Engineers continue to play a vital role in community safety
Queensland Division President Steven Goh. Image: Engineers Australia
The final report of the Flood Commission of Inquiry supports Engineers Australia’s position that disaster planning processes at state and local levels should be strengthened.
As the peak body for the engineering profession, Engineers Australia takes this issue seriously, Queensland Division President Steven Goh said. “As the report reveals, extensive rainfall over large areas of Queensland, coupled with already saturated catchments, led to flooding of historic proportions in Queensland. The report identifies the operation of the dam reduced the level of the flood experienced downstream. However, there has been some debate if this outcome could have been improved. “Even with the benefit of hindsight, the report does not clarify the nature of an optimum release strategy for Wivenhoe Dam. This highlights the complexity and challenges faced by the dam engineers in responding to this crisis. “The operation of major flood mitigation dams is heavily dependent on the skills of the operators. The final report noted that:
“[The] Operator’s ability to respond to flooding is hindered by the inaccuracy of rainfall forecasts and gauges, river level gauges and modelling. All that can be asked is that they act competently on the best information available to them and report faithfully what they have done.”
“Engineers Australia welcomes the recommendations to improve the availability of data required to actively manage responses to floods. “The report has not questioned the technical competence of the engineers involved in the floods. Several of the Commission’s own experts have concluded that the dam management processes were appropriate under the circumstances. “It has been recommended that the CMC investigate issues surrounding the reporting of events. All parties involved should be afforded their natural justice rights, and we need to let the CMC investigation takes its course. “Engineers Australia will continue to work to develop the preparedness of the community to deal with all kinds of natural disasters, including by protecting the standards in our profession”, Goh said.
Source: Engineers Australia
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