The purpose of this Request for Proposal (RFP) is for the provision of engineering services, specifically to complete hydrologic-hydraulic modeling, for the assessment of flooding conditions throughout the City of Kitchener. This project is cosponsored (50/50) by the City and the National Disaster Mitigation Program (NDMP). The NDMP is a federal program established by the Government of Canada in recognition of increasing disaster risks and costs. The NDMP provides funding for risk assessments, floodline mapping projects and for structural and non-structural flood mitigation projects. 

Through this project the City intends to build upon an existing trunk storm sewer model (InfoWorks) to include storm sewer pipe sizes less than 600mm that were not included in the original model development. The model will also be expanded by incorporating LiDAR data to map overland flow routes (e.g. roads, natural topography etc.) and to include watercourses and valley lands throughout the City. The completed model will accurately represent both the above and below-ground elements of all flow paths and will account for riverine influences on the urban storm sewer system.