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<br />Richard E. McLaughlin, P .E. <br /> <br />Chattahoochee Riverfront Park, Uptown Columbus, Columbus Georgia <br />Principal-in-Charge, Lead Design Engineer: Conceptual and preliminary design (current) of a <br />major riverfront development project that includes removal of two dams, creation of a <br />recreational amenities including a whitewater course, terraces and river access. <br /> <br />Confluence Park, City of Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO <br />Principal-in-charge, Design Engineer of River Improvements: Masterplanning, preliminary <br />design, and final design (portion of project) of riverfront improvements to integrate the new <br />Confluence Park with Monument Creek. Improvements included jetties, boatable drops, and <br />river stabilization structures. Masterplanning of a whitewater course with pumped recirculation <br />on Fountain Creek was also completed. <br /> <br />Farad Diversion and Whitewater Chute, Sierra Pacific Power Company, Farad, CA <br />Principal-in-Charge/Project Engineer: This project included alternative development, <br />preliminary design, and final design of a diversion that was destroyed during flood. Project <br />elements included elimination of a formal dam structure, creation of a recreational whitewater <br />rapid, restoring the channel adjacent to the diversion, and incorporating fish passage and habitat <br />features. Efforts and primary responsibilities have included, authoring of all reports, preliminary <br />and final design, extensive physical modeling at the Bureau of Reclamation's hydraulic <br />laboratory, and extensive design development with fisheries biologists. <br /> <br />Mississippi River Whitewater Park, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and U.S. <br />Army Corp of Engineers, St. Paul, Minnesota <br />Principal-in-Charge, and Whitewater Course Design Engineer: This economic development <br />project is funded by the Sate of Minnesota and the Army Corp of Engineers. It will serve as a <br />catalyst for the renewal of the surrounding area. The whitewater channel will have twenty-five <br />feet of drop and create the centerpiece ohhis new river front park. Efforts and primary <br />responsibilities have included co-authoring a feasibility study, participation in a Value <br />Engineering (VE) study, and final design (planned this year) ohhis whitewater park. <br /> <br />1996 Olympic Whitewater Course, U.S. Forest Service, Polk County, TN <br />Principal-in-Charge, Lead Design Engineer: As part of a multi-disciplined design team, design <br />of the whitewater canoe and kayak slalom competition course for the 1996 Summer Olympic <br />Games. The site is the Ocoee River in the Cherokee National Forest in Polk County, Tennessee. <br />To support these events, a 600-meter stretch of the Ocoee River was adapted for competitive <br />slalom use. Design included use of a large physical model study to refine whitewater <br />performance characteristics. Efforts and responsibilities included hydraulic analysis, modeling, <br />bank stabilization, preliminary design, and final design of the course and channel modifications. <br /> <br />Confluence Park Boat Chute Design, Urban Drainage and Flood Control District, Denver, <br />CO <br /> <br />Project Engineer: For the whitewater course at Confluence Park (on the South Platte River near <br />downtown Denver), layout, hydraulic calculations, and design of the boat chute bypass structure <br />around the diversion dam and hydraulic design of the chute. Conducted a $40,000 physical <br /> <br />McLaughlin Rincon, Ltd. <br />