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AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
NORTH CAROLINA SECTION
EASTERN BRANCH
LUNCHEON
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NOTICE: This meeting is offered in-person and virtually. See below for details.
In-person registration closes at midnight on Monday, August 18, 2025. Virtual registration is open until the day of the event.
Speaker: Hunter Freeman, PE
Date: Thursday, August 21, 2025
Topic: At the Intersection of Gray and Green: How GSI can reduce flooding and improve water quality
Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Summary: Have you been affected by nuisance flooding recently? With our changing rainfall patterns, continued development, and aging infrastructure, any dark cloud seems to cause anxiety. Even small cloudbursts are disrupting our ability to move around town and threatening our quality of life. From the coast to the mountains, North Carolina communities are struggling to find ways to effectively manage existing flooding problems and prepare for future challenges. Recently completed green infrastructure projects in Raleigh and Beaufort, North Carolina, and upcoming projects across the state highlight ways that green infrastructure might be used to effectively mitigate flooding and increase the lifespan and effectiveness of existing gray stormwater infrastructure. This presentation will use case studies from across the State to explain the challenge facing communities, and showcase how GSI might be implemented to add sustainability and resiliency to our communities.
Bio: Hunter is a senior advisor to the green stormwater infrastructure practice for McAdams in Raleigh, NC. He specializes in permitting and execution of innovative stormwater strategies including green infrastructure, nature based solutions, and community planning. Hunter’s work highlights the power of collaboration, merging stormwater engineering, landscape architecture, and multiple disciplines to integrate high performing innovative environmental protection measures into the built environment. In addition to his design work, Hunter is a board member on the Southeast Stormwater Association and is Past-President of the North Carolina APWA Stormwater Division.
Location: This luncheon will be held at the beautiful NC State University Club at 4200 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27606. You can contact the NC University Club at (919) 828-0308 if you need assistance locating their establishment.
We are also offering a virtual-only option. Instructions and a link to the virtual meeting (via Zoom) will been sent to the registered participants. If you do not receive the login information, please contact us. You will have the option to install software for a better viewing experience, but the video will otherwise play in a standard web browser. You will not need to create an account.
Fees:
$25 for ASCE Members
$30 for Non-ASCE Members and Guests
$10 for ASCE Life Members and Unemployed ASCE Members.
$10 for Virtual Only
Free for Students
Credit cards are accepted for pre-registration but not at the door. There is a Venmo payment option for pre-registration. If you are paying at the door, please bring cash or a check made out to "ASCE NC Eastern Branch".
RSVP: Our online system handles all registrations and payments. You can register and pay for the event online using your credit card. Even if you don't want to pay online, please use the online system to register. There are no additional fees, accounts, or passwords to remember. The online system will also allow you to specify if you prefer a vegetarian meal. Upon arrival at the event, just check-in at the registration table using your name.
We understand your schedule may change and you might not be able to make it to the event. Cancellations with refunds can be honored up until four days prior to the event by sending an email. If you are neither able to attend nor cancel in time, you may send a replacement.
PDH: To help Professional Engineers in attendance acquire 15 Professional Development Hour (PDH) units per license renewal period in accordance with 21 NCAC 56.1703, a one hour PDH certificate will be emailed to registered participants after the presentation.