Take steps to prepare your apartment building for future floods.

This webinar covers:

• why we need to plan for floods

• the importance of knowing your building and its vulnerabilities before implementing mitigation measures

• key tools and procedures being adopted and adapted by body corporates in Kurilpa to mitigate flood impacts on their building.

This is the first in a two-part webinar series on flood planning for apartments. Watch the second webinar on Step-by-step Flood Planning for Apartment Residents.

Presenters

Adrian Sains (MIEAust CPEng RPEQ) is an independent chartered civil engineer. His early career involved managing infrastructure on the UK’s canals and river systems, which included responsibilities for flood response and reservoirs. Since emigrating in 2005, Adrian has led infrastructure planning for new town development in SEQ. As a Kurilpa resident and body corporate volunteer, Adrian has been working with Resilient Kurilpa on flood mitigation strategies since the 2022 floods.

Bruce McNaughton is a retired professional civil engineer with design and construction experience, managing designs for infrastructure, including stormwater management systems, from land development to major projects in all Australian states and in Indonesia. As a resident of Yeronga for over 43 years, and Chelmer before that, Bruce is acutely familiar with flood effects from 1974, 2011, and 2022, and has taken a particular interest in the understanding of, and preparations for the 'next one'.

Facilitator: Paula Hardie is a member of Resilient Kurilpa and volunteer for the West End Community Association. She is a futures-focused strategic designer and PhD candidate exploring community-led service adaptations to the climate crisis.