Flood Response Inspections for Road Structures
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Date
5 August 2025
Duration
1 day
Location
Townsville QLD, Australia
CPD Hours
8
Price
Member Price
$1,200 + GST
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Non Member Price
$1,400 + GST
This one-day course is intended to provide awareness and practice in undertaking response inspections following a flood event. The purpose of this inspection is to quickly identify emergent issues from the event and identify if the asset is safe to operate in its current condition.
Response inspections are typically performed on assets which have experienced a flood event to evaluate damage and to provide assurance the asset can operate safely following an event.
The course content draws on industry practice for inspections and the facilitators experience managing flood event response inspections.
Content
The one-day workshop will cover the following material:
· Flood Event Introduction
· Structures Introduction
· Typical damage types and tell-tales
· Past event examples
· Form orientation
· Form practice (Fieldwork)
Who should attend?
This workshop is aimed at staff who will participate in flood response management but may not be experienced or have received training in inspections previously.
Typical examples of staff involved in flood response may include:
· Disaster management staff
· Asset surveillance officers
· Engineering staff
· Maintenance teams
Learning Outcomes
The learning outcomes for attendees include:
· Awareness of possible flood damage to structures and how to detect them
· Awareness and comfort using typical post inspection response forms
· Knowledge of key factors to prepare and execute a flood response inspection plan for road structures
Facilitator
Joshua Seskis is an RPEQ structural engineer with 10 years’ experience in the inspection and management of structural roading assets. This experience extends to personally conducting routine, condition, emergency, and post disaster event inspections and engineering investigations. He has provided direct support and guidance to state road authorities, being involved with the writing of two state manuals.
He has authored several Austroads guides on the topics of heavy vehicle access to structures, assessment of bridges, and management of roading assets.
The majority of Joshua’s career has been working with or in local government in Queensland and he is aware of the unique constraints and opportunities the organisations contain.
