The Engineering Services business center is responsible for designing, modeling, engineering, and managing projects related to improvements to County infrastructure. Among other duties, the engineering staff is responsible for overseeing the County’s Capital Improvement Program and Infrastructure Projects from design all the way through to managing construction.
Public Works Standards
Manatee County Public Works offers Engineering Standards online for transportation, stormwater, utilities, and traffic related infrastructure projects. These standards are intended for engineers and contractors to design and construct infrastructure within Manatee County. Also included are the processes for revisions to standards procedure manuals.
VIEW PUBLIC WORKS STANDARDS
The Infrastructure Inspections Division is the arm of Public Works that inspects commercial and development projects, including vehicle access for all commercial projects. Infrastructure Inspections also inspects the horizontal construction aspects of all County projects.
Download the Infrastructure Inspections Request Form
*Note: If you are requesting an inspection for a "Lift Station Startup" we require you to fill out the Lift Station Information Form. (".xlsx" file format)
Infrastructure Engineering oversees engineering, Computer-Aided Design (CAD) operations, design, plans review and permitting. The division also supports field maintenance traffic engineering and stormwater.
Stormwater Engineering
This
division monitors and improves Manatee County's stormwater system, while
ensuring FEMA floodplain compliance. Stormwater Engineering is involved with
capital improvement projects, including state and federal grant writing. This
section is responsible for inspecting and reporting of county-maintained
stormwater facilities for the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) permit compliance for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and re-certification
of stormwater section of the Community Rating System (CRS) program through the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Stormwater
Engineering also reviews No-Rise Certificates and floodplain compensation
calculations. Additionally, Stormwater Engineering conducts floodplain studies
with Southwest Florida Watershed Management District (SWFWMD), and oversees the
floodplain map revisions prepared for and adopted by the Board of County
Commissioners.
Stormwater
Engineering maintains a near real time Campbell Scientific stream elevation and
rain sensor system and a near real time network of Ambient Weather
Stations. There are 38 Campbell Scientific locations throughout Manatee
County where data is collected in 15-minute intervals, and eight (8) Ambient
locations collecting data in five-minute intervals.
Campbell Scientific Stations:
PowerBI Graphs:
Ambient Weather Stations:
*Manatee
County specifically disclaims any warranty, either expressed or implied,
including, but not limited to, the implied warranties or merchantability and
fitness for a particular use. The entire risk as to quality and performance is
with the user. In no event will Manatee County or its staff be liable for any
direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or other damages,
including loss of profit, arising out of the use of these data even if the
County has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
Commonly referenced links and documents: