Value Engineering the Termination of the Blue River Flood Conveyance Channel

1. Robert Prager, PE Strategic Value Solutions, Inc Independence, Missouri Value Engineering the Termination of the Blue River Flood Conveyance Channel Alan Schlindwein, PE US Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City, Missouri June 14, 2012

2. Battle of Westport AKA: The Gettysburg of the West

3. The Real Brush Creek (after USACE project)

4. 1st & 2nd Battles of the Big Blue at Byram’sFord

5. Byram’s Ford

6. Blue River Flood Conveyance Channel • 35,000 cfs Flood Control Channel • New Bridges • Remapping of Floodplain

7. 3rd Battle of Byram’s Ford • Concrete Grade Control Structure

8. Proposed Grade Control Structure

9. Byram’s Ford Industrial Park

10. Stated Goals • Prevent the headcutting at the battlefield location • Limit maximum flood elevation to pre-project conditions • Control velocity upstream to manage scour along the riverbanks

11. Design • The structure was designed to stop head-cutting and control flood elevations upstream to pre-project conditions which in turn aided in managing scour at the battlefield location and along the riverbanks by controlling velocity.

12. Externalities • Construction of the grade control structure would affect the channel upstream of this project and create pre-project conditions, i.e., flooding in areas that had not experienced flooding since the channel project began would now be flooded again.

15. Perfection Poor Value Best Value The Value Ah Ha! • The current flood levels can be maintained to limit maximum flood elevation to below pre-project conditions • Grade controls can be distributed along the river rather than at a concrete waterfall 100% Functions 0% Cost

17. Stated Goals • PROTECT THE CHANNEL • PRESERVE THE BATTLEFIELD • By Mimicking Natural Processes

18. Work with River ContinuumRiffle PoolSequencePlace at end of Bend

19. River Profile - Newbury & Proposed GCS

20. Grade Control at KC Zoo

21. Rock Grade Control Structure

22. 2000 cfs flow