Course Catalogue.

After participating in this course, you will be able to:

• Understand the essential design and construction features that contribute to the long-term performance of permeable pavements.
• Analyze the impact of permeable pavement design elements on both hydrological and structural performance.
• Communicate and advocate for sustainable pavement solutions that promote stormwater management and environmental resilience.
• Identify potential risks and common issues in permeable pavement design and construction, allowing you to mitigate failure factors.
• Apply design tools and methodologies to create robust permeable pavement systems tailored for municipal and parking area applications.

Description
Storm water management is a key component of urban infrastructure design. Numerous agencies throughout the United States and Canada include permeable pavements as a key component of best management practices for stormwater management.

If properly designed and constructed, permeable pavements can help rainwater infiltrate soil, decrease urban heating, replenish groundwater and reduce overall storm water runoff. The construction of permeable pavement systems that can accommodate surface water runoff is gaining increasing attention through the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program.

In a 1999 stormwater technology fact sheet on porous pavements, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicated that porous pavements traditionally have a failure rate of over 75 percent. Generally, failure is attributed to poor design, inadequate construction quality, improper treatment of the subgrade soils, and overloading of under designed pavements. Recent studies in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia have shown the significant benefits of permeable pavements.

This webinar provides background on the key features of permeable asphalt, concrete and interlocking concrete block pavements along with guidance, design tools and methodologies to assist in designing pavements to accommodate hydrological and structural pavement design for municipal and parking area permeable pavements and compare equivalent structural designs.

Who Should Attend

• Engineers involved in urban infrastructure design
• Landscape architects
• State DOT and municipal agencies
• Stormwater professionals