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SEH Wins Coveted "Grand Award" for Engineering Excellence

The SEH team helped the City of Brookings significantly reduce the potential for flooding and improve the treatment of stormwater for a drainage area, which included a major shopping center complex. The project team included regional partners Confluence Landscape Architects and Dakota Land Surveying.

"With the construction of the Southland Lane Detention Pond, the City of Brookings wanted to reduce flooding issues downstream and create a recreational amenity for the community," said SEH Project Manager Mike Kuno, PE. "The solution is a showcase in stormwater management that incorporates several stormwater quality components in a single site."

Typically, detention ponds are designed to maximize storage capacity based on the dimensions of the project area. This results in square or rectangular ponds that fit within project sites and meet the hydrologic and hydraulic needs of clients, but provides little focus to aesthetic features or community amenities. The Southland Lane Detention Project allowed the City to develop flood control and water quality improvements as an integral part of the neighborhood, without being an eyesore.

"This is the first project that SEH has designed for the City of Brookings, and we are extremely pleased with the results," said Brookings City Manager Jeffrey Weldon. "The design challenges included creating an effective stormwater management facility with a park-like aesthetic design to enhance landscaping features and water quality benefits."

About SEH
SEH is a full-service professional services firm comprised of 550 engineers, architects, planners, and scientists located in offices across the nation. Our purpose is Building a Better World for All of Us^tm, and we do this by providing water resources, civil, environmental, transportation, drinking water, and wastewater engineering; funding acquisition; planning and landscape design; and architectural design services. SEH serves public and private clients from more than 30 offices across the Midwest, Colorado and Wyoming. For more information, visit http://www.sehinc.com.

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Dawn Williams, 651-490-2036
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