects. This is the link to request the Hydraulic Modeling Best Practices documents referenced in this presentation: https://www.gov.uk/government/publica... Description Webinar number 236