DRAINS Self-Paced Online Training - Introduction
Try out Chapters 1 & 2 (two hours of content) for FREE from the full 15-hour DRAINS Online Training course.
Your Instructor
Ben joined Dr. Geoffrey O'Loughlin as co-presenter of the DRAINS workshops in 2013 with considerable experience in the areas of urban development, stormwater design, on-site detention and undertaking flood studies. Having worked in both the private and public sector, Ben's experience also extends to water sensitive urban design, water harvesting and filtration, and several other multidisciplinary projects.
Commencing in 2019, Ben has taken on the role of managing Watercom, providing support to customers and continuing the development of DRAINS. Since March 2022, Watercom Pty Limited transferred the ongoing development, sales and support of the DRAINS, PIPES and PIPES++ software to Kustom Engineering Pty Ltd T/a Watercom, led by Dr. Benjamin Kus.
Ben has completed a PhD in Engineering - Membrane Technology and Water Harvesting and is a published author with over 20 journal papers.
He is a contributing author of the Australian Rainfall and Runoff 2019 guidelines having authored Chapter 5 ‘Stormwater Conveyance’, in Book 9 ‘Runoff in Urban Areas’.
Course Curriculum
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StartPart 1 - Introduction & Obtaining Data (15:01)
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StartPart 2 - Setting up the Project Menu (19:41)
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StartPart 3 - Configuring Pipes & Pits (13:01)
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StartPart 4 - Configuring Catchment Data (4:59)
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StartPart 5 - Configuring Overflow Routes (38:19)
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StartPart 6 - Performing a Design Run (7:40)
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StartPart 7 - Analysing ARR 2019 Storms (25:09)
"It is very good to have a step by step reference to the course, along with the manual. The face to face training was very good, but using the webinar makes practice easier and me a lot more confident in the application of the software."
"Information is well managed and presented in an organized manner. For a new user, usually learning new software leads to information overload but this was fairly easy to grasp and I highly recommend this to all the new users."