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Discipline Used: Geomorphology
WSAFCA Flood Program Phase 1
cbec provided geomorphic assessment and planning services to support preparation of an updated flood program scope and budget for WSAFCA The updated scope and budget for the program were presented._.
Oak Ridge Drive Bridge Replacement Geomorphology Study
Linda Creek, a tributary to Dry Creek, runs through a greenway corridor within a densely urbanized watershed. This effort combined field reconnaissance with 2D modeling to investigate the effects of._.
Lower Yuba River Hallwood Channel and Floodplain Restoration Project
The Project (also referred to previously as “Daguerre Alley”) is designed to restore and enhance ecosystem processes with a primary focus on enhancing productive juvenile salmonid rearing habitat to increase._.
Yolo County Drainage and Water Infrastructure Improvement Study
Wallace Weir is located at the terminus of the Knights Landing Ridge Cut and west levee of the Yolo Bypass. Yolo County funded the study of proposals to address potential._.
Sun Creek Hydromodification Planning
The Sun Creek development is a 1,250 acre proposed development within the City limits of Rancho Cordova. Mackay & Somps is the civil engineering consultant responsible for the master plan._.
Honolulu Bar Fisheries Enhancement Project
Honolulu Bar is located on United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) property and funded by a grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Anadromous Fish Restoration Program.._.
Sewer Crossing Bank Stabilization and Toe Stabilization Design
As part of the Sacramento Area Sewer District’s Creek Protection Project, cbec teamed with Brown & Caldwell to conduct a geomorphic reconnaissance at 40 stream sewer crossings in Sacramento County.._.
Cordova Hills Geomorphic and Hydromodification Assessment
Panoramic view over Cordova Hills. Incised creek channel. cbec assisted SBM Site Services, LLC and MacKay & Somps Civil Engineers with the stormwater drainage master planning for the Cordova Hills._.
Lower Squaw Creek Restoration Project
A straightened and over-sized reach of the stream channel, with the ski resort in the background Examples of existing grade control and bank hardening currently in place This project intends._.
Fluvial Geomorphic Assessment in Support of 100-Year Flood Risk Analysis of the Yuba Goldfields
cbec performed a geomorphic assessment of the lower Yuba River adjacent to the Yuba Goldfields. The focus of the effort was to assess the historic rates, and predict future rates,._.
Water Quality Evaluation of Battle Bend and Other Major Apalachicola River Sloughs
cbec worked with Philip Williams and Associates on a project that aimed to characterize the hydraulic connectivity and water quality of large floodplain sloughs within the Apalachicola River System. This._.
Lower American River – Sunrise Side Channel Design and Post-Project Performance Monitoring
Aerial image of the Sunrise Side Channel (on right) taken in 2009, after construction. Velocity measurements taken at 1500 cfs, to evaluate compliance with design criteria This project included modification._.
Lower Yolo Ranch Restoration Project
Project Overview. As seen here, channels are routinely blocked (later to be breached) to facilitate construction. Note the project biologists collecting fish trapped within the channel reach, which are then._.
Alder Creek Hydromodification Impacts Assessment
Project features Erosion Potential (EP) Compliance cbec, inc. was contracted by MacKay & Somps, at the suggestion of Sacramento County DWR, to assess hydromodification impacts of the planned Glenborough at._.
Grady Ranch EIS/EIR Review
Photos depict large-scale bank erosion and stream degradation Photos depict large-scale bank erosion and stream degradation cbec is providing peer review as part of a revision of an EIS/R associated._.