We are always learning! On February 10, 2025 members of the BA Engineering team attended the SCM Inspection & Maintenance Certification workshop at NC State. This certification is important because communities across the State of North Carolina must manage rainfall that runs off roads, streets, and parking lots. This runoff is called stormwater.
To manage stormwater, many treatment devices, called stormwater control measures, (or SCMs), have been built. These devices include wet retention ponds, bioretention areas, swales, stormwater wetlands, permeable pavement, rainwater harvesting systems, proprietary devices, and level spreaders. SCMs must have annual, and sometimes more frequent, inspection and maintenance to perform as intended.
Maintenance includes hydrologic and water quality function, landscape functions, and consideration of impacts on human health and safety. Many communities across North Carolina are now requiring annual inspection, and if called for, maintenance of SCMs. SCMs are not managed as standard landscape features, as they are water quality treatment devices, and specialized training is needed to perform inspection and maintenance activities.
Our clients can always count on BA to be certified and trained in the most up to date regulations, requirements, and training. Congratulations to Will Milholen, Nolan Laird, Matt Pajak, Lee Price, Dillon Smith, and Drew Howe!
