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News: Jenna Ockford Passes the PennDOT Introduction to Hydraulic Methods and HEC-RAS Class
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7/1/2010
Pickering, Corts & Summerson, Inc. (PCS), a leading engineering firm headquartered in Bucks County, PA, is pleased to announce that Jenna Ockford, E.I.T., PCS Transportation Engineer-In-Training, recently passed the PennDOT Introduction to Hydraulic Methods and HEC-RAS course.
Jenna attended this course on June 14-18, 2010 in Harrisburg, PA. The course provided participates with application-oriented training on use of the US Army Corps of Engineers' Hydraulic Engineering Center River Analysis System (HEC-RAS) program and introduced the theory and practical application of open channel flow hydraulics for culvert and bridge design using a combination of lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on workshops.
Participants also learned how to implement a procedure to conduct a hydraulic analysis for culvert and bridge crossings in Pennsylvania. The analysis included site assessment, cross-section data collection, hydraulic method selection, interpretation of output, and comparison of existing and proposed conditions.
We proudly congratulate Jenna for successfully completing and passing this course.
About Pickering, Corts & Summerson, Inc.
Pickering, Corts & Summerson, Inc. has been servicing the Greater Philadelphia area since 1918 and has become one of the regions leading consulting engineering firms. PCS serves our clients from our headquarters in Newtown, Bucks County, PA, and two regional offices - Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery County, PA and West Trenton, Mercer County, NJ. PCS maintains award-winning practices in civil engineering, municipal engineering, landscape architecture, transportation engineering and planning, land surveying, and bridge inspection.
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