Awards of Excellence - ACEC|Manitoba

2012 Awards of Excellence
attenuation measures were developed as
protection against further destruction.
Contractors worked around the clock
deploying kilometres of geo-tubes
infilled with sand slurry, which drained
leaving densified sand. These temporary
wave attenuators were constructed
offshore along the beach front properties
to absorb wave energy before reaching
the cottages. KGS Group monitored
performance using mini weatherstations,
video cameras and wave-height
monitors along the shoreline, coupled
with remote data collectors. The
geo-tube wave attenuators protected
lakefront properties from large waves in
subsequent windstorms.
A SUCCESS IN
EMERGENCY ENGINEERING
Over 1 million sandbags were placed
along the Assiniboine dikes, as well
as substantial volumes of clay and
riprap along the Portage diversion
channel. KGS Group continued to
provide emergency services to MIT for
subsequent flood mitigation projects
including the construction of dikes at
Brandon, the Pas, Souris, St Laurent,
Dauphin River First Nation, slope
stabilization at the Wawanesa Dam, and
the design and construction of the Lake
St. Martin Emergency Channels with
assistance from others.
Emergency engineering is
infrequently encountered in the
engineering practice and requires
timely and informed decisions using
best available information. Working
with demanding deadlines, decisions
were made collaboratively by MIT and
KGS Group, to successfully respond to
the 2011 Assiniboine River Flood for
communities in the flood zone.
WINNIPEG REGINA THUNDER BAY TORONTO
JUDGES’ COMMENTS
The 2011 Assiniboine River Flood
– Emergency Engineering project
was a key part of the unprecedented
flood fight of 2011. KGS Group
provided emergency services
and technical support and had a
critical role in many concurrent
components including; the
assessment and reinforcement of
the Assiniboine dikes, the Hoop
and Holler controlled breach and
capacity increase at the Portage
Diversion. The judges chose
this submission for an Award of
Excellence for its important impact
on many communities and for the
significant effort and quality of
engineering work and innovations
of the KGS Group project team.
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