Larry S. Buss, P. E., CFM
Mr. Larry S Buss has served as a senior advisor/national expert with the US Army Corps of Engineers in the areas of flood risk management and nonstructural flood risk reduction. Mr. Buss retired from the Corps of Engineers as Chief of Hydrologic Engineering, Omaha District. In that position, he lead a team of 50 people with expertise in such areas as Water Control, Water Quality, Hydraulic Structure Design, Statistical Analysis, River Ecosystem Restoration, Flood Plain Management, Emergency Flood Fighting, Flood Control Design, Sediment/Erosion Control, Watershed Modeling, Flood Warning Systems, Nonstructural and Structural Flood Mitigation, and Hydrographic Surveys. Prior positions with the Corps of Engineers included Chief, Flood Plain Management Services; Chief, Planning; Assistant Chief, Planning; and Chief, Civil Works all within the Omaha District. He has over 39 years of experience with the Corps of Engineers all in Water Resources.
Mr. Buss is also a past Chair of the US Army Corps of Engineers National Nonstructural/Flood Proofing Committee. This committee promotes the development, implementation, and proper use of non-structural flood mitigation techniques including relocation/buyout, flood proofing, flood warning/preparedness, flood plain regulation, flood insurance, etc and provides a source of expertise in the use of non-structural techniques throughout the United States. Documents developed by this committee have been used both nationally and internationally.
He has developed three documents for this committee. They are “Flood Proofing-How to Evaluate Your Options”, “Flood Proofing Performance-Successes and Failures”, and “Non-Structural Flood Damage Reduction Within the Corps of Engineers”. He has also presented at numerous workshops, seminars, and conferences throughout the United States on the use nonstructural measures to reduce flood risk. He is also currently involved on National task force teams dealing with levee security, levee safety, flood risk management, and implementation of nonstructural measures.
Mr. Buss also serves a Co-Chair of the Association of State Flood Plain Managers Committee on Flood Proofing/Retrofitting. That committee is responsible for promoting and providing expertise on flood proofing and retrofitting of structures to reduce flood risk.
Mr. Buss is a member of the Association of State Flood Plain Managers. Mr. Buss has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agricultural Engineering from Iowa State University and a Master of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Nebraska. He is a Registered Professional Engineer and a licensed real estate broker in the State of Iowa. He is also a Certified Flood Plain Manager.
