HEC-RAS Training

 "Thanks heaps Steve for such a great course! I really enjoyed both days and have been raving about it since”

 Amanda, OPUS, Hamilton

Make a course enquiry by downloading this pdf

or download our latest course registration for Auckland March 2020

Course Details

HEC-RAS is free software tool that is extensively used throughout New Zealand.  This course is designed to get in-experienced engineers and surveyors up-and-running so they can have confidence in running the software.

A class case study will be undertaken to ensure participants learn how to start from a blank piece of paper and produce results sufficient to support resource consents or have the knowledge to review external consultants work where necessary.

Elements include;

  • Strengths and weaknesses of HEC-RAS
  • Setting up a network
  • Cross-section input
  • Floodplain analysis
  • Culverts and bridges
  • Steady state flow analysis
  • Result interpretation and checking

Who Should Attend

Graduate engineers

Part-time modellers who want to develop skills using free software

Survey technicians who want to up-skill