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TABLE OF CONTENTS Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Getting Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Conference Evaluation Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Professional Development Hours . . . . . . 11 Guest Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Field Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Meetings & Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Technical Agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Networking Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Dine Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Young Professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Special Activities in Exhibit Hall . . . . . . . . 45 Resource Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Poster Presentations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Door Prize Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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Welcome to Dam Safety 2016 ASDSO Conference Planning Committee:
2015-2016 Board of Directors:
Chair: John Ritchey, P.E., New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
President: James T. Pawloski, P.E., Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Eric J. Ditchey, P.E., McCormick Taylor, Inc.
President-Elect: Dusty Myers, P.E., Mississippi Department of Water Quality
Alon Dominitz, P.E., New York Department of Environmental Conservation John W. France, P.E., AECOM
Treasurer: Jonathan D. Garton, P.E., Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Garrett Jackson, P.E., Colorado Division of Water Resources
Secretary: Roger Adams, P.E., Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Douglas Johnson, P.E., Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Past President: D. Thomas Woosley, P.E., Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Lee Mauney, P.E., DOI, Bureau of Indian Affairs
Charles F. Cobb, P.E., Alaska Department of Natural Resources
Gregory S. Paxson, P.E., Schnabel Engineering William Sturtevant, P.E., Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources ASDSO Staff: Lori Spragens, Executive Director Susan Sorrell, Training Program Director Ross Brown, Marketing and Membership Director Jennifer Burns, Office Manager/Training Support Sarah McCubbin-Cain, Information Specialist Mark Ogden, P.E., Project Manager Brittany Lewis, Office Assistant
Save the Date 2017 Southeast Regional Conference. April 18-20, The Music City Center, Nashville, TN Dam Safety 2017 National Conference. Sept. 10-14, JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Hotel, San Antonio, TX
Brian Shane Cook, P.E., North Carolina Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Nathan Graves, P.E., Wyoming State Engineer’s Office Ann Kuzyk, P.E., Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection William McCormick, P.E., Colorado Division of Water Resources Art Sengupta, P.E., Florida Department of Environmental Protection Paul R. Simon, P.E., Missouri Department of Natural Resources Charles Thompson, P.E., New Mexico Office of the State Engineer Harald W. Van Aller, P.E., Maryland Department of the Environment Affiliate Advisory Committee Representatives: Eric J. Ditchey, P.E., McCormick & Taylor, Inc. Paul G. Schweiger, P.E., Gannett Fleming, Inc.
Dam Safety 2018 National Conference. Sept. 9-13, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
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Getting Around the Pennsylvania
Convention Center
100 Level Registration Concurrent Sessions Caucus and Committee Meetings Speaker Preview Room
119 Concourse Rooms 126A, 120AB, 119A & 119B
200 Level Exhibits, Posters, Resource Center
Exhibit Hall D
Rooms 125, 121A, 121B & 121C Room 124
Annual Business Meeting Room 122AB Workshops
Rooms 119A & 119B
Bus Departures & Returns Staging Tunnel: Outside at corner of 12th & Arch Street
400 Level Opening General Session Terrace Ballroom 1 Awards Luncheon
Terrace Ballroom 4
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ASDSO TRAINING Looking for more educational options? If so, ASDSO has the resource for you - DamSafety.org. At DamSafety.org you can find everything from live webinars and upcoming classroom seminars to over 50 webinars on-demand, classroom seminar materials, conference proceedings, and more. Log on now to DamSafety.org and find the perfect training for you, your team, or your class! Save the date for these 2016-2017 training opportunities: October 11-13, 2016
Classroom Seminar: Inspection and Assessment of Dams; White Plains, NY
October 11, 2016
Webinar: Hydrologic Hazards - Estimating Probabilities of Extreme Floods
November 8, 2016
Webinar: Intro to Tailings Dam and Coal Ash Impoundment Design, Construction, and Monitoring: What Can Go Wrong and Right
December 13, 2016
Webinar: Introduction to Dam Decommissioning
January 10, 2017
Webinar: Risk Assessment for Levee Projects
February 2017
Classroom Seminar: Inspection and Assessment of Dams, Tampa, FL
February 14, 2017
Webinar: Fontenelle Dam Incident
February 28-Mar 2, 2017 Classroom Seminar: Plans & Specs Review and Construction Inspection for Dams and Levees, Phoenix, AZ March 14, 2017
Webinar: Relearning How to Look at Piezometric Data for Seepage Evaluation
March 28-30, 2017
Classroom Seminar: Conduits, Gates and Valves; Columbia, SC
April 11, 2017
Webinar: Nature-like Fishways for Dams
April 18-20, 2017
Southeast Regional Conference; Nashville, TN
April 25-26, 2017
Classroom Seminar: Emergency Action Planning; Baltimore, MD
May 9, 2017
Webinar: HEC-RAS 2D Modeling
May 16-18, 2017
Classroom Seminar: Dam Failures Lessons Learned; Chicago, IL
June 13, 2017
Webinar: Introduction to Embankment Dams
June 27-29, 2017
Classroom Seminar: HEC-HMS; Austin, TX
July 11, 2017
Webinar: Do You Know That Your EAP is Effective?
July 26-29, 2017
Classroom Seminar: Soil Mechanics; Denver, CO
August 8 , 2017
Webinar: TBA
Sept 10-14, 2017
Dam Safety 2017 National Conference; San Antonio, TX
October 10, 2017
Webinar: Design of Siphon Systems
October 2017
Classroom Seminar: Inspection and Assessment of Dams, TBA
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Guest Tour Information Guest Tour: The Amish Experience at Plain & Fancy Farm When: Monday, September 12 9:00 am – 5:30 pm Registration Information: $100 includes motorcoach transportation from the Pennsylvania Convention Center to the Plain & Fancy Farm, a full day of Amish country experience, a traditional Amish luncheon and all taxes and gratuities. Please wear comfortable clothing and walking shoes, and bring a rain jacket or umbrella. In the heart of Lancaster’s Amish Country, surrounded by Amish farms between Birdin-Hand and Intercourse, PA you’ll find the Amish Experience at Plain & Fancy Farm. For over 50 years the Amish Experience has remained the definitive interpretive center for guided tours of the Amish Farmlands, Lancaster County’s only officially designated “Heritage Site” Amish House & One-Room School, and the spectacular F/X production of “Jacob’s Choice.”
The eleven acre Plain & Fancy Farm and all of its authentic attractions is an easy one hour motorcoach ride from downtown Philadelphia. Your tour package includes a showing of the award-winning film “Jacob’s Choice”, walking tours of the Amish Country Homestead and One Room Schoolhouse, a driving tour deep into the incomparable Amish farm country, and a bountiful, “farm to table” family style lunch at the farm’s restaurant and bakery. Registered participants: Check in and meet the bus at the Staging Tunnel, 12th Street and Arch.
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Field Trip Field Trip to Pennsylvania Dams When: Thursday, September 15 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Where: Conowingo Dam, Muddy Run Park and Visitor’s Center, and Holtwood Dam Registration Information: $75 per person includes motorcoach transportation, guided tours, box lunch and beverages. Conowingo Dam is a 94 feet high concrete gravity hydropower dam that was built in 1926-1928. The dam is 4600 feet long, impounds 310,000 acre-feet of water and extends 14 miles upstream. The structure is located 10 miles above the Chesapeake Bay on the Susquehanna River in Cecil and Harford Counties in Maryland. The drainage area above the dam includes a 27,500 square-mile watershed originating in New York State. The dam serves as a major hydropower generator for the Exelon Power Company and provides water supply for the City of Baltimore, Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant, and York and Chester Counties in Pennsylvania. The powerhouse includes 11 turbines that can generate 512 megawatts of power. The top of the dam includes a major highway, U.S. Route 1. The Conowingo Dam and Powerhouse are manned 24 hours a day and inspected daily by plant employees. This tour will include a presentation on the history of the dam, visits to the control room, the turbine hall, and the fish passage operations, as well as the rare opportunity to view American Bald Eagles at Fishermans Park, just below the generating station.
The Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility is a pumped storage hydroelectric plant owned and operated by Exelon Power. The facility’s 1000acre upper reservoir is surrounded by a 700-acre recreation park known for its camping, fishing, boating and bird-watching opportunities. The field trip bus will stop at the Muddy Run Recreational Park and Visitor’s Center for a picnic lunch. The Holtwood Hydroelectric Project, owned by Brookfield Renewable Energy, is located in Lancaster County, on the lower Susquehanna River. The Holtwood plant has been generating electricity since 1910, using water power from a 55-foothigh concrete dam between Lancaster and York counties. The impoundment is currently managed to maintain maximum normal operating headpond at El. 169.75. The concrete crest of the dam is at an elevation of 165.0 feet above sea level. The effective height of the dam is increased by an additional 4.75 feet to elevation 169.75 with the combined use of wooden flashboards and Obermeyer inflatable gates. The Project’s minimum operating level varies from El. 167.5 from May 15 through September 15 to support lake recreational uses and access to El. 163.5 during the balance of the year. The Holtwood Project includes 14 hydroelectric generating units with a total hydraulic capacity of 61,500 cfs. The Holtwood project includes a fishlift which carries both migratory and native fish past the dam to spawning areas upstream in the Susquehanna River, and a whitewater facility that provides recreational opportunities for boaters. A tour of Holtwood will include a presentation on the history of the project followed by visits to the control room, legacy station generator floor, main spillway, skimmer wall, forebay intake area, fish lift, legacy station gatehouse, new plant expansion facility, and station tailrace.
Meeting s and Activities SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 1:00 pm – 5:30 pm Room 120C ASDSO Board of Directors Meeting SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Golf Outing: River Winds Golf & Tennis Club 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Room 121C Advisory Committee (AdCom) Meeting 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Room 120C Safety at Dams Committee Meeting 1:30 am – 4:00 pm Regional Caucus Meetings Room 125 - Midwest Region Room 121A - Northeast Region Room 121B - Southeast Region Room 121C - West Region 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Room 122AB Annual Business Meeting for State Voting Representatives 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Kick-off Event: Fairmount Water Works and Cosmic Cafe Transportation On Own MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
2:30 pm – 5:00 pm Room 120C Dam Owner Education Committee Meeting 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Room 121C Dam Design and Construction Committee Meeting 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Exhibit Hall D Special Activities in the Exhibit Hall • Poster Lightning Talks (4:00 pm) • Awards Photo Session 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Room 121C Technical Training Committee Meeting 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Room 119A USACE Town Hall Meeting 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Exhibit Hall D Welcome Reception 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm Room 121A Constitution & Bylaws Committee Meeting 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm ASDSO Resource Center/Exhibit Hall D Young Professionals Meet and Greet 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Room 121C NRCS Staff Meeting
9:00 am – 5:30 pm Guest Activity: Amish Experience Tour Check in and board buses at the Staging Tunnel at 12th Street and Arch 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Terrace Ballroom 4 Awards Luncheon
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 7:30 am – 8:30 am ASDSO Resource Center/Exhibit Hall D Student and Faculty Meet & Greet 10:30 am – 11:30 am Room 121C Peer Review Committee Meeting 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Networking Dine-Around 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Room 120C Joint ASDSO Board and ICODS Luncheon Meeting 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Off-site Journal Committee Meeting 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Room 121C Dam Failures and Incidents Committee Meeting 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Exhibit Hall D Reception with the Exhibitors 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm ASDSO Resource Center/Exhibit Hall D Young Professionals Meet and Greet WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 7:00 am – 8:30 am Room 121C EUCOLD Levees Report Working Group Meeting 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Exhibit Hall D Lunch (Provided) in the Exhibit Hall
3:30 pm – 6:00 pm Exhibit Hall D Exhibit and Poster Dismantle THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 Extra activities: Separate registration required. 7:30 am – 5:00 pm Room 120A Workshop: The Use of Geophysical Imaging for Dam and Levee Assessment 7:30 am – 5:00 pm Room 119B Workshop: Definition and Evaluation of Internal Erosion Potential Failure Modes 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Room 124 FEMA Dam Safety Staff Meeting 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Field Trip to Pennsylvania Area Dams Check in and board bus at the staging tunnel at 12th Street and Arch FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 7:30 am – 5:00 pm Room 120A Workshop: Dam Removal Training
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 8:00 am – 6:00 pm Room 124 Speaker Preview Room Open 8:00 am – 5:00 pm 119AB Concourse Registration Open
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Technical Agenda SUNDAY | MONDAY 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Golf Outing: RiverWinds Golf and Tennis Club 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Room 121C Advisory Committee Meeting 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Room 120C Safety at Dams Committee Meeting 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm Regional Caucus Meetings: Room 125 - Midwest Caucus Room 121A - Northeast Caucus Room 121B - Southeast Caucus Room 121C - West Caucus 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Room 122AB Annual Business Meeting for State Officials 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Kick-off Event at Fairmount Water Works
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 7:00 am – 8:00 pm Room 124 Speaker Preview Room Open 7:00 am – 5:30 pm 119AB Concourse Registration Open 7:30 am – 8:30 am Terrace Ballroom Concourse (4th Floor) Continental Breakfast 8:00 am – 3:00 pm Exhibit Hall D Exhibit and Poster Forum Setup
Technical Agenda MONDAY 8:30 am – 10:00 am Terrace Ballroom 1 Opening General Session: Forty Years Later: Remembering the Teton Dam Failure and the Launch of Modern Dam Safety Policy Moderated by James Pawloski, P.E., ASDSO President, MI Department of Environmental Quality Opening Remarks James Pawloski, P.E., ASDSO President Dam Safety – Evolution of a Program from Teton Dam Until Today Bruce C. Muller, Jr., Director, Security and Law Enforcement, Bureau of Reclamation In the spring of 1976, Teton Dam was the site of the most significant failure of a Bureau of Reclamation project in the agency’s history. Reclamation was the respected and world leader in dam building at the time. In addition to the technical reasons for the failure, hubris and centralization restricted the flow of information and contributed to the dam’s failures. The failure of Teton Dam served as a catalyst for Reclamation’s Dam Safety Program and a change for the Bureau of Reclamation. While Reclamation has always been concerned with the safety of its facilities, the failure of Teton Dam ushered in a new era of understanding and managing risk. 9:00 am – 5:30 pm Guest Activity: Amish Experience Tour Participants to check in at the staging tunnel, 12th Street and Arch. 10:00 am – 10:30 am 119AB Concourse Refreshment Break 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Room 126A Concurrent Session One: Town Hall Meeting Moderated by Gregory Paxson, P.E., Schnabel Engineering Is It Us Against Them? Part 2: Let’s Hear From Both Sides Of The Design Review Process Gregory Paxson, P.E., Schnabel Engineering; and Michele Lemieux, P.E., Montana Department of Natural Resources & Conservation Attendees: Bring your ideas and opinions to this interactive and informative session! 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Room 120AB Concurrent Session Two: Hydraulics of Emergency Spillways Moderated by Bob Eichinger, P.E., Stantec Case Studies And Lessons Learned In Application Of New HEC -RAS And HEC-HMS Modeling Capabilities Kevin J. Ruswick, P.E., and Gregory Daviero, Ph.D., P.E., Schnabel Engineering Modeling And Design Of An Emergency Spillway That Will Be Subject To Erosion Cory Anderson, P.E., Miguel Wong, Ph.D., P.E., and Christian Frias, Ph.D., Barr Engineering Co.; and James Ferentchak, P.E., W. W. Wheeler and Associates, Inc. 21
Technical Agenda MONDAY Why CFD Modeling Should Be a Spillway Designer’s Best Friend Benjamin Israel-Devadason P.E., CFM., and Paul Schweiger P.E., CFM., Gannett Fleming, Inc. 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Room 119A Concurrent Session Three: Rehabilitation Case Histories for Historic Infrastructure Moderated by Daniel Gilbert, Stantec Modernizing Philadelphia’s Historic Dams Matthew J. Marchisello, P.E., O’Brien and Gere Rehabilitation of the 100 Year Old Farnham Reservoir Dam Michael Malenfant, P.E., and Doug Gove, P.E., AECOM; Bruce Collingwood, P.E., City of Pittsfield, MA; and Martha Monserrate, P.E., CARPI Pymatuning Dam Gate House – New Life for an Enduring Landmark John Harrison, P.E., D.WRE, and Kortney Brown, P.E., Schnabel Engineering; and Edward Raptosh, P.E., PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Facility Design and Construction 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Room 119B Concurrent Session Four: From the Dam Security Experts: Recent Advances Moderated by John Moyle, P.E., NJ Department of Environmental Protection Public Safety and Security at Dams – Are Not Mutually Exclusive William Foos, MBA, CPP, PSP, Frank Calcagno, R.G., and Paul G. Schweiger, P.E., Gannett Fleming, Inc. Security-related Threats and Vulnerabilities to Dams and Related Assets Ronald J. Schuster, P.E., Bureau of Reclamation An Integrated Approach for Physical and Cyber Security Risk Assessment: The USACE Common Risk Model for Dams Yazmin Seda-Senabria, US Army Corps of Engineers; James D. Morgeson and Jason A. Dechant, Ph.D., Institute for Defense Analyses 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Terrace Ballroom 4 2016 Awards Luncheon (Meal Provided) 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Room 126A Concurrent Session Five: Extreme Events Moderated by: Stephen L. Whiteside, P.E., CDM Smith Responses and Lessons learned from the October, 2015 South Carolina Flood and Dam Failures Jill C. Stewart, P.E., South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control; Katy Goolsby-Brown, P.E., and John Plisich, Federal Emergency Management Agency Region IV
Technical Agenda MONDAY How Many Times did 2,100 Watershed Dams in Oklahoma Experience Auxiliary Spillway Flows in 67 Years? Larry Caldwell P.E., Ray Riley, P.E., and Jim Henley, USDA – NRCS (Retired) Preliminary Observations of Levee Performance and Damage Following the 2015-16 Midwest Floods in Missouri and Illinois Leslie F. Harder, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., GE, HDR Engineering, Inc.; Cassandra J. Rutherford, Ph.D., P.E., Joseph Gamez, P.E., Michael Musgrove, and Rafael O. Tinoco, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Michelle L. Bernhardt , Ph.D., and Behdad Mofarraj, University of Arkansas; Adam Lobbestael, Ph.D., Lawrence Technological University; Brent Rosenblad, Ph.D., P.E., and Minh D. Uong, University of Missouri; and Nicolas Pinter, Ph.D., University of California, Davis 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Room 120AB Concurrent Session Six: Owners, Regulators, and Risk Moderated by Anthony L. Fernandes, Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. Standard of Care in a Regulatory Environment Douglas L. Johnson, P.E., Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Casting a Broader Net for Dam Owner Liabilities - Operations, Maintenance and Site Safety Responsibilities Denis Binder, Chapman University; and Evan Binder, E.I.T., Schnabel Engineering Kingsley Dam Functional Exercise Kevin M. Boyd, P.E., Central Nebraska Public Power, and Scott Airato, P.E., Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Room 119A Concurrent Session Seven: Geotechnical Issues Moderated by: Mark E. Ahlstrom, P.E., US Army Corps of Engineers A Comparison of Methods for Managing Seepage through Embankment Dams Joseph R. Kula, P.E., John W. France, P.E., D.WRE, G. Richard Bird, P.E., and Robert D. Pinciotti, P.E., AECOM Nepal Hydro Project Post-Earthquake Evaluation Ray E. Martin, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE., REM, LLC; and Binod Tiwari, Ph.D., P.E., California State University, Fullerton Clear Creek Dam: Collaborative Risk Analysis; A Powerful Tool for Evaluating Aging Dams Darrin J. Harris, E.I.T., and Greg Zamensky, P.E., Black & Veatch Corporation; Steve Anselmo, P.E., Pueblo Water; and Mark Perry, P.E., Colorado Division of Water Resources Dam Safety Division
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Technical Agenda MONDAY 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Room 119B Concurrent Session Eight: Teton in Depth: Technical Factors, Failure Mechanisms, Flood and Aftermath Moderated by Mark E. Baker, P.E., National Park Service Teton Dam Failure: A Review of the Technical Factors Contributing to the Failure Jeanne L. Major, Bureau of Reclamation Teton Warning, Evacuation and Flood Nathaniel Gee, P.E., Bureau of Reclamation Reaction and Investigation of the Teton Dam Failure Mark E. Baker, P.E., National Park Service 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm Room 120C Dam Owner Education Committee Meeting 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Room 121C Dam Design and Construction Committee Meeting 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Exhibit Hall D Refreshment Break and Special Activities in the Exhibit Hall • Poster Lightning Talks • Awards Photo Session 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Room 121C Technical Training Committee Meeting 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Room 119A USACE Town Hall Meeting 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Exhibit Hall D Welcome Reception 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm ASDSO Resource Center/Exhibit Hall D Young Professionals Meet and Greet
Technical Agenda MONDAY | TUESDAY 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm Room 121A Constitution and Bylaws Committee Meeting 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Room 121C USDA Staff Meeting
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 7:00 am – 8:00 pm Room 124 Speaker Preview Room Open 7:00 am – 5:00 pm 119AB Concourse Registration Open 7:30 am – 8:30 am Exhibit Hall D/ASDSO Resource Center Student and Faculty Meet & Greet 7:30 am – 8:30 am Exhibit Hall D Continental Breakfast 8:30 am – 10:00 am Room 126A Concurrent Session Nine: Case Histories Moderated by Ryan Hall, PA Department of Environmental Protection Trouble in Threes - Technology and Teamwork Take On Mother Nature at Speedwell Forge Gary M Horninger, P.E., Lisa Ciampitti, P.E., and Greg Paxson, P.E., Schnabel Engineering; and Jerry Woomer, P.E., PA Fish and Boat Commission Rehabilitating Hearns Pond Dam, Seaford Delaware Eric Ditchey, P.E., McCormick Taylor, Inc.; David R. Twing, P.E., DE Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control; and Stephen D. Richter, P.E., DE Department of Transportation Design and Construction of a Steel Gate Dam across an Ephemeral River, Tempe Town Lake Replacement Dam Stewart S. Vaghti, P.E., CFM, and Dean B. Durkee, Ph.D., P.E., Gannett Fleming, Inc.
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Technical Agenda TUESDAY 8:30 am – 10:00 am Room 120AB Concurrent Session Ten: Extreme Precipitation Moderated by: Trevor Timberlake, AR Natural Resources Commission The South Carolina Extreme Rainfall Analysis-Understanding the Storm and Implications for Dam Safety Bill Kappel and Doug Hultstrand, Applied Weather Associates, LLC; Joseph V. Bellini, P.E., Ph.D., D.WRE, CFM, Dennis Johnson, Ph.D., and Petr Masopust, P.E., CFM, Aterra Solutions Alternative Local PMP Design Storm for Arizona: Effects of PMP Depth-Durations and Temporal Pattern on PMF Flood Discharges Michael J. Johnson, Ph.D., P.E., WEST Consultants, Inc.; Thomas Loomis, P.E., RLS, CFM, Flood Control District of Maricopa County; and Bill Kappel, Applied Weather Associates, LLC. Advances in Extreme Precipitation Methodologies Tye W. Parzybok, CCM, GISP, R. Jason Caldwell, Ph.D., P.H., and Katie L. Laro, MetStat, Inc.; Mel Schaefer, Ph.D. P.E., MGS Engineering Consultants, Inc.; George Taylor, M.S., CCM, Applied Climate Services; and Edward M. Tomlinson, Ph.D., Atmospheric Science Consultants LLC. 8:30 am – 10:00 am Room 119B Concurrent Session Eleven: This Session is All My Fault Moderated by R. Craig Findlay, Ph.D., P.E., Findlay Engineering, Inc. Risk Characterization and Dam Safety Modifications to Address Active Fault Rupture Beneath an Embankment Dam David C. Serafini, P.E., G.E., Keith Kelson, C.E.G., and Henri Mulder, P.E., US Army Corps of Engineers Estimating Ground Motions for Levees Founded Upon Soft Soils Yi Tyan Tsai, Scott J. Brandenberg, Ph.D., P.E., and Jonathan P. Stewart, Ph.D., P.E., University of California Los Angeles Seismic Modification of the Mormon Island Auxiliary Dam Greg Eddy, P.E., and Caleb Rudkin, P.E., U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation; and M. Jonathan Harris, P.E., Damwatch Engineering 10:00 am – 10:30 am Exhibit Hall D Refreshment Break 10:30 am – 11:30 am Room 121C Peer Review Committee Meeting
Technical Agenda TUESDAY 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Room 126A Concurrent Session Twelve: Soapbox Session: Regulator Actions for Unsafe Dams Moderated by Keith Mills, P.E., Oregon Water Resources Department This soapbox session is intended to promote the exchange of ideas on effective actions regarding unsafe dams. It will include discussion of methods used to find and then take action on those dams that pose the greatest risk to the public. This includes but is not limited to enforcement. An interactive discussion of the roles of dam owners, agencies and engineers will be encouraged. Panelists/Facilitators: Tom Woosley, P.E., Georgia Department of Natural Resources; and Roger P. Adams, P.E., Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Room 120AB Concurrent Session Thirteen: Construction: The Consistent and Important Nature of Temporary Issues Moderated by A. Tom MacDougall, P.E., RJH Consultants, Inc. Considerations for Dewatering During Dam Construction John W. France. P.E., D.GE., D.WRE, AECOM USACE Guidance For The Design And Construction Of Cofferdams For Dam And Levee Safety Projects Greg Hammer, P.E., US Army Corps of Engineers Continental Dam Spillway: Managing Unexpected Foundation Conditions during Construction Scott Jones, P.E., Ph.D., Joseph A. Owen, and Henrik Forsling, P.E., AECOM 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Room 119A Concurrent Session Fourteen: Emergency Management Tools: From Preparedness to Response Moderated by Dara Parker, P.E., Tennessee Valley Authority From Raindrop to Evacuate – How Modeling, GIS and Other Tools are Used to Respond to Flood Related Emergencies Stephanie Gerlach, P.E., and Thomas R. Loomis, P.E., RLS, CFM, Flood Control District of Maricopa County Bridging the Gap between the National Weather Service and External Agencies during Dam Break Incidents Katie Landry-Guyton, National Weather Service South Carolina Flooding and Dam Failures Emily Reed, Kalie Poston, Lucas Muñasque, Alfred Kalyanapu, Ph.D., and Daniel VandenBerge, Ph.D., P.E., Tennessee Tech University
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Technical Agenda TUESDAY 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Room 119B Concurrent Session Fifteen: Unique Failure Modes Moderated by David Mishalanie, P.E., Grant County PUD Ice: A Failure Mode! Richard Rudolph, P.E., RR Engineering Consulting, LLC The ABCs of ACBs Part III: ACB Armoring Failure Modes at Dam Embankments and Spillways Paul G. Schweiger, P.E., CFM, Gannett Fleming, Inc.; Darin Shaffer, P.E., New Jersey DEP, Bureau of Dam Safety; and Jim Nadeau, ACF Environmental Why Embankments Crack and How to Fix Them – 50 Years of NRCS Experience Benjamin C. Doerge, P.E., G.E., USDA – NRCS 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch on Own and Dine-Around
Technical Agenda TUESDAY 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Room 120C Joint Board of Directors and ICODS Luncheon Meeting 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Off-site Journal Editorial Committee Meeting 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Room 126A Concurrent Session Sixteen: Decade Dam Failures Part I Moderated by Jose Hernandez, P.E., US Army Corps of Engineers 100th Anniversary of Sweetwater Dam Failure in San Diego, CA Chris Karam, P.E. GEI Consultants; and Jennilynn L. Felias, P.E., CA Department of Water Resources 100th Anniversary of Bila Desna Dam Failure, Czech Republic Keith A. Ferguson, P.E., HDR, Inc. Upriver Dam Failure, Spokane River, 1986 Doug Johnson, P.E., Federal Energy Regulatory Commission The Meadow Pond Dam Tragedy – Human and Physical Failures R. Lee Wooten, P.E., GEI Consultants; and James W. Gallagher, P.E., New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Room 120AB Concurrent Session Seventeen: Seepage and Filters Moderated by: Christopher Adams, P.E., Civil Dynamics Filter Design: The Why, When, and Where Chuck Redlinger, P.E., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Bryant A Robbins, P.E., U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center; and Mark Pabst, P.E., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (retired) Innovative Approaches to Address Historic Dam Seepage Edwin Friend, P.E., P.G., PMP, RJH Consultants, Inc.; Darren Brinker, P.E., Jeff Martin, P.E., and Douglas Raitt, P.E., Denver Water Analysis of Internal Erosion At Inland Lake Dam Michael C. Canino, P.E., Schnabel Engineering, Inc.; Jian Hu, Ph.D., P.E., G.E., and Lawrence H. Roth, P.E., G.E., Arcadis
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Technical Agenda TUESDAY 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Room 119A Concurrent Session Eighteen: Something for Everyone – the 2016 Grab-n-Go Talks Moderated by Jeffery G. Powers, P.E., Hazen and Sawyer Robert Street Dam Removal - Restoring Migratory Fish Passage on the Raritan River, New Jersey John W. Jengo, PG, LSRP, MWH Americas, Inc.; and Gene Meyer, P.E., REM, Kinder Morgan, Inc. These Siphons Really “Suck” - 6-Foot Diameter Siphons for Gilboa Dam Andrzej (Andy) Kulik, E.I.T., CDT, and Robert A. Kline, Jr., P.E., Gannett Fleming; Emory J. Chase, NYC Environmental Protection Lessons Learned during Construction of an Innovative Design Todd Mueller, P.E., and Greg Johnson, P.E., PMP, Bergmann Associates; F. Dave Hudda, P.E., New York State Canal Corporation Comprehensive Rehabilitation Improvements at Cedar Creek Reservoir Dam and Spillway Marc T. Miller, P.E., Freese and Nichols, Inc.; and Louis Verreault, P.E., Tarrant Regional Water District Coupled Dam Safety Analysis using WinDAM Mitchell Neilsen, Ph.D., Kansas State University; Ronald Tejral, P.E., Karl Visser, P.E., and Sherry Hunt, Ph.D., USDA-ARS Design and Construction of the Upstream Geomembrane Facing System for Grindstone Canyon RCC Dam Robert Waddell, P.E., AECOM; Debi Lee, Village of Ruidoso; John Wilkes, P.E., Eric Schlosser, P.E., and Robert Blankinship, P.E., Carpi USA 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Room 119B Concurrent Session Nineteen: Special Session for State Officials – State Program Emergency Preparedness for Major Dam Safety Events – From Theory to Practice Moderated by Bill McCormick, P.E. Chief, Dam Safety, Colorado Division of Water Resources and Dusty Myers, P.E., Chief, Dam Safety Division, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Panelists (Invited): States’ Perspectives Bill McCormick, P.E., Colorado; Jill C. Stewart, P.E., South Carolina; Yohanes Sugeng, P.E., Oklahoma; John H. Moyle, P.E., New Jersey Assistance Programs’ Perspectives H. Douglas Hoell, LLC, Emergency Management Assistance Compact; Wayne B. King, P.E., FERC; Robert Pesapane, FEMA; Mark B. Ogden, P.E., ASDSO 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Exhibit Hall D Refreshment Break
Technical Agenda TUESDAY 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Room 121C Dam Failure and Incidents Committee 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Room 126A Concurrent Session Twenty: 3 Million to 6.5 Billion Reasons to Attend the Session on Embankment Dams Moderated by Anthony M. Nokovich, P.E., Pennsylvania American Water Priceless: The Value of Project-Focused Geotechnical and Hydrologic Data Greg Paxson, P.E., and Scott Raschke, Ph.D. P.E., Schnabel Engineering; Edward Raptosh, P.E., Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Rapid Drawdown at Embankment Dams, Is it a REAL Concern? Cari R. Beenenga, P.E., and Robert Saber, P.E., Gannett Fleming; and Andy Deichert, P.E., U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service Development of La Romaine Complex In Northern Québec, Canada: Behaviour of Asphalt Core Rockfill Dams Vlad Liviu Alicescu, P.Eng., MScA, MBA, Jean Pierre Tournier, P.Eng, Ph.D., Redha Kara, P.Eng., Ph.D., and Dan Rosculet, P.Eng, Hydro-Québec 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Room 120AB Concurrent Session Twenty-One: High Flow Risk Management Moderated by Jon Keeling, P.E., CFM, Stantec BREAKING NEWS – Tropical Storm Hits Oklahoma, AGAIN! Unique Repair Challenges at Caddo Creek Site 27 J. Chris Stoner, P.E., Valerie Glasgow, and Gregg Hudson, USDA-NRCS Flood Risks From Spillways: Modeling and Communicating Non-Dam-Failure Impacts to Native American Tribes Rinda Tisdale, MS, MEP, CEM, and Matt Young, P.E., CFM, US Bureau of Indian Affairs Managing Flood Risk Infrastructure in the New Millennia Jason Vazquez, P.E., Arcadis 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Room 119A Concurrent Session Twenty-Two: Dam Removals Moderated by Allan R. Orsi, P.E., Pare Corporation Removal of Main Street Dam: Creating a Thriving Ecosystem from a Degraded and Impounded River in Urban Downtown Stamford, Connecticut Adam Burnett, P.G., and Siamac Vaghar, P.E., US Army Corps of Engineers The Investigation and Design of the Proposed Largest Dam Removal in NJ Geoffrey M. Goll, P.E., and Mary Paist-Goldman, P.E., Princeton Hydro, LLC
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Technical Agenda TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY Creative Approach to Dam Breach Sediment Management Gary B. Emmanuel, P.E., and Stephen M. Szewczak, P.E., O’Brien & Gere Engineers, Inc. 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Room 119B Concurrent Session Twenty-Three: Uplift Considerations for Concrete Dams Moderated by Larry K. Nuss, P.E., Nuss Engineering, LLC; and Scott Jones, P.E., AECOM Uplift Considerations for Concrete Gravity Dams Speakers and Panelists: Amanda Lopez, P.E., AECOM; Alex Grenoble, HDR Engineering; Robert Hall, US Army Corps of Engineers; Guy S. Lund, P.E., Gannett Fleming, Inc.; Mark Schultz, S.E., G.E., CA DWR Division of Safety of Dams; and Glen S. Tarbox, P.E., MWH Americas, Inc. This session will start with a 20 to 30 minute presentation summarizing current guidelines on uplift and a few illustrative case studies. The presentation will be followed by an interactive panel discussion with experts in the field, as well as a Q & A segment focused on the best approaches for applying uplift. 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Exhibit Hall D Reception in the Exhibit Hall 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm ASDSO Resource Center/Exhibit Hall D Young Professionals Meet and Greet
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 7:00 am – 6:00 pm Room 124 Speaker Preview Room Open 7:00 am – 8:30 am Room 121C EUCOLD Levees Report Working Group Meeting 7:30 am – 3:30 pm 119AB Concourse Registration Open 7:30 am – 8:30 am Exhibit Hall D Continental Breakfast
Technical Agenda WEDNESDAY 8:30 am – 10:00 am Room 126A Concurrent Session Twenty-Four: Emergency Response to Geotechnical Incidents Moderated by Chad R. Davis, P.E., Michael Baker International Turbid Discharge, the Skirmish at Cannonsville Dam - Incident, Response and Recovery John H. Vickers, P.E., and Thomas DeJohn, P.E., CPESC, New York City Department of Environmental Protection Seepage Concerns at Lake White Dam Prompts Emergency Response Robert Kirkbride, P.E., and Richard L. Williams, Ph.D., P.E., Stantec Consulting; Jeremy Wenner, P.E., ODNR Division of Engineering Boone Dam – Initial Response, Site Characterization and Development of a Long-Term Mitigation Strategy Daniel A. Gilbert, P.E., Stantec; Scott Barrentine, P.E., and Jim Bryant, P.E., Tennessee Valley Authority 8:30 am – 10:00 am Room 119A Concurrent Session Twenty-Five: Levees: Lessons Learned Moderated by Maureen P Cissel, CFM, McCormick Taylor An Ant Can Cause a Levee to Fail...and other Proverbs - Lessons in Levee Safety from the US Army Corps of Engineers Eric C. Halpin, P.E., US Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Impacts of Levees and their Mitigation Andrew J. Orlovsky, P.E., Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection The Use of Slag Cement in CB Seepage Cutoff Walls for Levees Khaled Chowdhury, P.E., G.E., and Michael Kynett, P.E., US Army Corps of Engineers; Richard Millet, P.E., G.E., Rob Nixon, P.E., G.E., Francke Walberg, P.E., and Nichole Tollefson, AECOM 8:30 am – 10:00 am Room 119B Concurrent Session Twenty-Six: Dam Inspections and Identifying Potential Problems Moderated by: Kallie Bauer, P.E., CO Division of Water Resources Comprehensive Dam Safety Evaluations – Colorado Expands Risk Considerations in Its Dam Safety Program John Hunyadi, P.E., and Mark Perry, P.E., Colorado Dam Safety Branch; John W. France, P.E., and Jennifer L. Williams, P.E., AECOM Alberta Energy Regulator Dam Safety Program Tim Eaton, M.Sc., P.Eng., and Santiago Paz, P.Eng., Alberta Energy Uncovering and Addressing a History of Significant Incidents After an Annual Dam Safety Inspection Steven Davidheiser, P.E., and Robert A. Kline, Jr., P.E., Gannett Fleming, Inc.; and Amanda Lothes, EIT, Newport News Waterworks
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Technical Agenda WEDNESDAY 10:00 am – 10:30 am Exhibit Hall D Refreshment Break 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Room 126A Concurrent Session Twenty-Seven: Full Scale Testing Moderated by M. Golam Kabir, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Large Scale Rolling and Shear Box Trials to Determine Gneiss/Schist Rockfill Parameters Ingvar Ekström, Civ. Eng., Magnus Ljunggren, Civ. Eng., and Carl-Anders Andersson, Civ. Eng., Sweco Energuide; Qi Jia, Ph.D., and Jan Laue, Luleå University of Technology Monitoring of a Full-Scale Dam Failure Test Wang Shi-jun, Gu Yan-chang, Ph.D., Wang Hong, Huang Hai-bing, Yan Ji-Hao, and Pang Quiong, Ph.D., Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute and Dam Safety Management Center, Ministry of Water Resources, Nanjing, China Full Scale Test Fill Supports Emerging Research into Exit Gradients Robert Huzjak, P.E., and James Olsen, P.E., RJH Consultants, Inc.; and Bryant Robbins, P.E., ERDC, US Army Corps of Engineers 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Room 119A Concurrent Session Twenty-Eight: Risk Informed Decision Making – What’s Acceptable and How Do We Get There? Moderated by Dean B. Durkee, Ph.D., P.E., Gannett Fleming, Inc. 10E-3 / 10E-4 Twenty Years Later: A Review of the Tolerability of Risk Twenty Years Later Patrick J Regan P.E, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission A Regulatory Perspective on Implementing Risk-Informed Decision Making in Dam Safety Douglas Boyer, P.E., CEG, and William Allerton, P.E., Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Application of ALARP Principles for the Evaluation of Tolerable Risk for FERC Regulated Dams Daniel W. Osmun, P.E., HDR; and Douglas D. Boyer, P.E., Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Room 119B Concurrent Session Twenty-Nine: Operations and Maintenance Moderated by Aled Hughes, P.E., C.Eng., MWH Global What Makes a Good Operation & Maintenance Manual? Maureen P Cissel, CFM, McCormick Taylor Benefiting not Burdening: Developing Interactive Resources for Dam Owners and Operators Kate Aulenbach, E.I.T., CFM, and Paul Schweiger, P.E., CFM, Gannett Fleming; and Tony Fernandes, P.E., Aqua America
Technical Agenda WEDNESDAY What’s in Your Piezometer? – Evaluating and Maintaining Piezometers, Relief Wells, and Drains Charles N. Easton, P.E., and Russell G. Springer, P.E., Freese and Nichols, Inc. 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Exhibit Hall D Lunch with the Exhibitors (Meal Provided) 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Room 126A Concurrent Session Thirty: Decade Dam Failures Part II Moderated by: Sam Abbaszadeh, Ph.D., P.E., MWH Global Tenth Anniversary of the Lake Needwood Dam Incident Steve Durgin, P.E., and Allan Stahl, P.E., USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service 10th Anniversary of Ka Loko Dam Failure, Hawaii Irfan Alvi, P.E., Alvi Associates; Gregory Richards, P.E., CFM, Gannett Fleming, Inc., and Mark E. Baker, P.E., National Park Service Columbia Canal Breach and Emergency Restoration of the City of Columbia’s Water Supply during Flood of October 2015 Paul Cyr, P.E., Kleinschmidt Associates; and Wayne B. King, P.E., Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Room 119A Concurrent Session Thirty-One: Flood Hydrology and Meteorology Moderated by Lee Mauney, Bureau of Indian Affairs Methods to Estimate the Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP) of the 1-day Probable Maximum Precipitation Bill Kappel and Doug Hultstrand, Applied Weather Associates Garrison Dam Paleoflood Hydrology Discharge Estimation Analysis Brian M. Hall, P.E., Nicholas Koutsunis, Christina Leonard, and Keith Kelson, US Army Corps of Engineers Dealing with Uncertainty in Hydrologic Modeling – Just Between Us Amanda J. Hess, P.E., CFM, Paul. G. Schweiger, P.E., CFM, and Yan Wang, Ph.D., Gannett Fleming, Inc.; and Dr. Arthur Miller, Ph.D., P.E. 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Room 119B Concurrent Session Thirty-Two: Construction Management Moderated by Michael Marasa, P.E., Hayward Baker Fast-Tracking Improvements To A Four-Mile-Long Embankment Dam Robert A. Kline, Jr., P.E., Gannett Fleming, Inc.; Chad R. Davis, P.E., Michael Baker International, Inc. Buckeye FRS No. 1 – Design and Construction of a Central Filter on 7 miles of Dry Dam in the Desert Southwest Doug Lantz, Ph.D., P.E., PH, Tetra Tech, Inc.; and Gregory Jones, P.E., AICP, Flood Control District of Maricopa County 35
Technical Agenda WEDNESDAY Early Contractor Involvement for a Seepage Barrier - the Owner/Engineer Perspective Jon Ausdemore, P.E., and Rachel Leier, Barr Engineering Co. 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Exhibit Hall D Refreshment Break 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Room 126A Concurrent Session Thirty-Three: Hydrology and Risk Standards Moderated by Jason H. Thom, P.E., DOWL Thirty Years of Spillway Reconstruction: Impacts of Moving to a Risk Based Spillway Standard Michele Lemieux, P.E., and Robert Kingery, P.E., MT Department of Natural Resources and Conservation IDUNO if da IDF is Right - Importance of Basin Parameters for Risk Based Spillway Design Russell Reed, P.E., and Jason H. Thom, P.E., DOWL Challenges of Implementation; Risk-Based and PMF-Based Flood Standards - Panel Discussion Panelists: Robert K. Kingery, P.E., MT Department of Natural Resources and Conservation; Charles Thompson, P.E., NM Office of the State Engineer; John H. Moyle, P.E., NJ Department of Environmental Protection; and Mark Perry, CO Division of Water Resources. 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Room 119A Concurrent Session Thirty-Four: Roller Compacted Concrete Moderated by Terrence E. Arnold, P.E., MWH Global There’s Something in the Air – Advancing Grout Enriched Concrete Facing for RCC Dams Jeremy R. Young, P.E., Schnabel Engineering; Eric S. Musselman, Ph.D., P.E., and George J. Zimmer III, Villanova University Post-Construction Coring Evaluation for RCC at the San Vicente Dam Raise Project Michael F. Rogers, P.E., PMP, and Glenn Tarbox, P.E., SECB, MWH; Andrew Oleksyn, P.E., Jerry Reed, P.E., Wade Griffis, P.E., and Jim Zhao, P.E., San Diego County Water Authority; James Stiady, Ph.D., P.E., G.E., and Tom Reynoldson, P.E., Kleinfelder Really Cool Concrete (RCC) for Rehabilitation of Renwick Dam – Considerations and Challenges with Dam Rehabilitation in a Cold Region Donald Roarabaugh, P.E., Chad Hoover, E.I.T., and Paul Schweiger, P.E., Gannett Fleming, Inc.
Technical Agenda WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Room 119B Concurrent Session Thirty-Five: Extreme Inspection Techniques Moderated by Nathaniel Gee, P.E., Bureau of Reclamation Your Rusty Pipes - Repair or Replace: The Thomson Conduit Story Michael D. Carpenter, P.E., Kevin Roell, P.E., Bill Walton, P.E., S.E., GEI Consultants, Inc.; and Christopher Rousseau, P.E., Minnesota Power Inspection of Upstream Slope Protection Material Using Remote Sensing Michael McGuire, Ph.D., P.E., and Travis Shoemaker, Lafayette College; and Guilaine Roussel, P.E., Terra Engineers, Inc. The Integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) and 3D Modeling Software for Baseline Asset Management Monitoring (BAMM) of Dams Daanen Strachan, Ph.D., Skyhighdrone; Tim Barr, P.E., A. Mbah, and Granville Ehan Weech, P.E. Jackson & Tull
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 7:30 am – 8:00 am Rooms 120A and 119B Registration Check-in and Continental Breakfast for Workshop Participants 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Room 120A Workshop 1: The Use of Geophysical Imaging for Dam and Levee Assessment Scott Burch, P.E., Gannett Fleming, Inc.; and Phil Sirles, Olson Engineering 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Room 119B Workshop 2: Definition and Evaluation of Internal Erosion Potential Failure Modes John W. France. P.E., D.WRE, and Jennifer L. Williams, P.E., AECOM 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Room 124 FEMA Staff Meeting 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Field Trip to Pennsylvania Dams Participants to check in at the staging tunnel, 12th Street and Arch
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 7:30 am – 8:00 am Room 120A Registration Check-in and Continental Breakfast for Workshop Participants 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Room 119A Workshop 3: Dam Removal Laura Wildman and Paul Woodworth, Princeton Hydro; Amy Singler, American Rivers; Jeff Boyer, RiverLogic
Networking Opportunities All registered participants are invited to take advantage of these opportunities to meet and learn from colleagues from across the dam safety industry. Monday, September 12 7:30 am
Continental Breakfast in the Terrace Ballroom Concourse
12:00 pm
Awards Luncheon
3:30 pm
Refreshment Break and Special Activities in the Exhibit Hall
5:00 pm
Welcome Reception
Tuesday, September 13 7:30 am
Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
12:00 pm
Dine Around (see information to the right)
10:00 am
Refreshment Break and Poster Forum
3:00 pm
Refreshment Break and Poster Forum
5:00 pm
Reception and Door Prizes in the Exhibit Hall
Dine Around When: Tuesday, September 13 12:00 pm -1:30 pm Take advantage of this opportunity to enjoy lunch while networking and meeting new people! ASDSO is making reservations at some of the local eateries for our annual Dam Safety Dine-Around. Sign up in the registration area to claim a seat at your restaurant of choice. We’ll have lots of great places to choose from, and there will be a table waiting for you and some of your fellow attendees. This is a great way to extend your networking outside of the scheduled conference sessions -- and because anyone can sign up to dine at any restaurant, you never know who you might be seated with. We’re reserving a limited number of tables, so sign up early if you want to participate. To learn more about the restaurants including the location and menu options check out the conference app. We’ll take the stress out of where to go and what to do ... and leave the networking to you. This is an “ASDSO organized,” event, not ASDSO sponsored. We’ll make sure you have a seat, but lunch is on you! Participating restaurants Include:
Wednesday, September 14 7:30 am
Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
10:00 am
Refreshment Break and Poster Forum
12:00 pm
Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
3:00 pm
Refreshment Break and Poster Forum
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Visit the conference app for more information, including location, menus, and more!
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Young Professionals ASDSO recognizes the impact Young Professionals make day in and day out on our industry. In the past, ASDSO tried to ensure Young Professionals were a part of ASDSO committees, conferences, and the Board of Directors.
Here are a few ways for Young Professionals to meet throughout the conference:
Now we embark on a new step towards ingraining Young Professionals into even more of the ASDSO experience. ASDSO will be launching the Young Professionals Special Interest Group, or YP SIG.
Dine-Around Tuesday, September 13, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
The YP SIG will have a committee structure with a leadership base to help drive education, awards, networking, and other activities amongst ASDSO members under the age of 40. To learn more about this exciting new group and get your name on the Young Professionals interest list please stop by the Resource Center for one of our Meet & Greets from 5:00 – 6:30 Monday and Tuesday night. Watch your email after the conference for more information on becoming a part of this exciting new group. Don’t forget to pick up your Young Professionals ribbon near registration or at the Young Professional Meet & Greet Monday or Tuesday night from 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm in the Resource Center.
Young Professionals Meet and Greet Monday, September 12, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Young Professionals Meet and Greet Tuesday, September 13, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Share Your Knowledge Sign up to become an ASDSO blog contributor! ASDSO will be launching a new blog late in 2016. If you are interested in contributing to the ASDSO blog please stop by the Resource Center in the exhibit hall or email Ross Brown at rbrown@damsafety.org to be added to the interest list. All interested parties will be contacted shortly after Dam Safety 2016 with more information. www.DamSafety.org
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Welcome Students! DAM SAFETY 2016 STUDENT ACTIVITIES Student registrants are invited to attend all sessions and receptions, and to relax, mingle, and browse materials in the ASDSO Resource Center, located in Exhibit Hall D. Check out special activities for students below: Student Awards Monday, September 12 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Paper competition winners, along with the recipient of ASDSO’s 2016 Senior Undergraduate Scholarship, will be recognized during the Awards Luncheon in Terrace Ballroom 4. Poster “Lightning Talks” Monday, September 12 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Students and other poster presenters will explain their posters in three minutes or less during the Lightning Talks event in Exhibit Hall D. Student & Faculty Meet & Greet Tuesday, September 13 7:30 am – 8:30 am Join us for the Student & Faculty Meet & Greet with the ASDSO Student Outreach Committee and learn more about all of the activities geared towards student and faculty participants. Located in the ASDSO Resource Center, Exhibit Hall D. Dine-Around Tuesday, September 13 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Reception in Exhibit Hall/Young Professionals Meet and Greet Monday, September 12 and Tuesday, September 13 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Students will enjoy networking with young dam safety professionals in the ASDSO Resource Center and learn more about the industry, while also having the opportunity to meet representatives from 100+ companies in the Exhibit Hall.
CONGRATULATIONS TO STUDENT AUTHORS AND PRESENTERS: Tuesday, September 13 8:30 am – 10:00 am Estimating Ground Motions for Levees Founded Upon Soft Soils Yi Tyan Tsai, Scott J. Brandenberg, Ph.D., P.E., and Jonathan P. Stewart, Ph.D., P.E., University of California Los Angeles 10:30 am – 12:00 pm South Carolina Flooding and Dam Failures Emily Reed, Kalie Poston, Lucas Munasque, Alfred Kalyanapu, Ph.D., and Daniel VandenBerge, Ph.D., P.E., Tennessee Tech University Poster Presentations Preferences for Flood Mitigation Measures Based on Economic, Social, and Environmental Costs Elizabeth Byron, Oregon State University
Students and professors are invited to participate in this fun lunch-time mixer! Learn more about all of the Dine-Around options on the conference app. If you’re interested, please sign up in the registration area. 41
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Special Activities in Exhibit Hall MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 Exhibit Hall Open 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm ASDSO Award Winners Photo Session All ASDSO award winners will meet in the Resource Center to have their photos taken. 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Poster Lightning Talks Always a popular event, the Lightning Talks provide an opportunity to learn as many exciting ideas about the poster topics as possible in a short, lively manner. Don’t miss these insightful and entertaining minipresentations, which will inspire you to visit the Poster Forum for more in-depth information on the topics that interest you the most. 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Welcome Reception It doesn’t matter if you’re a first time attendee or a seasoned veteran, the Welcome Reception is a great place to network with colleagues from across the dam and levee safety industry. 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Young Professionals Meet & Greet Are you a young professional in the dam safety industry or know someone who is? If so stop by the Resource Center to meet with other young professionals and learn about how you can become more engaged with other young professionals in the dam safety community. Don’t forget to pick up a special ribbon so that you can network with other young professionals throughout the conference.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Exhibit Hall Open 7:30 am – 6:30 pm 7:30 am – 8:30 am Continental Breakfast 7:30 am – 8:30 am Student and Faculty Meet & Greet The ASDSO Student Outreach Committee will be available in the Resource Center to meet with students and professors attending the conference. 10:00 am – 10:30 am Refreshment Break
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3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Refreshment Break 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Reception in the Exhibit Hall 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Young Professionals Meet & Greet 6:00 pm ASDSO Door Prize Program Join us in the Resource Center as ASDSO will announce some of the Door Prize Program winners! Remember you MUST be present to win. For more details on the ASDSO Door Prize Program please check out the conference app.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Exhibit Hall Open 7:30 am – 3:30 pm 7:30 am – 8:30 am Continental Breakfast 10:00 am – 10:30 am Refreshment Break 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch with the Exhibitors Join us in the Exhibit Hall for lunch and networking with the exhibitors. Plus, don’t forget to stick around and see if you won one of the great exhibitor prizes being given away. 1:00 pm ASDSO Door Prize Program Join us in the Resource Center as ASDSO will announce some of the Prize Drawing Program winners! Remember you MUST be present to win. For more details on the ASDSO Prize Drawing Program please check out the conference app. 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Refreshment Break
Resource Center The Resource Center is the networking hub of the Exhibit Hall. Located right in the center of the hall and surrounded by exhibitors, it’s the perfect place to network with other dam and levee safety professionals, relax in the lounge, or recharge your phone. While there, don’t forget to pick up the latest ASDSO publications as well as publications from some of our partners. For more information on activities taking place in the Resource Center, including the ASDSO Prize Drawing Program, Young Professionals Meet & Greet, or the Student and Faculty Meet & Greet, please review the listing of Special Activities in the Exhibit Hall.
Poster Presentations Use of Instrumentation Data for Deformation Model Calibration and Prediction of Rockfill Dam Performance at the Cerro Corona Mine Sam Abbaszadeh, Ph.D. P.E. and Joshua Rogers, MWH Americas; and Javier Gutierrez, Gold Fields La Cima 165 ft Overfill of 130 Acre Slurry Pond Including Dam Stability and Groundwater Considerations Scott Arends, P.E., CFM and Daniel J. Whalen, P.E., Hanson Professional Services Inc. Tsaile Dam – A Complete Approach Unearths a Safer Dam Stephen G. Brown and Bradley D. Piede, Kleinfelder, Inc. Preferences for Flood Mitigation Measures Based on Economic, Social, and Environmental Costs Elizabeth Byron, Oregon State University Is It Time to Go Upstream? A Guide for Upstream Construction at High Hazard Coal Refuse and Coal Ash Disposal Dams Roger W. Cecil, P.E., Schnabel Engineering, LLC A Retrospect of Those Often Overlooked Dams Detention Basins Clay Emerson, Ph.D., P.E., CFM, Princeton Hydro, LLC; and Kelsey Stanton, Green Valleys Watershed Association Benefits of East Levee Interior Drainage System John N. Furlong, P.E., D.WRE, Thomas Davies P.E., Larissa, Knapp-Scott, CFM, and Olivia Whittaker, P.E., CFM, Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.; and Sirak Bahta, P.E., CFM, City of Dallas
Seepage Distress and Repairs on the California Aqueduct Leslie F. Harder, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., G.E., HDR Engineering; Jeanne Kuttel, P.E., Joseph Royer, P.E., Timothy Wehling, P.E., Joseph Burke, P.E., Robert Black, P.E., G.E., Michael Driller, P.E., G.E., Christina Kashiwada, P.E., Rob Barry, C.E.G., and Raphael A. Torres, P.E., (Retired), CA Department of Water Resources Maintaining Embankment Safety with Comprehensive Investigation and Analysis Dennis J. Hogan, P.E., Black & Veatch Corporation Convective Heat Transfer Analysis of a Dam over Permafrost Gokhan Inci, PhD, PE, PEng, PMP, HDR; and Ekin B. Bayrak, Getinge Group Seven Compelling Reasons for Considering 2D Modeling Over 1D Modeling Benjamin Israel-Devadason, P.E., CFM and Paul Schweiger, P.E., CFM, Gannett Fleming, Inc.; and Bruce Feinberg, P.E., U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Unique Historic Dam and Gate Types of NY’s Erie Canal System Gregory L. Johnson, P.E., Bergmann Associates Nahtzillee Dam Failure, Mescalero Indian Reservation, New Mexico Lee Mauney, P.E., CFM, Bureau of Indian Affairs Priority Assessment for Dam Rehabilitation in Korea Young-Il Moon, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Seoul Flower Creek Dam Replacement John P. Osterle, P.E., and Jared Deible, RIZZO Associates; Ken Salo, Morrison-Maierle; Paul Burnham and CR Leisinger, Morrison-Maierle The Darby Creek Dam Removal Sites Four Years Later Mary Paist-Goldman, P.E., Princeton Hydro, LLC
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Flash Flood on the Susquehanna River - Lessons Learned from the Historic 1996 Flood Greg Richards, P.E., Gannett Fleming, Inc. Reconstruction of a Local Dam as a Real-World Learning Experience Andrew T. Rose, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Expanding Florida’s Dam Inventory using GIS and Remote Sensing Dan Schmutz, M.S., Danny Goodding, M.S., and Valerie A. Hrabal, P.E., PP, Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.; and Art Sengupta, P.E., P.G., PMP, Florida Department of Environmental Protection The Great Flood of 1986 and Michigan Dam Failures Lucas Trumble, P.E., Michigan Dam Safety Atlas Dam Removal: Minimizing Sediment Disposal Costs Bill Weihbrecht, AECOM 109 Year Old Dam; 4 Years of Experience: Developing Young Professionals within Dam and Levee Safety Meghann Wygonik, and Joseph Goldstein, P.E., US Army Corps of Engineers Dam Safety Instrumentation Data Acquisition, Monitoring, and Data Visualization Improvements at the Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant Peter Zimmerman, P.E., P.G., Canary Systems; Vann Newell, P.E., and Daryl Jordan, Oglethorpe Power
D oor Prize Program ASDSO’s Door Prize Program is designed to help you meet and interact with conference exhibitors and sponsors throughout the Exhibit Hall. Drawings will be held in the Resource Center on Tuesday evening from 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm during the reception and on Wednesday from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm during lunch with the exhibitors. Drop your business card into the participating exhibitor’s collection bowl for a chance to win. Remember, you MUST be present to win. Good luck! Here are a few of the prizes we will be giving away: OBG, Booth #423 – UE Roll or Virtual Keyboard GeoEngineers, Inc., Booth #442 – Platypus GravityWorks Filter System Bottle Kit CARPI USA, Booth #409 – ECEEN Solar Backpack Michael Baker International, Booth #222 – $100 Bass Pro Shops gift card Ayers Associates, Booth #624 – A six-month craft beer membership (12 beers per month, 4 styles, 3 of each)
Check out the conference app for exact times and additional giveaways.
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Exhibitor Profiles ACF Environmental Inc. - Booth #522 James Nadeau 34 Vine St Bangor, ME 04401-6029 (207) 659-6993 jnadeau@acfenv.com www.acfenvironmental.com At ACF Environmental, we understand that every minute on a project means money. So, our team of geosynthetic experts focuses to solve your project challenges—from the first phone call to the last detail. We have a wide range of solutions from the best suppliers and a network of warehouses to deliver them when you want. Plus, ACF offers technical and job site support, and custom products if that’s what is needed. We are in an industry that needs answers, not more questions. Getting the job finished quickly and effectively makes all the difference. There’s work to do. LET’S GET IT DONE.
AECOM - Booth #207 John France 8181 E Tufts Ave Denver, CO 80112 (303) 740-3812 john.france@aecom.com www.aecom.com
Across all components of the in-project cycle — design, build, finance and operate, AECOM is a leader in dam and levee services. The firm’s experience covers the full range of dam safety activities including risk assessments, dam inspections, dam safety analysis, dam rehabilitation design and construction, environmental impact studies, and permitting. AECOM has supported the advancement of dam safety technology by organizing and presenting numerous ASDSO-sponsored training courses and workshops, including emergency action planning, seepage, and slope stability. AGP/AAWRE and G-I - Booth #727 Bradley Keelor 1801 Alexander Bell Dr. Reston, VA 20191 (703) 295-6015 bkeelor@asce.org www.asce.org The Geo-Institute of ASCE serves the geoprofession and geotechnical engineering with the goal of advancing the geoprofessional community through career development, collaboration, a member-centric focus, and a strong business model. Certification is the recognition of attaining advanced knowledge and skills in a specialty area of civil engineering. ASCE offers certifications for engineers who demonstrate advanced knowledge and skills in their area of engineering.
AECOM offers a wide range of planning, design, and program and construction management services, with nearly 95,000 employees serving clients in more than 150 countries. The recent incorporation of URS accelerates our vision to become the world’s premier fully integrated infrastructure firm.
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AMEC Foster Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure, Inc. - Booth #507 Larry Sample 100 SE 9th St Ste 400 Topeka, KS 66612-1213 (785) 272-6830 larry.sample@amec.com www.amecfw.com Amec Foster Wheeler is a multi-discipline engineering and consulting company that is able to handle all of your dam and levee needs. American Engineers Group, LLC. - Booth #713 Joe Nardella 441 Friendship Rd Harrisburg, PA 17111 (717) 920-7018 jnardella@aegroup-llc.com www.aegroup-llc.com American Engineers Group, LLC, (AEG) is a certified MBE/DBE/SBE professional consulting engineering firm providing a full range of services including civil, transportation, structural, geotechnical, environmental, water resources, surveying, planning, and construction management/inspection. Our corporate headquarters are located in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania with regional offices in Harrisburg and Philadelphia, PA. Since merging with GTS Technologies in 2015, AEG provides a 57 year history of providing quality consulting engineering servicesOur expanding staff of approximately 45 is comprised of engineers, geologists, hydrologists, environmental specialists, soils engineers, geophysicists, surveyors, and GIS specialist, as well as an inhouse AMRL and Corps of Engineers certified soil/rock and material testing laboratory. AEG provides a wide range of services to clients throughout the Mid-Atlantic region such as local, state, and federal governments; transportation agencies; municipalities; utilities; institutions; and other consulting firms. Using state-of-the-art
concepts and technology, we are committed to providing our clients timely, high quality, budget conscious results.
Arcadis - Booth #322 Kevin Zitzow 1210 Premier Dr Ste 200 Chattanooga, TN 37421-3747 (423) 754-8781 Kevin.Zitzow@arcadis.com www.arcadis-us.com Arcadis is an international design and consultancy firm with a strong presence throughout the United States. The firm excels in environmental, infrastructure, and water resources engineering as well as project and construction management. Our dam safety center-of-excellence serves dam-owning clients nationwide. Arcadis expertise includes geotechnical, hydrologic, hydraulic, structural, geologic, and materials engineering. We are experienced in dam safety evaluations, risk assessments, dam stabilization and rehabilitation, gate inspections and evaluation, emergency action planning, flood inundation mapping, instrumentation, and GIS applications. We serve our clients through all facets of a project, from initial planning, through detailed design, construction management and project closeout. ASI Constructors, Inc. - Booth #228 Amy Dudley 1850 E Platteville Blvd Pueblo West, CO 81007-1030 (719) 647-2821 adudley@asiconstructors.com www.asiconstructors.com ASI Constructors, Inc. is a self-performing heavycivil engineering contractor specializing in the construction and rehabilitation of dams (RCC,
earthfill, and concrete), spillways, and other major water resource projects. We also offer many additional specialized services through our Marine Group including inspection, on-water/ underwater construction, and maintenance. ASI provides our clients innovative and costeffective solutions to their complex projects. Sophisticated engineering and construction technologies, an honest commitment to fair business dealings along with a partnering approach to our work, and a genuine culture of safety and quality management are the foundations that we build on in all of our projects. ASI maintains an operations-driven focus where performance defines success in all aspects of our business.
marine geophysical and hydrographic surveys. Our underwater ROV operations take place in both contained environments (e.g., inside tunnels, pipelines, etc.) and non-contained open water environments (e.g., dock/dam inspections, pipeline/cable route inspections, intake/outfall inspections, target identification, etc.).
ASI is a construction leader in the water resources industry, having successfully completed more than one-hundred thirty dam and dam rehabilitation projects and thirty new Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) dams. ASI core strengths include all elements of dam construction and raw water infrastructure, including new dam construction, existing dam rehabilitation and modifications, intake structures, hydromechanical structures, valve houses, powerhouses and powerhouse modifications, penstocks, pipelines, water conveyance and underground work.
Avanti International is the only full service provider and most experienced producer of high-quality chemical and cementitious grouts in the United States. Since 1978, AvantiGrout has been used world-wide to improve facilities and operations in dams, mines, tunnels and other applications by stopping leaks, stabilizing soils and controlling groundwater – permanently.
ASI Marine, LP - Booth #226 Drew Michel 40 Centre Dr Orchard Park, NY 14127-4100 (512) 761-0292 dmichel@asi-group.com www.asi-group.com ASI Marine provides industries and governments worldwide with leading-edge underwater services focused on the assessment and maintenance of underwater infrastructure and environments. More specifically, ASI Marine specializes in underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) operations, and
Avanti International - Booth #618 Jessica Williams 1100 Hercules Ave. Suite 320 Houston, TX 77058 (281) 486-5600 jessica.williams@avantigrout.com www.avantigrout.com
Ayres Associates - Booth #624 Chris Goodwin 3433 Oakwood Hills Pkwy Eau Claire, WI 54701 (715) 834-3161 GoodwinC@AyresAssociates.com www.AyresAssociates.com Innovative solutions for your dam safety challenges, including regulatory compliance; FERC Part 12 inspections and PFMAs; dam break modeling and GIS inundation mapping; stability analysis; EAP development; hydro operation and hydrology studies; gate system design and inspection; dam alignment surveys; LiDAR and digital terrain models; and reservoir soundings. We provide engineering solutions to reduce construction costs with our hinged floating bulkhead, an award-winning design. 53
The hinged floating bulkhead is much easier to install than a traditional bulkhead and can be moved from spillway to spillway. Ayres Associates’ representatives will be in Booth 624 to discuss these and other innovations. Ballard Marine Construction - Booth #408 Eric Muller 727 S 27th St Washougal, WA 98671-2505 (360) 695-5163 eric.muller@ballardmc.com www.ballardmc.com Ballard Marine Construction, Inc. (Ballard), since 1976, is primarily focused as a Marine Infrastructure and Utility Contractor performing construction projects for its clients worldwide. Ballard is a privately owned company that has established its corporate headquarters in Washougal, WA with satellite offices located throughout the United States. Each Ballard location is staffed with committed managers, employees, and equipment to provide rapid and dedicated services to our clientele. Ballard is certified as a women’s business enterprise by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the nation’s largest third-party certifier of the businesses owned and operated by women in the U.S. We recognize the commitment to supplier diversity that is embraced by corporations and government agencies today.
Barnard Construction Company, Inc. - Booth #710 Kevin Schneider 701 Gold Avenue Bozeman, MT 59715 (406) 586-1995 kevin.schneider@barnard-inc.com www.barnard-inc.com Barnard’s people are the reason for our success tackling complex and challenging heavy-civil construction projects. With a bonding capacity of over $1.5 billion, Barnard takes on complicated projects under a variety of contract types. We specialize in dam, reservoir and hydropower construction and rehabilitation, power transmission, tunneling, and pipeline projects.
Barr Engineering Co. - Booth #625 Kayla Terwey 4300 MarketPointe Drive, Suite 200 Minneapolis, MN 55435 (952) 842-3692 kterwey@barr.com www.barr.com Barr has five decades of dam and hydroelectric project experience, working with power and mining companies, federal and state agencies, and municipalities. From planning through final design and construction, we know every aspect of dam engineering. That includes inspections, evaluations, feasibility studies, licensing, permitting, dam-removal, and fish passage
design. We are particularly adept at projects involving complex issues such as aging concrete and steel components, stability and settlement concerns, seepage modeling, discharge capacity, and hydropower licensing. We also design, inspect, and analyze a wide variety of gate and hoist systems. Our clients’ projects take us across the Midwest, throughout the Americas, and around the world. Bergmann Associates - Booth #704 William Miles 28 East Main Street, Suite 200 Rochester, NY 14614 (585) 232-5137, Ext. 357 bmiles@bergmannpc.com www.bergmannpc.com Bergmann Associates is a 400-person firm with 11 offices in the east and mid-west US. We offer a wide range of dam safety services, including: dam safety compliance program management, engineering assessments, hazard class evaluations, dam breaching/ inundation mapping, emergency action plans, potential failure mode analysis, safety inspections, designs to correct dam safety deficiencies, construction documents, and engineering support during construction. We provide reliable, innovative, sustainable and cost effective solutions for dam owners. Engineering for dams is one of Bergmann’s core competencies and we have consistently provided dam engineering services for well over 150 dams during our 35-year history. Bethlehem Precast - Booth #227 David Faust 835 E North St Bethlehem, PA 18017 (610) 691-1336 david@bprecast.net www.bethlehemprecast.com Precast concrete products, articulated concrete block erosion control mats, retaining walls, sea
walls, dune stabilization, stair systems, stadia, balconies, perm entries, Bilco doors, light base foundations. Bureau of Reclamation - Booth #327 Karen Knight Bureau of Reclamation, Dam Safety Office P.O. Box 25007 Denver, CO 80225 303-445-3044 kknight@usbr.gov www.usbr.gov The Bureau of Reclamation, established in 1902, is best known for the dams, power plants, and canals it has constructed in the 17 Western States. Reclamation’s Dam Safety Program was implemented in 1978 to ensure that Reclamation’s water storage facilities do not present unreasonable safety risks to the public, property, the environment, or cultural resources. The Program inspects, monitors, and evaluates 366 dams and dikes at 243 facilities, assesses potential impacts from dam incidents, and takes necessary actions to reduce risk. Campbell Scientific, Inc. - Booth #328 David Odd 815 W 1800 N Logan, UT 84321-1784 (435) 227-9522 dodd@campbellsci.com www.campbellsci.com Campbell Scientific data-acquisition and control products have been part of the construction and monitoring of major dams worldwide. In the past year we announced two new products. The CRVW3 is a self-contained 3-channel vibrating-wire datalogger with integrated radio communication and rechargeable battery, packaged in a small environmental enclosure. It uses Campbell’s industry-leading VSPECT vibrating-wire analysis technology. 55
The CR6 is our most capable multichannel datalogger, with VSPECT technology built in. VSPECT vibrating-wire technology provides trusted data for critical decisions. Our technology provides a clear view of your measurements by providing immunity from the noise and interference that disrupted previous measurement methods. Canary Systems, Inc. - Booth #317 Peter Zimmerman 7151 Lee Highway, Suite 600 Chattanooga, TN 37421 (423) 661-3661 peter@canarysystems.com www.canarysystems.com We are experts in designing, integrating, maintaining and analyzing all aspects of your dam safety monitoring projects, whether automated or manual. Our off-the-shelf MultiLoggerÂŽ Suite software platform provides seamless integration of all your monitoring data, and our proprietary technology data acquisition systems are a cost-effective way to improve or expand your project. Enjoy complex charting and calculations, powerful alarms and notifications configuration, one-click custom reporting, georeferenced layers, field entry of data, integration with virtually every sensor and data type, and more. CARPI USA - Booth #409 Debbie Freeman 4370 Starkey Rd Ste 4D P.O. Box 20787 Roanoke, VA 24018-0603 (540) 776-7727 carpifreeman@aol.com www.carpitech.com Carpi specializes in waterproofing of hydraulic structures--including dams, canals, tunnels, reservoirs, and intake structures--with flexible
impermeable geomembranes. In operation since 1963, Carpi provides turnkey services on the patented systems, including design, materials, installation, as well as a full comprehensive warranty, and has completed more than 1350 projects worldwide, including 150 dams. The maintenance-free waterproofing systems are appropriate for new construction, as well as rehabilitation, to address seepage through structures. Seepage reduction can be monitored to verify improvement. If dewatering is not feasible, Carpi has the experience to meet the challenges of underwater seepage repair as well. Cascade Drilling L.P. - Booth #217 Steven Bratton 1010 Greene St Marietta, OH 45750-2409 (614) 402-1808 sbratton@cascade-env.com www.cascade-env.com Cascade Drilling is a worldwide provider of drilling services specializing in the application of our Sonic drilling system for geotechnical professionals. We have applied the Sonic system for numerous dam/earthen embankment and geotechnical construction projects globally in support of both design and construction efforts. For more information on our Sonic system visit, our website www.cascade-env.com or contact Steve Bratton at 614.402.1808.
CDM Smith - Booth #310 Stephen Whiteside 5400 Glenwood Ave Ste 300 Raleigh, NC 27612-3228 (919) 325-3556 whitesidesl@cdmsmith.com www.cdmsmith.com As a full-service engineering and construction firm, CDM Smith delivers exceptional client service, quality results and enduring value across the entire project life cycle. With more than 5,000 professionals in over 100 offices worldwide, CDM Smith maintains a global network of offices and affiliations. Our multi-disciplined staff provides our clients with an integrated services approach to meet each project’s specific needs. CDM Smith has extensive experience in providing engineering services for water supply dams, flood control dams and levees, water management structures, hydroelectric power dams, and ecosystem restoration. We are a leader in providing innovative, sustainable solutions, including safety inspections for dams and levees; embankment and RCC dam design; planning and permitting; emergency action plans; and construction management. Center Rock Inc. - Booth #707 Tonya Conn 118 Schrock Dr PO Box 307 Berlin, PA 15530-7118 (814) 267-7100 ext.101 tconn@centerrock.com www.centerrock.com
Center Rock Inc. is a USA based manufacturer located in Berlin Pennsylvania. We serve the global drilling industry with specialty drilling products including but not limited to; downhole drills & bits from 3.5” up to 36” in diameter, LP canister drills from 24” up to 144”, ROTO LOC under reamer systems for casing advancement, Wassara water hammers, hole openers, and many more. Center Rock prides itself in affording its customers the best value possible. Utilizing a consultative approach, we can satisfy your drilling product needs by designing and manufacturing a product for you in a matter of days not months.
CH2M - Booth #218 Richard Riker 300 Hunter Ave Suite 300 St. Louis, MO 63124 (541) 768-3576 Rick.Riker@ch2m.com www.ch2m.com CH2M leads the professional services industry delivering sustainable solutions benefiting societal, environmental and economic outcomes with the development of infrastructure and industry. In this way, CH2Mers make a positive difference providing consulting, design, engineering and management services for clients in water; environment and nuclear; transportation; energy and industrial markets, from iconic infrastructure to global programs like the Olympic Games. Ranked among the World’s Most Ethical Companies and top firms in environmental consulting and programme management, CH2M in 2016 became the first professional services firm honored with the World Environment Center Gold Medal Award for efforts advancing sustainable development.
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ConeTec, Inc. - Booth #728 Bruce Miller 436 Commerce Lane, Unit C West Berlin, NJ 08091 (856) 767-8600 bmiller@conetec.com www.conetec.com ConeTec is an international site investigation company with offices in Canada, United States and South America. ConeTec specializes in the design and use of in situ soil testing equipment and in the interpretation of in situ test data. ConeTec operates a wide range of CPT equipment, groundwater sampling systems, and seismic equipment. Contech Engineered Solutions LLC - Booth #502 Lisa Doroba 9025 Centre Pointe Dr Ste 400 West Chester, OH 45069-4987 (513) 645-7000 ldoroba@conteches.com www.ContechES.com Contech Engineered Solutions LLC is a leading provider of site solutions for the civil engineering industry. Contech’s portfolio includes bridges, drainage, erosion control, retaining wall, sanitary, and stormwater treatment products. To contact one of Contech’s 50 offices or 300 sales and product professionals nationwide, visit www. ContechES.com or telephone 800-338-1122. Crane Materials International - Booth #603 Jeff Holm 1165 Northchase Parkway Suite 300 Marietta, GA 30076 (770) 933-8166 jholm@cmilc.com www.cmilc.com
Crane Materials International (CMI) is a leading manufacturer of innovative products and services used in a wide range of marine and civil applications. CMI’s specialty products, installation equipment, engineering and technical services offer sustainable, economic and long lasting solutions for civil applications such as flood protection, water control, and cutoff walls. Crofton Diving Corporation - Booth #622 Kurt Feairheller 16 Harper Rd Portsmouth, VA 23707-1819 (757) 397-1131 kurtf@croftondiving.com www.croftondiving.com Established in 1949, Crofton Industries offers our Hydroelectric and Water Resources Industries clients a complete package of Design/ Build, Heavy Construction, Engineering, and Commercial Diving Services that have made us a preferred contractor with the industries’ leading professionals. “The foundations upon which our success was built are Safety, Service, and Ingenuity.” Crux Subsurface, Inc. - Booth #631 Gwyn Hanson 4308 N Barker RD Spokane Valley, WA (509) 892-9409 gwyn@cruxsub.com www.cruxsub.com Crux is a geotechnical firm, providing engineering and drilling services to some of the most logistically challenging projects in North and South America. With experience on a range of water management projects, we provide clients with a broad understanding of data acquisition for dam upgrades, dam raises, pumped storage facilities and intake structures. Our customized drill rigs are designed to be transported by
helicopter, crane or track rig, allowing us to access vertical faces, steep slopes, and sites without road access. Relevant capabilities include long-range horizontal drilling, high core recovery, instrumentation and testing;, downhole geophysics, and specialty grouting programs. D.A. Collins Companies - Booth #501 Cullen O’Brien 269 Ballard Road Wilton, NY 12831 (518) 664-9855 cobrien@dacollins.com www.dacollins.com The D.A. Collins Family of Companies is a fullservice civil construction group that provides a wide range of services to clients in the public and private sectors. Headquartered on 138 acres in upstate New York, the D.A. Collins Companies have the capability and resources to complete any construction and environmental project nationwide. In June 2013, the D.A. Collins Companies celebrated its 65th anniversary. It currently has more than 500 employees, representing union and open shop affiliations, and maintains an $85 million equipment fleet. D’Appolonia Engineering - Booth #702 Melissa Sebastian 701 Rodi Road Floor 2 Pittsburgh, PA 15235 (412) 856-9440 mjsebastian@dappolonia.com www.dappolonia.com D’Appolonia is a client-focused provider of consulting engineering services. Since the founding of the firm in 1956, we have provided engineering, scientific and construction-related services to industrial and governmental clients in the U.S. and in many foreign countries. Our core
capabilities include civil, geotechnical, geology; and hydrology and hydraulics. D’Appolonia’s dam and waterway experience includes more than 200 projects related to earth and concrete-gravity dams utilized for water supply, hydroelectric power generation, cooling and drinking water supply, pumped storage, flood control, river navigation, irrigation, recreation, and tailings and sludge disposal. Our dam engineering work includes successfully completed projects in the United States and overseas. In the U.S. we have worked for private industry and federal, state and local governments on dam projects ranging from performing safety inspections to embankment and hydraulic structure design and related construction monitoring. We have designed earth embankment dams and related hydraulic structures, and we have provided services for rehabilitation of existing dams. DeWind One-Pass Trenching - Booth #404 Steve McCullick 9150 96th Ave Zeeland, MI 49464-9748 (616) 875-7580 steve@dewindonepass.com www.dewindonepasstrenching.com DeWind One-Pass Trenching LLC is the developer and sole operator of the world’s deepest earth cutting trenchers. The fleet of DeWind one-pass trenchers represent the state-of-the-art in deep trenching technology. The fleet’s capacities includes the installing – in a single pass – inground containment, control, structural support and re-mediation systems such as slurry walls, zero valent iron walls, bio-mass walls levee and dam repair and stone filled collection trenches. Depths up to 125 feet can be achieved in some applications.
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Diving Services Incorporated - Booth #527 Lisa Baxter 12 Spur Rd Foster, RI 2825 (401) 392-3400 admin@divingservicesinc.com www.divingservicesinc.com
Dyrhoff, Inc. - Booth #628 Donald Mason 354 W Boylston St Ste 222 West Boylston, MA 01583-2373 (508) 852 5090 donmason@dyrhoff.co.uk www.dyrhoff.com
Diving Services Inc.is a leader in underwater inspection of dams and hydroelectric facilities using an in-house staff of engineer-divers. Our dam inspection team has individuals that are both licensed professional engineers and experienced commercial divers. DSI conducts a thorough, methodical, hands-on inspection of dam faces, penstocks, and other elements. DSI teams are also proficient in performing underwater video, ROV and underwater sonar imaging. All inspection data is compiled and clients receive a clear, concise assessment report with video DVD.
Dyrhoff has over 25 years’ experience in the design and supply of rubber dams. Available in heights of up to 6 metres and lengths up to 100 metres, our rubber dams are perfectly suited to hydropower applications. Key benefits include low cost and ease of maintenance.
Durham Geo Slope Indicator - Booth #722 David Richardson 2175 W Park Ct Stone Mountain, GA 30087-3529 (770) 465-7557 drichardson@dgeslope.com www.slopeindicator.com Durham Geo Enterprises (DGSI) is a specialist in geotechnical and structural instrumentation for dam safety monitoring. The company designs, manufactures and supplies instrumentation to a range of geotechnical and environmental professionals. Additionally, DGSI offers training, technical support, repair, calibration and rental services (within the United States) for their products.
Enviroprobe Services, Inc. - Booth #410 Tim Gallagher 81 Marter Ave Mount Laurel, NJ 8054 (856) 858-8584 tgallagher@enviroprobe.com www.enviroprobe.com Enviroprobe Service, Inc. is excited to offer our clients the latest technology in roto-sonic drilling and geophysical borehole logging. In addition to our traditional geophysical and environmental drilling services we have recently worked with Geoprobe engineers in bringing our clients the speed and efficiency of a wireline sonic drilling system which increases productivity and safety. Combined with new second generation Mt. Sopris borehole logging tools this can dramatically decrease site times while increasing positive results. Exponent - Booth #427 Angela Meyer 149 Commonwealth Dr Menlo Park, CA 94025-1133 (650) 688-6951 ameyer@exponent.com www.exponent.com
Exponent is an engineering and scientific consulting firm providing solutions to complex technical issues. We employ a diverse, multidisciplinary team of geotechnical engineers, engineering geologists, geologic engineers, civil engineers, surface hydrologists, structural engineers, mechanical engineers, corrosion engineers, and materials engineers that provide for a complete and thorough evaluation of feasibility, design, construction, performance, and rehabilitation studies or root cause failure analysis of dams, basins or levees. 20 US and 6 international offices. Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Dam Safety Program - Booth #321 Alesia ZaGara 2521 Riva Rd # P1 Annapolis, MD 21401 (915) 309-2421 alesia@opp-llc.com www.fema.gov/dam-safety-0 For 30 years, the federal government has used the National Dam Safety Program (NDSP) to protect Americans from dam failure. The NDSP is a partnership of the states, federal agencies, and other stakeholders that encourages individual and community responsibility for dam safety. The NDSP Vision is to ensure the benefits and risks of dams are understood and risks are managed to improve public safety; strength; national security; and sustain the environment. The Programs mission is to reduce risks to life, property, and the environment from dam failure by guiding public policy and leveraging industry best practices across the dam safety community. The NDSP is a partnership of the states, Federal agencies, and other stakeholders that encourages individual and community responsibility for dam safety. The NDSP is comprised of multiple databases, tools, and materials to educate the public and assist decision makers.
Fenstermaker - Booth #332 Sherie Burton 135 Regency Sq Lafayette, LA 70508-4221 (337) 237-2200 sherie@fenstermaker.com www.fenstermaker.com Founded in 1950, Fenstermaker is a multidisciplinary firm specializing in engineering, surveying and mapping, and environmental consulting. Our advanced technology capabilities, including underwater acoustic surveys, laser scanning, dimensional control, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) services and customized robotics, allow us to provide our clients with exceptional perspectives evident in project deliverables. Fenstermaker’s dedication to safety and the success of our clients is evident in all we do. Our team of professionals offer experience, a dedication to quality, and a spirit of teamwork and innovation. Lean more about Fenstermaker at www.fenstermaker.com.
Gannett Fleming, Inc. - Booth #302 Paul Schweiger, PE, CFM PO Box 67100 Harrisburg, PA 17106-7100 (717) 763-7212 x2504 pschweiger@gfnet.com www.gannettfleming.com Gannett Fleming is an international planning, design, technology, and construction management firm. Our staff has completed more than 100 new dams, more than 600 existing dam modifications, and safety evaluations of more than 1,000 dams. We perform inspections, investigations, design, and construction
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management for dams, levees, and flood damage reduction systems. Gehrig, Inc. - Booth #532 Rusty Branch 212 N. Main St. Muenster, TX 76252 (817) 915-6174 rusty@gehriginc.com www.gehriginc.com Geophysics is our passion! Gehrig, Inc. provides geophysical services for engineering, environmental, and exploration projects throughout the United States. We can image the subsurface for your next project whether you need information to a depth of 1 inch or 10,000 feet. Our recent geophysics projects involved dams, levees, landfills, karst and caves, environmental sites, groundwater exploration, petroleum exploration, seismic site classification, dynamic properties of soil, pipeline alignments, transportation, and tunneling. The Gehrig team has extensive experience with imaging dams and levees using a variety of geophysical methods. We have provided geophysical services for client projects that included initial site studies, seepage detection, integrity investigations, and forensic studies. Please give us a call to discuss your project requirements.
GEI Consultants, Inc. - Booth #201 Elizabeth Lewis 2868 Prospect Park Drive Suite 400 Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 (916) 631-4585 elewis@geiconsultants.com www.geiconsultants.com Dam and levee safety and engineering related services have been a core practice at GEI Consultants for over 40 years. We have inspected, analyzed, planned, and designed projects for a wide variety of clients across the country. GEI’s experts offer a full complement of services and are ready to help with your most pressing projects and challenges, including project management, design, regulatory, environmental, and construction support. GeoEngineers, Inc. - Booth #442 Chris Bellusci 600 Stewart Street Suite 1700 Seattle, WA 98101 (541) 550-0745 cbellusci@geoengineers.com www.geoengineers.com GeoEngineers is an employee-owned, earth science, engineering and technology consulting firm with 14 offices nationwide, that offers a variety of services related to dams, levees and dikes. Our geotechnical engineers and scientists are skilled at analyzing problems and developing creative and practical solutions. We also offer technology services related to designing, installing and monitoring instrumentation programs related to many types of engineering projects. By combining our expertise, we can
address the range of dam safety engineering and environmental issues on any project. We have provided clients with solutions that have resulted in significant cost savings, reduced permitting requirements, mitigated risks and reduced maintenance costs. Geokon, Inc. - Booth #508 Martin Gradijan 48 Spencer Street Lebanon, NH 03766-1345 (603) 448-1562 mgradijan@geokon.com www.geokon.com Geokon Incorporated, The World Leader in Vibrating Wire Technology(TM), manufactures a complete line of high-quality geotechnical instrumentation suitable for monitoring the safety and stability of earth and concrete dams, tunnels, underground powerhouses, foundations, ground water remediation schemes and the like. Our complete election of Geotechnical Instrumentation includes extensometers, piezometers, strain gages, crackmeters, jointmeters, load cells, settlement sensors, pressure cells, inclinometers, and dataloggers. Geokon’s elegant and rugged sensor designs exhibit excellent long-term stability, accuracy and reliability even in the most adverse conditions. Geokon has been awarded ISO 9001:2008 registration from both ANSI•ANAB, USA and UKAS of Great Britain. GEO-SLOPE International Ltd. - Booth #431 Doris Liu 1400, 633-6 Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta T2P 2Y5 Canada (403) 269-2002 sales@geo-slope.com www.geo-slope.com GEO-SLOPE International Ltd. develops, markets and supports the GeoStudio software suite for
geotechnical and geo-environmental modeling. Our objective at GEO-SLOPE is to create software that is both technically comprehensive and easy to use, making geotechnical modeling accessible and practical for all geotechnical engineers. This dedication to software development includes a firm commitment to continually upgrade and enhance the software. We constantly seek to improve its engineering capabilities and remain current with the rapid changes in the computer industry. This makes acquiring GEO-SLOPE software a profitable, longterm investment. Geo-Solutions Inc. - Booth #524 Wendy Critchfield 1250 5th Ave New Kensington, PA 15068-6106 (724) 335-7273 wendyc@geo-solutions.com www.geo-solutions.com Geo-Solutions is a recognized leader in seepage barrier / cutoff wall technology. We provide cost effective solutions using proven techniques such as foundation grouting, slurry trenching and soil mixing using both large and small diameter augers. The versatility of our techniques can be applied to address a wide range of problems related to dam stability and seepage control in dam embankments and foundations. Geo-Solutions’ principal expertise is in low permeability soil-bentonite, cement-bentonite, soil-cement-bentonite and soil mixed cutoff barriers. These techniques or a combination of techniques can be used to solve a wide range of geotechnical challenges. Geotechnics - Booth #708 Randy O’Rourke 544 Braddock Ave East Pittsburgh, PA 15112 (412) 823-7600 rorourke@geotechnics.net www.geotechnics.net 63
Geotechnics is an independent company that is nationally recognized for providing high quality geotechnical and geosynthetic testing services. In addition to being NQA-1 compliant for nuclear facilities, we are accredited by The Geosynthetics Accreditation Institute (GAI-LAP), American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and The United States Army Corps of Engineers. Locations in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Raleigh, North Carolina; and Nashville, Tennessee. Global Diving & Salvage Inc. - Booth #221 Frank Immel 3840 W Marginal Way SW Seattle, WA 98106-1108 (206) 623-0621 marketing@gdiving.com www.gdiving.com Global has more than 30 years of underwater construction experience and expertise in deepwater infrastructure work that is unmatched in the industry. We meet the needs of customers in both public and private sectors; creating custom solutions for complex problems with our extensive engineering and fabrication capabilities. We have the knowledge and resources to complete the most challenging projects reliably and safely. Golder Associates Inc. - Booth #503 Shawnie Gruber 3730 Chamblee Tucker Road Atlanta, GA 30341 (303) 980-0540 sgruber@golder.com www.golder.com Golder Associates provide engineering solutions from the ground up. As one of the leaders in the planning, permitting and design of dams, reservoirs and outlets works, we provide a complete spectrum of services. Whether it is investigating dam sites, designing
diversion tunnels or evaluating, upgrading and rehabilitating older dams and levees, you can count on Golder to provide a world of solutions delivered locally. Golder is a respected, employee-owned, global company with 180 offices worldwide. Our more than 8,000 employees work with clients to manage their environmental and engineering activities in a technically sound, economically viable, and socially responsible manner. Gomez and Sullivan Engineers, DPC - Booth #602 Jerry Gomez 288 Genesee St Utica, NY 13502 (315) 724-4860 jgomez@gomezandsullivan.com www.gomezandsullivan.com Gomez and Sullivan Engineers, DPC has been providing specialized engineering, environmental science, and data management solutions to the water resource and energy sectors since 1993. Our staff of approximately 45 individuals based in New York (Utica, Williamsville, Albany) and New Hampshire (Henniker) includes water resource, civil, structural, mechanical, geotechnical, electrical, and environmental engineers, as well as environmental scientists, regulatory specialists, ecologists, fisheries biologists, hydrogeologists, geologists, geomorphologists, land use planners, and GIS specialists. Our core services include engineering, hydropower licensing, environmental studies, hydrology and hydraulics, fisheries and fish passage, stream and habitat restoration, and information management and geographic information systems.
Grace / De Neef - Booth #510 Scott Anderson 62 Whittemore Ave Cambridge, MA 02140-1623 (800) 732-0166 sanderson@deneef.com www.deneefusa.com De Neef® Products, offered by GCP Applied Technologies, has over 40 years experience in chemical grout manufacturing. De Neef® has built a strong presence as a world leader in the manufacturing of Polyurethane and Acrylate Grouts. Our cutting edge technology and dedicated Technical Services Team have proven invaluable to our success and the success of our clients. Come visit us at our booth, where we can introduce you to the most effective preventative and remediation products for water intrusion, including urethanes, acrylates and microfine cements.Leaks Stop Here. FAST, PROVEN, DURABLE. Griffin Dewatering - Booth #526 John Elmer 5306 Clinton Dr Houston, TX 77020-7912 (713) 581-4725 John.elmer@griffindewatering.com www.griffindewatering.com Since 1934, Griffin has provided expert groundwater control services and equipment to the construction industry. Griffin’s extensive experience and operational knowledge are the key to our success. We offer both products and turn key services to meet the needs of a wide range of pumping application including dewatering, bypass, open pumping and hydraulic submersible pumping. Griffin offers a “one-stop ground water control shop” with experienced personnel and a wide range of equipment and services. We have offices throughout the country to help meet your needs.
Griffin Dewatering provides Deep Well Systems, Wellpoint Systems, Educator Systems, Filtration and Treatment, and Coal Ash Dewatering.
GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc. - Booth #721 Patricia Brady 249 Vanderbilt Ave Norwood, MA 02062-5033 (781) 278-3700 patricia.brady@gza.com www.gza.com GZA provides single-source expertise for design of new dams, inspection and design of remedial measures for breaching or rehabilitation of existing dams, emergency action planning, environmental permitting, construction engineering, construction management, specialty foundation construction, operations and maintenance planning, instrumentation and automated data acquisition systems for longterm monitoring. GZA is a FERC Independent Consultant for hydropower facilities and performs feasibility studies leading to retrofit designs. GZA has been involved with safety inspections, hydrologic/hydraulic and geotechnical evaluations, emergency preparedness planning, and/or design of repairs to several of the largest earth, concrete gravity and stone masonry dam water supply structures in the Northeast, including key water supply reservoirs for New York City, Metropolitan Boston, Massachusetts and Hartford, Connecticut. More recently our work has expanded to evaluation of existing Federally controlled levees and low-head hydropower retrofit designs.
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HAGER-RICHTER GEOSCIENCE, INC. - Booth #623 Dorothy Richter, P.G. 8 Industrial Way Ste D10 Salem, NH 3079 (603) 893-9944 dorothy.richter@hager-richter.com www.hager-richter.com HAGER-RICHTER specializes in High Resolution Surface & Borehole Geophysical Services for Dam Investigations/Evaluations and other Geotechnical and GeoEnvironmental Engineering projects. National Reputation / Nationwide Practice. Take a closer look, you’ll like what you see. Offices in Salem, NH and Fords, NJ. WomanOwned Small Business (WOSB) established in 1984. Hanson Professional Services, Inc. - Booth #231 Daniel Whalen 1525 S 6th St Springfield, IL 62703-2801 (217) 747-9315 dwhalen@hanson-inc.com www.hanson-inc.com Hanson Professional Services Inc., founded in 1954, is a national, employee-owned consulting firm providing engineering, planning and allied services. We’re known for our hands-on approach, working to understand our clients’ businesses like partners and focusing on getting results out of every phase of their projects. As a nationally recognized, award-winning consulting firm, we know that our awards and recognitions are a testament to our work, honoring exceptional clients, talented employees and fascinating projects. Since 1987, Hanson has consistently appeared as an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 design firm in the United States. Hanson’s geotechnical staff has designed, rehabilitated and inspected numerous earth and concrete dams nationwide and in several foreign countries.
This record includes inspection of 108 dams in Illinois and Missouri for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as part of the National Dam Safety Program.Hanson has a long history of business success, providing continuity and stability through offices from coast to coast. The firm has offices in Anchorage, Alaska; Bonifay, Jacksonville, Orlando, Miami, Sarasota, Tallahassee and West Palm Beach, Fla.; Carbondale, Chicago, Chicago – Will County, Peoria, Rockford and Springfield, Ill.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Kansas City Metropolitan; Twin Cities Metropolitan; St. Louis, Mo.; Raleigh, N.C.; New York Metropolitan; Nashville, Tenn.; Dallas, Texas; and Seattle, Wash. Hayward Baker - Bencor - Booth #701 Caitlan Reynolds 7550 Teague Rd Ste 300 Hanover, MD 21076-1807 (410) 551-8200 cmreynolds@kellerfoundations.com www.kellerfoundations.com Keller is the world’s leader in geotechnical construction. Our industry leadership is driven by our strategically connected network of outstanding companies, each a recognized leader in its own right. Hayward Baker and Bencor are two of the Keller Companies which focus on North America Dam Remediation and Dam Safety. With over 50 offices in the US, Keller is uniquely qualified to combine our global and local experience and knowledge into a solution for your project. Hayward Baker provides geotechnical construction for planned and existing dams and levees. Our applications provide solutions including foundation soil improvement, seepage control, liquefaction mitigation, cutoff walls, sinkhole stabilization and overturning/sliding stabilization.
Bencor provides deep slurry diaphragm walls and a variety of specialized grouting methods to address seepage and stability issues for dams and levees. Bencor has extensive experience in cutoff wall construction in rock and difficult soil conditions, having completed many complex and demanding projects to depths of over 260 feet through existing dams with differential hydraulic heads of up to 90 feet. Our globally connected knowledge, experience, capacity and financial strength ensures that with Keller, no question goes unanswered, no problem goes unsolved, and no job goes unfinished. Hazen and Sawyer - Booth #714 Jeff Powers 4011 Westchase Blvd Ste 500 Raleigh, NC 27607-3979 (678) 313-3473 jpowers@hazenandsawyer.com www.hazenandsawyer.com Since 1951, Hazen has focused on two critical activities – helping our clients provide safe drinking water and controlling water pollution and its effects on the environment. Our focus brings us exceptional challenges – such as the largest drinking water UV disinfection installation in the world, developing reservoirs to enhance water systems, upgrade of major wastewater treatment plants, and recharging vital drinking water aquifers with highly-treated wastewater effluent. Our focus also makes us home to many of the world’s most knowledgeable and experienced environmental engineers and scientists, each seeking a challenging and rewarding career while making an important contribution to their community.
HDR - Booth #208 Debra Hempel 5426 Bay Center Dr Ste 400 Tampa, FL 33609-3470 (813) 282-2444 debra.hempel@hdrinc.com www.hdrinc.com We believe that the way we work can add meaning and value to the world. That ideas inspire positive change. That coloring outside the lines can illuminate fresh perspectives. And that small details yield important realizations. Above all, we believe that collaboration is the best way forward. We specialize in engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services. While we are most well-known for adding beauty and structure to communities through high performance buildings and smart infrastructure, we provide much more than that. We create an unshakable foundation for progress because our multidisciplinary teams also include scientists, economists, builders, analysts, and artists. Our employees, working in 225 locations around the world, push open the doors to what’s possible each and every day. Heeter Geotechnical Construction, LLC - Booth #627 Dean Dibert 130 Meadow Ridge Rd Ste 24 Mt. Morris, PA 15349 (304) 216-8151 ddibert@shaftdrillers.com www.heeterconstruction.com Heeter Geotechnical Construction, LLC, is a Heavy Civil General Contractor whose core discipline is
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Complex Dam Construction, Dam Rehabilitation, and Water Resource projects. Heeter has extensive experience in the construction of earthen embankment dams, roller compacted concrete (RCC) dams and structures, filter and drainage systems, structural concrete intakes and major excavation / embankment projects. As part of its dam safety assurance projects, Heeter also teams with strategic partners to offer specialties for deep foundation treatments such as cutoff walls, slurry walls, high capacity anchors and grouting techniques. Heeter is always in pursuit of new opportunities and welcome new business partners to expand its expertise within the Dam and Water Resource industry. HTE Engineering - Booth #725 Gary Pan 8675 S Sandy Pkwy Ste 111 Sandy, UT 84070 (801) 662-0088 gpan@hydrotech-eng.com www.hydrotech-eng.com HTE is known worldwide for its inflatable rubber dam services, including rubber dam system design, manufacturing, material testing, installation supervision, and maintenance services. We also provide rubber dam replacement equipment for existing dams. Our industry-leading supply team has built several thousand rubber dams worldwide since the 1970s. HTE has supplied rubber dams all over the Americas, from New York to California to Central America. We have rubber dam installations reaching up to 18 feet high and spanning sectioned widths over 3,500 feet. Our rubber dams are so versatile, they have been installed for a variety of applications in very diverse climates and at varying elevations. HTE has extensive experience working with public water agencies as well as private entities.
Hydronia, LLC - Booth #421 Reinaldo Garcia 18331 Pines Blvd Ste 160 Pembroke Pines, FL 33029-1421 (954) 251-7130 rey@hydronia.com www.hydronia.com Hydronia is an internationally recognized leader in computer simulation for hydrologic and hydraulic problems including flooding, river and floodplain hydraulics, estuaries and coastal areas.Our innovative RiverFlow2D computer model is used by a wide range of consultants and government agencies worldwide for river restauration, floodplain management, river erosion and deposition assessments, flood emergency planning, and water quality evaluations. RiverFlow2D is an innovative twodimensional flexible mesh model developed by Hydronia using Graphic Processing Unit (GPU) high performance computation that has demonstrated to be the fastest 2D model in the market. It offers a high performance finitevolume engine for speedy, accurate, and volume conservative computations in all river and estuary projects. It can tackle the most demanding flood modeling situations including dam-break and levee-break simulations over initially dry terrain. There are three RiverFlow2D optional plug-in modules that expand the model capabilities for mud/debris flows and tailings dam flooding, erosion and deposition studies, and pollutant dispersion assessments. In addition to floodplain simulations in rural or urban areas, the model is capable of assessing coastal flooding from sea level rise, tsunamis, and storm surges. Hydronia with senior personnel that has more than 35 years of professional modeling expertise assists independent professionals, consulting firms and government agencies to succeed in their hydraulic modeling projects.
Hydroplus Inc. - Booth #607 Hasan Kocahan 500 Harbour Place Dr Suite 1211 Tampa, FL 33602-6743 (813) 223-3081 hkocahan@hydroplususa.com www.hydroplus.com Hydroplus is the developer of the “Fusegate System”, an ideal application that offers highly flexible and versatile solutions for both existing and new dams. Implemented over 30 countries across five continents since 1991, the “Fusegate System” allows for cost-efficient and safe modifications to undersized spillways bringing them up to modern standards without any loss in storage capacity and with a reliability degree equivalent to that of an uncontrolled spillway. The system can also provide additional live storage to dams without any impact on the ability of their spillways to pass the inflow design flood. Hydrotika / A Division of Rotoplast Inc. - Booth #604 Marc Auclair 127 Maple Dale East Farnham, QC J2K 4M5 Canada (514) 906-6420 marc@hydrotika.com www.hydrotika.com HYDROTIKA is a manufacturer of buoys, waterway barriers, debris and safety booms. We assist you in designing and developing new products to meet the requirement of your public safety programs.
International Erosion Control Systems, Inc. Booth #326 David Fairley 24601 Pioneer Line West Lorne, ON N0L 2P0 Canada (855) 768-1420 dfairley@iecsusa.com www.iecsusa.com IECS manufactures and sells nationwide a cable concrete articulated concrete blocks system used to protect and stabilize numerous soil erosion conditions. Our products have been tested by numerous testing facilities in the USA and Canada. Since 1984, cable concrete has been used extensively by most state and federal agencies, DOT’s as well as over 50 military bases. This hard armour revetment is an alternative to traditional rip rap and can be used for dam spillways, retention pond linings, access roads, channel and bank stabilization, bridge scour protection, low water crossings, boat ramps and landfill down chutes. Our ability to produce on site creates significant savings. J.F. Brennan Company, Inc. - Booth #313 Craig Bartheld 818 Bainbridge St La Crosse, WI 54603-1560 (608) 784-7173 ext.227 cbartheld@jfbrennan.com www.jfbrennan.com J.F. Brennan Company, Inc. (Brennan) is a marine construction and environmental remediation firm that specializes in dam construction and repair projects located throughout the inland waters of the United States. We provide quality construction services on several types of dam structures for utility companies, paper mills, municipalities, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and more.
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the intersection of regulatory requirements environmental science, and engineering solutions.
Kleinfelder, Inc. - Booth #525 Sara King 1801 California St Suite 1100 Denver, CO 80202-2658 (303) 237-6601 sking@kleinfelder.com www.kleinfelder.com Kleinfelder is an employee-owned professional services firm with nearly 2,000 professionals in 65 offices across the nation. We provide water resources, geotechnical, environmental, hydrologic and civil engineering services for municipalities, government agencies, electric utilities and private companies. We have experience on projects representing the entire life-cycle of diverse water storage and conveyance facilities, ranging from planning, feasibility studies and alternatives analyses, new and remedial design, construction management and construction quality control, performance monitoring, safety evaluations, reliability and asset management assessments and operations and re-licensing support. Kleinschmidt Associates - Booth #621 Russ Sanford 141 Main St PO Box 650 Pittsfield, ME 04967-4364 (803) 462-5620 russ.sanford@KleinschmidtGroup.com www.kleinschmidtgroup.com Kleinschmidt Associates works primarily with energy companies in North America to protect and enhance the environment without compromising performance. We work at
For half a century, Kleinschmidt has been bringing new ideas to the table, offering practical solutions to tough problems and sensitive issues. Our goal is to bring energy, water and the environment into balance. Our team specializes in: Dam Safety Inspections, Hydropower and Dam Engineering, Fish Passage Design, FERC Licensing and Compliance, and Ecological Studies. Major Drilling America, Inc. - Booth #232 Jon Tedrick 2200 South 4000 West Salt Lake City, UT 84120 (320) 630-3636 jon.tedrick@majordrilling.com www.majordrilling.com Major Drilling Group is a global provider of safe and quality drilling services. Our primary objective, is the safe and successful completion of every project we undertake. Major provides these drilling services across a wide spectrum of markets including , geotechnical construction, environmental , & mining. The primary drilling services we provide include sonic, reverse circulation, rotary, wireline coring, & a wide variety of underground drilling methods. Marine Solutions - Booth #715 Jeremy Pope 225 Industry Pkwy Nicholasville, KY 40356 (908) 231-0368 jpope@msimarinesolutions.com www.MSImarinesolutions.com Marine Solutions is a specialized construction and engineering firm focused on building and maintaining waterfront, hydraulic, navigation, and bridge structures. Marine Solutions is a certified small, woman-owned, disadvantaged
business enterprise (WBE/DBE) and are fully insured for general, marine and professional liability. Our headquarters are in Kentucky with offices in Maryland, New Jersey, and New York. We offer our services throughout the United States and our valued clients included federal, state and municipal agencies, architectural and engineering firms, construction companies, and industrial entities.
Measurand Inc. - Booth #601 Melissa Comeau 2111 Hanwell Road Fredericton, NB E3C 1M7 Canada (506) 462-9119 melissa@measurand.com measurandgeotechnical.com Measurand Inc. has been a leader in shapesensing technology for over 20 years. Let us help you revolutionize your monitoring plan with SAA, an inclinometer-type instrument used for monitoring and measuring deformation in a variety of Geotechnical or Civil Engineering applications. SAA is dramatically easier to install, has an unprecedented range, and survives long after others have failed. Over 70000 metres of SAA have been deployed worldwide!
Michael Baker International - Booth #222 Chad Davis 100 Airside Dr Airside Business Park Coraopolis, PA 15108-2783 (412) 375-3077 CDavis@mbakerintl.com www.mbakerintl.com Michael Baker International’s dam design and construction experts have extensive experience in dam inspection and reporting, rehabilitation design, hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, geotechnical investigation and analysis, structural analysis and design, emergency action plan development, dam break modeling and inundation mapping, and construction management. Projects involving dams require a number of different services, and that is where Michael Baker International, a full-service, national engineering firm with expertise in water resources and geotechnical, structural, and environmental engineering, can deliver cost-effective solutions—by providing all of the engineering services that the client requires inhouse. Moretrench - Booth #223 Scott Dodds 100 Stickle Ave Rockaway, NJ 07866-3146 (412) 793-9303 ext. 412 sdodds@moretrench.com www.moretrench.com Moretrench is a nationally recognized leader in geotechnical construction, specializing in sitespecific design build solutions to meet project objectives and subsurface conditions. We have the experience, expertise and resources to
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resolve a wide range of dam-related challenges, and the emergency response capability for fast remediation of unanticipated conditions. Our technologies include construction dewatering, high capacity dam anchors, underdam seepage cut-off, foundation and embankment improvement, slide and overturning stabilization, conduit filter and toe-drain installation, and sinkhole stabilization. From strategic regional offices around the country, our seasoned management and field personnel are ready to deliver the remediation and rehabilitation services you need for your next dam project. Morgan Corporation - Booth #315 Fares Abdo PO Box 3555 Spartanburg, SC 29304-3555 (864) 433-8800 fabdo@morgan-corp.com www.morgan-corp.com Morgan Corp. has been a recognized leader in site development for over 70 years. Such longevity involves dedication to service, attention to quality, loyalty to customers, employing qualified personnel, and the ability to change. Based in Spartanburg, SC, the company has two additional offices in Charlotte, NC and Savannah, GA. Morgan Corp. area of operations covers southeastern US and Texas with a focus on site development, dams, pavements, heavy highways, underground utilities, and more. For additional information, please visit our website www.morgan-corp.com or contact our Director of Technical Services - Fares Abdo, P.E., at fabdo@ morgan-corp.com or (205) 370-8883 MWH, now part of Stantec - Booth #436 Terrence Arnold 370 Interlocken Blvd, Ste 300 Broomfield, CO 80021 (303) 291-2222 terrence.e.arnold@mwhglobal.com www.mwhglobal.com
We’re active members of the communities we serve. That’s why at MWH, now part of Stantec, we always design with community in mind. The MWH community, now part of Stantec, unites approximately 22,000 employees working in over 400 locations across six continents. We collaborate across disciplines and industries to bring water and infrastructure projects to life. Our work as architects, engineers, and consultants from initial project concept and planning through design, construction, and commissioning begins at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. This work is built on a nearly 200-year history. With a heritage in water, our world’s most precious resource, we safeguard and sustain lives, communities, and businesses worldwide. Our local knowledge and relationships, coupled with our global expertise, qualify us to go anywhere to solve our clients’ challenges in more creative and personalized ways. With a long-term commitment to the people and places we serve, we have the unique ability to connect to projects on a personal level and advance the quality of life in communities around the globe. Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the symbol STN. Visit us at mwhglobal.com and stantec.com, or find us on social media. Nicholson Construction Company - Booth #626 Gretchen Connelly 12 McClane St Cuddy, PA 15031-9754 (412) 677-2209 gretchen.connelly@nicholsonconstruction.com www.nicholsonconstruction.com Nicholson has been both a leader and an innovator in the geotechnical construction industry for more than 50 years. With regional offices across the country and headquarters located in Pittsburgh, Nicholson is a nationally renowned specialty contractor, offering proven expertise in the design and installation of deep
foundation elements, earth retention systems and ground treatment solutions. We pride ourselves on our ability to consistently provide our clients with innovative, high-quality designbuild options for projects of varying size and complexity. Nicholson is the North American subsidiary of Soletanche Bachy, one of the world’s leading geotechnical contractors, and is part of a global network of unparalleled geotechnical resources and expertise. Obermeyer Hydro, Inc. - Booth #213 Robert Eckman PO Box 668 Fort Collins, CO 80522-0668 (970) 568-9844 rde@obermeyerhydro.com www.obermeyerhydro.com Obermeyer Hydro Inc. designs and fabricates the patented Obermeyer Gate System as well as inflatable rubber dams for hydroelectric projects, river diversions, and flood control projects.
OBG - Booth #423 Robert Bowers 301 E Germantown Pike Bentwood Campus/3rd FL East Norriton, PA 19401-6517 (484) 284-7209 Robert.Bowers@obg.com www.obg.com Advanced Manufacturing. Energy. Environment. Water. For more than 70 years, O’Brien & Gere (OBG) has specialized in engineering and problem solving, but our real strength is creating comprehensive, integrated solutions for our clients. OBG’s dam engineering services include inspection, investigation, design, and
construction of earth fill, rock fill, concrete/ masonry and RCC dams. Related services include development of EAP’s and O&M Plans, levee inspection/design, hydropower feasibility assessments, dam removals and stream channel restoration, and heavy civil/waterfront engineering. OBG – There’s a way. Olson Engineering - Booth #616 Phil Sirles 12401 W. 49th Ave Wheat Ridge, CO 80033-1927 (303) 423-1212 phil.sirles@olsonengineering.com www.olsonengineering.com Olson Engineering, Inc. (Olson) is a consulting services firm, founded in 1985, specializing in geophysics and non-destructive evaluation and testing (NDE/T). Olson’s innovative approach to field services for assessment of infrastructure and critical facilities (e.g., dams, levees, bridges and power plants), and subsurface characterization of complex sites makes them a national leader in the industry. Olson has five offices within the U.S., headquartered in Colorado, and has professional engineering staff currently registered as Professional Engineers in over 27 states. Our professional staff includes registered geophysicists, geologists, and engineers; and, mathematicians and physicists. Olson is capable of performing cutting-edge field investigations on international, Federal, state and local levels. On an annual basis, Olson performs over 300 field investigations. Additional information regarding the organizational structure at Olson, its staff, equipment and software, utilized for geophysical or NDE/T investigations is available upon request. Visit www.olsonengineering.com for more information regarding our field services. In addition to the Olson Engineering’s service capability, Olson Instruments, Inc. is a whollyowned sister-company that manufactures NDT/E equipment. The equipment and associated 73
analysis software are sold commercially worldwide. The instrument design, development, testing, software design, and commercialization is unique in that we utilize the systems we sell, but we understand them better than anyone. Visit www.olsoninstruments.com for more information regarding NDT/E instrumentation. OneRain Incorporated - Booth #402 Rosemarie O’Connell 1531 Skyway Dr Unit D Longmont, CO 80504-6270 (303) 774-2033 rosemarie.oconnell@onerain.com www.onerain.com OneRain provides dam safety monitoring in real time—mitigating risk and optimizing operations. Our end-to-end systems integrate an array of realtime monitoring instrumentation and modern telemetry solutions with Contrail®, our enterprise data collection and visualization software for 24/7 web-enabled hydrometeorological data management and analysis, and EAP-related alarm management and notifications to provide advanced warnings of potential problems. GateOps™ in Contrail provides automated realtime guidance for Gate Operating procedures and decision support for dam and reservoir inflow/ outflow operations. Since 1992, OneRain has been providing high quality data, visualization solutions and hydrometeorlogical information to customers who make high-value decisions. Come by our booth (# 402), or contact us to learn more: +1 303 774-2033 | www.onerain.com.
Pacific Netting Products - Booth #716 George Grant 25993 United Road NE Kingston, WA 98346 (360) 297-0858 george@pacificnettingproducts.com www.pacificnettingproducts.com Pacific Netting Products designs, manufactures and installs booms and barriers for guidance, collection and exclusion of debris and fish, demarcation, security or ice barriers and other site specific applications. Installations are engineered to provide 50 years installed working life in dams, lakes and rivers or ocean environments. Founded in 1997, based in Kingston, Washington we are committed to the success of our customers through advanced engineering, innovative design and construction of fail-safe products that will help you collect, guide and secure the life that is important to you. Parratt-Wolff, Inc. - Booth #732 William Bradfield 4650 Westbranch Highway Suite 130 Lewisburg, PA 17837 (570) 523-8913 bbradfield@pwinc.com www.pwinc.com Parratt-Wolff is an experienced environmental and geotechnical drilling company committed to collecting quality information for our clients since 1969. With offices located in East Syracuse, NY, Lewisburg, PA and Hillsborough, NC, ParrattWolff currently services an area which stretches
from Maine to South Carolina and as far west as Michigan. We currently have over 45 employees with over 16 years of experience with ParrattWolff alone. Our fleet consists of over 35 major pieces of field equipment allowing for a variety of drilling and sampling techniques over a wide range of field conditions and limited access issues. Additionally, our management team consists of project managers that are former drillers and/or professional geologists with years of experience in the geotechnical and environment consulting industry. Our growth is the result of consistent management, dedicated field professionals and the repeat business of our many satisfied clients.Our management team and field staff are committed to providing safe and responsive service to our clients. All of our crews are OSHA HAZWOPER and LPS-trained at a minimum. Parratt-Wolff is an approved contractor in national safety screening programs such as ISNetworld, PICS and Browz. PennWell’s Hydro Group - Booth #723 Kayla Maidlow 1421 S Sheridan Rd Tulsa, OK 74112-6619 (918) 831-9743 KaylaM@Pennwell.com PennWell Corporation is the world’s leading provider of hydropower and dam-related information. PennWell publishes HRWHydro Review Worldwide and Hydro Review magazines. They cover all aspects of hydropower -- new development, pumped storage, dam construction, sustainability, marine hydrokinetics, and operations/maintenance. PennWell provides a free weekly electronic newsletter highlighting news from the magazines’ HydroWorld. com website. PennWell owns and organizes HydroVision International, the largest hydro event in the world, and features hydropower in its POWER-GEN events in Russia and Europe.
Phillips & Jordan, Inc. - Booth #608 Gerry Arvidson 10201 Parkside Dr Ste 300 Knoxville, TN 37922-1983 (865) 337-0265 garvidson@pandj.com www.pandj.com Since its inception, Phillips & Jordan (P&J) has completed various water resource projects involving the construction of reservoirs, dams, impoundments, canals, and conveyance structures designed for water storage, flood control, hurricane protection, transportation, power generation, and recreation. In addition to new construction, P&J has rehabilitated aging facilities, completed dam embankment seismic stability projects pursuant to federal dam safety guidelines, and worked under varying contract types including traditional competitive bid, design-build, early contractor involvement (ECI), construction manager at risk (CMAR), and privately developed water projects that have been transferred to public entities through public private partnerships (P3). Plum Laboratories, LLC. - Booth #438 Lee Williams 513 Memorial Blvd # 208 Spingfield, TN 37172 (615) 719-1890 lee@plumcases.com www.plumcases.com Plum Laboratories researches “extensions in speed, reliability, security and distance” in voice and data communications and has developed an emergency communications system containing
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the earth and set the benchmark for long-term performance. To learn more about Propex, visit www.propexglobal.com.
Princeton Hydro LLC / Hydro Dive, LLC - Booth #528 Geoffrey Goll 1108 Old York Rd Unit 1 PO Box 720 Ringoes, NJ 8551 (908) 237-5660 ggoll@princetonhydro.com www.princetonhydro.com / www.hydrodivellc.com
RiverLogic Solutions LLC - Booth #224 Dale Bentz 1650 Old Mountain Rd Wellsville, PA 17365 (717) 503-8821 dbentz@riverlogicsolutions.com www.riverlogicsolutions.com
Princeton Hydro is an engineering and environmental consulting firm, specializing in water resources and geotechnical engineering, and also providing ecological field services including invasive plant species control, algae management, pond/lake aeration services, and water resource restoration construction services.
RIZZO Associates - Booth #709 Ryan Stetz 500 Penn Center Blvd Pittsburgh, PA 15235 (412) 825-2071 ryan.stetz@rizzoassoc.com www.rizzoassoc.com
Propex GeoSolutions - Booth #308 Andy Durham 1110 Market St Ste 300 Chattanooga, TN 37402-2253 (423) 710-5110 andy.durham@propexglobal.com www.propexglobal.com Propex GeoSolutions is a global leader in geosynthetic solutions for earth stabilization, located in the United States. As one of the largest Geosynthetic and Erosion Control manufacturers in the world, the Propex portfolio of solutions helps build and rebuild key infrastructure across the globe. Backed by a legacy of innovation, Propex GeoSolutions transcends traditional methods with engineered solutions that stabilize
RiverLogic Solutions is a Dam Removal Contractor.
RIZZO Associates is an award-winning, highly focused firm specializing in all aspects of the civil engineering and earth sciences fields for the power generation facilities, dams, mining, and tunneling markets. Robertson Geologging USA - Booth #703 David Lacey 1809 N. Helm Ave. Suite 4 Fresno, CA 93727-2725 dlacey@geologgingusa.com www.geologging.com From its beginnings in 1979, Robertson Geologging pioneered the development of slim-hole digital borehole logging systems and techniques. Now, as probably the largest global supplier of slim-hole borehole-logging equipment in the world, RG supplies well-logging instrumentation and contract logging services to
every continent. Industries served include oil and gas, nuclear and civil engineering, geotechnical, water-well management, environmental and mining.Our subsidiary company, Robertson Geologging (USA) Inc., directly supports the North and South American markets while an extensive network of factory-trained local agents and representatives provides support elsewhere. Roctest - Booth #726 Bill Villalpando 680 Birch Ave St. Lambert, QC J4P 2N3 Canada (978) 284-0610 bill.villalpando@roctest.com www.roctest.com Roctest is the leading manufacturer of vibrating wire and fiber optic sensors for geotechnical and structural instrumentation, which include; Piezometers, Jointmeters, Inclinometers, Strain gauges, etc. For applications such as ; Dams, Tunnels, Bridges, and Offshore. Roctest also manufacturers in-situ testing equipment such as pressuremeters, vane shear and dilatometers. Roctest was founded in St. Lambert, Quebec, Canada in 1967 and has manufacturing facilities in North America, and Europe. We are currently represented in over 100 countries world wide.
Schnabel Engineering - Booth #307 Gregory Paxson, P.E. 1380 Wilmington Pike Ste 100 West Chester, PA 19382-8264 (610) 696-6066 gpaxson@schnabel-eng.com www.schnabel-eng.com A nationally recognized firm with a tradition dating back 60 years, Schnabel Engineering is a leading provider of dam, geotechnical and tunnel engineering services. Dam engineering experience includes inspections, evaluation, design, and construction services for nearly 1,000 dams in the past 20 years. Specialized experience includes geotechnical explorations and analyses, hydrology and hydraulics, structural engineering, dam rehabilitation, and design of new dams. Schnabel also provides comprehensive services for levee evaluation and design. With 30% of Schnabel’s work related to dams, a staff of nearly 100 professionals is dedicated full time to dam engineering.
Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. - Booth #214 Katie DuBois 1409 N Forbes Rd Lexington, KY 40511-2024 (615) 829-5474 katie.dubois@stantec.com www.stantec.com The Stantec community unites approximately 22,000 employees working in over 400 locations across six continents. Our work—engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape
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architecture, surveying, environmental sciences, project management, and project economics, from initial project concept and planning through design, construction, and commissioning—begins at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. With a long-term commitment to the people and places we serve, Stantec has the unique ability to connect to projects on a personal level and advance the quality of life in communities across the globe. Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the symbol STN. Terra Sonic International - Booth #324 Mike Scaringella 2401 Clark St Unit 2 Apopka, FL 32703-2101 (352) 801-9016 mjs@terrasonicinternational.com www.terrasonicinternational.com Terra Sonic International is the only company 100% dedicated to Sonic Drilling. Our Sonic Drill Rigs are made by drillers, for drillers, and can drill to depths of up to 1,000 feet depending on casing design and lithology. All units are designed with our proprietary TSi 150 Series Sonic Oscillator. Learn more at www. terrasonicinternational.com. Tetra Tech - Booth #531 Pete Nix 6530 West Campus Oval, Suite 130 New Albany, OH 43054 (614) 289-0117 pete.nix@tetratech.com www.tetratech.com Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting, engineering, and technical services worldwide. We are a diverse company, including individuals with expertise in science, research, engineering, construction, and information technology. Our strength is in collectively providing integrated
services—delivering the best solutions to meet our clients’ needs. In a complex world with competing demands for limited resources, Tetra Tech offers clear solutions made possible with sound science, understanding, innovation, and industry-leading approaches. Tighe & Bond, Inc. - Booth #225 Jessica Frey 53 Southampton Road Westfield, MA 1085 (413) 562-1600 jafrey@tighebond.com www.tighebond.com Tighe & Bond provides cost-effective solutions for challenging dam engineering projects throughout the Northeast. The company is a multi-disciplinary engineering firm that efficiently meets each client’s project needs, drawing from our diverse organization of experienced engineers and environmental scientists. We have complete in-house capabilities to address civil, structural, geotechnical, mechanical, electrical engineering needs, as well as complex regulatory permitting issues related to dams. Tighe & Bond provides engineering and environmental services for clients in government, industry, healthcare, education, real estate, energy, and water/ wastewater markets. Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc. - Booth #717 Alan Jones 7400 National Drive Livermore, CA 94550 (604) 833-6877 ajones@topcon.com www.topconpositioning.com/monitoring Topcon Positioning Group designs, manufactures and distributes precise positioning products and solutions for the global surveying, construction, agriculture, civil engineering, BIM, mapping,
asset management and mobile control markets. Its mission is to provide superior end-to-end business solutions for the surveying, agriculture, construction and mining industries by integrating high-precision measurement technology, software and data. Solutions such as the MS series of robotic total stations are designed for precision-intensive tasks, such as monitoring, bridge construction, and other highly detailed engineering projects. The new MS AXII models are vastly superior to conventional systems that simply lock on to the nearest targets. The autocollimation system allows the instruments to lock on to targets that are closest to the center view of the telescope, providing long-rage precision and accuracy even in low-light conditions. topconpositioning.com TREVIICOS Corporation - Booth #504 Jaime Kelley 38 3rd Ave Fl 3 Boston National Historic Park Charlestown, MA 02129-4502 (617) 788-9865 jkelley@treviicos.com www.treviicos.com TREVIICOS, the North American subsidiary of TREVI, was established in 1997 when the Group’s Underground Engineering and Tunneling Division acquired ICOS Boston, a company with a 40 year history of success and innovation in the United States. As a full service ground engineering company, TREVIICOS provides advanced applications, a broad range of techniques and the highest levels of expertise to our projects. Whether the job includes dam rehabilitation, deep mixing, jet grouting, foundation work or soil improvement, we guarantee safety, quality and on-time project delivery.
US Army Corps of Engineers - Booth #325 Rebecca Ragon ATTN: CEAGC-GSC 7701 Telegraph Road Alexandria, VA 22315-3864 (703) 428-6820 rebecca.ragon@usace.army.mil www.usace.army.mil The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Dam Safety Program’s objective is to minimize risk to the public by making sure the dams it owns and operates are as safe as possible and relies on continuous and periodic inspections and assessments to make risk-informed management decisions. USACE also maintains the National Inventory of Dams (NID), which includes information on approximately 87,000 dams built by federal, state, local and private agencies. The NID website is http://nid.usace.army.mil. Non-government users no longer need a user name and password to access the NID database. Government users, however, must still obtain a user name and password should they need access beyond the public site to accomplish their official duties. Levees provide tremendous benefits to communities. For example levee systems in 2011 contributed to more than $120 billion of damages prevented. But with those benefits come risks. The USACE Levee Safety Program works to better understand, manage, and reduce the flood risks associated with levees. USACE maintains a national inventory of levee systems and make the information available in the National Levee Database (NLD). The NLD web site is http://nld.usace.army.mil. USACE inspects and assesses about 2,500 levee systems nationwide, and uses the data to prioritize action. USACE communicates risk-related issues and concerns, holding life safety as paramount, and supports USACE and local decisions aimed at reducing risk. Recognizing that managing risk is a shared 79
responsibility, USACE works closely with federal, state, local and international partners to share information and develop solutions. USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Agricultural Research Service (ARS) - Booth #323 Steve Durgin 1400 Independence Ave. Room 6131-S Washington, DC 20250 (202) 720-5858 steve.durgin@wdc.usda.gov www.nrcs.usda.gov United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) mission areas include farm agricultural services, natural resources and environment, research, and rural development. These missions lead USDA to be a major planner, designer, financier, constructor, owner, or regulator of more than one-third of the 87,359 dams included in the National Inventory of Dams (NID). These dams provide livestock water, municipal water and wastewater, industrial water, flood protection, irrigation, fish and wildlife habitat, recreation, sediment detention, and manure storage and treatment. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/ designs, finances, and constructs dams under its technical and financial assistance programs for individuals, groups, organizations, and governmental units for water storage, sediment detention, and flood protection. NRCS has provided technical assistance for over 29,000 NID-size dams and has provided financial assistance for approximately 12,000 of these dams. NRCS maintains a staff of engineers skilled in all aspects of planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of dams. The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) http://www.ars.usda.gov/pa/heru conducts
internationally recognized research in hydrologic, hydraulic, erosion, and sedimentation processes applicable to dams. As the research arm of USDA, ARS provides the research support required for the development of criteria for design and analysis of NRCS structures. This interagency partnership provides the technology needed to rehabilitate watershed flood control dams as they approach the end of their planned service life. USEngineering Solutions Corp. - Booth #331 Joseph Scannell 3 Lewis St Hartford, CT 06103-2506 (860) 524-9110 ext 100 jscannell@usengineeringsolutions.com www.usengineeringsolutions.com USEngineering Solutions (“USES”) is a softwareas-a-service provider (“SaaS”) of solutions that enable transportation officials and emergency managers to monitor, in real-time, their bridge, dam, levee, and other hydrologic infrastructure. USES’ patented technology BridgeWatch® and DamWatch® currently enable bridge safety officials in Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Pennsylvania and Tennessee as well as state dam safety officials in Connecticut, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Virginia, and USDA officials nationally to proactively monitor over 26,600 bridges and dams, in real-time, to help protect the public. With offices in Hartford, Connecticut; Columbus, Ohio; and Baltimore, Maryland, USES has positioned itself as the leader of a cost-effective real-time solution to the complex and costly challenge of critical infrastructure management. Vertical Access LLC - Booth #509 Kent Diebolt PO Box 4135 Ithaca, NY 14852-4135 (212) 647-1455 kent@vertical-access.com www.vertical-access.com
Vertical Access LLC is a specialized inspection firm offering a suite of nondestructive testing and inspection services performed using industrial rope access techniques. Recognized leaders in the United States, Vertical Access is contracted by engineers and architects nationwide for handson investigations, installation of monitoring instrumentation and conditions documentation where gaining access is a challenge. Experienced on dams, bridges, infrastructure, buildings, monuments, towers. Accurate data collection in the field is achieved using software developed for AutoCad called TPAS® (Tablet PC Annotation System) which allows technicians to input graphical and numerical conditions data and photos directly into CAD drawings while working at-height. Watershed Geosynthetics, LLC - Booth #614 Brad Cooley 11400 Atlantis Place, Ste 200 Alpharetta, GA 30022-1156 (423) 605-7477 bcooley@watershedgeo.com www.watershedgeo.com Watershed Geo provides solutions for ongoing problematic environmental issues. We continually challenge traditional solutions with systems that are sustainable, low-cost and engineered for extreme performance. HydroTurf®, our advanced revetment technology is an economical, environmentally-friendly hardened erosion armoring system specifically designed to reduce construction and longterm maintenance costs in applications such as dam overtoppings, channel and streambank stabilization, levees, outfall structures and shoreline/bank protection. It combines engineered synthetic turf with a high friction geomembrane that are locked into place with a specially designed HydroBinder® highstrength infill. HydroTurf offers the best of both worlds—the environmental and aesthetic benefits of vegetation as well as the performance
and maintenance benefits of hard armor. By offering superior erosion control, pointedly less turbidity, and significantly less maintenance, HydroTurf eliminates the headaches of traditional vegetative erosion control systems. HydroTurf is also a more sustainable solution than other hard armor revetment systems since it has a lower carbon footprint. For more information, contact Watershed Geo at 770-777-0386 or visit www. watershedgeo.com. Westbay Instruments - Booth #724 Teang Tang 134-8610 Glenlyon Parkway Burnaby, BC V5J 0B6 Canada (604) 430-4272 ttang@westbay.com www.westbay.com Westbay Instruments provides versatile, costeffective, subsurface characterization technology that allows testing of hydraulic conductivity, long-term monitoring of fluid pressure, and collection of fluid samples from multiple zones within a single borehole. Westbay Instruments’ groundwater instrumentation system is the world leader in three-dimensional groundwater monitoring and characterization. For over 35 years, our clients have utilized the Westbay System’s multilevel platform to provide detailed data and appropriate solutions for a wide variety of subsurface challenges. The Westbay System provides the versatility, reliability, and defensibility required to minimize data gaps, reduce uncertainty and risk, and thus improve project outcomes. You can rely on our experience to knowledgeably apply the Westbay advantage to engineering or geoscience projects.
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Whelen Engineering Company, Inc. - Booth #425 Tom Ellison 51 Winthrop Rd Chester, CT 6412 (860) 526-9504 tomellison@whelen.com www.whelen.com Whelen designs and manufactures electronic Mass Notification Voice and Tone Products, from 107dBC to 130dBC, for downstream warning applications. Whelen is the industry leader, providing innovative products for ALERTING, INFORMING and DIRECTING those in harm’s way, BEFORE and AFTER an emergency situation occurs. Flash floods, severe weather, hurricanes or any other man-made or natural emergency requires warning to the public. As the world’s largest manufacturer of electronic High-Power Voice and Siren Systems, Whelen offers a wide range of dependable products to meet all of your needs. Whelen does not compromise on quality and never will. Worldwide, business and community leaders turn to Whelen Engineering Company, Inc. for the very best in warning systems. Willowstick Technologies - Booth #407 Shirley Chandler 11814 Election Rd Ste 100 Draper, UT 84020-6866 (801) 984-9850 schandler@willowstick.com www.willowstick.com Willowstick is a technology company that maps, models and predicts groundwater paths and patterns. We provide quick and nonintrusive technologies that identify the exact location and depth of any leaks through, under or around dams. In almost 15 years, the Willowstick method has been successful in over 250 projects around the world. Willowstick enjoys a high rate of returning customers, many of which are
recognized as leaders within their respective industries. You can learn more about our groundbreaking technology at www.willowstick. com.
Worthington Products Inc. - Booth #202 Jeff Sanger 3405 Kuemerle Ct NE Canton, OH 44705-5074 (330) 452-7400 jsanger@tuffboom.com www.tuffboom.com Worthington Products, Inc. is recognized in over 57 Countries as the premier suppliers of Waterway Safety Barriers, Security Barriers, Fish Guidance Systems, Walking Platforms, and Log & Debris Booms. Worthington will design to site specific requirements from anchor point to anchor point or work with you individually in the design of the system. If you have a need for these items, consider Worthington Products as your one stop shop for all of your barrier solutions. 15 Years, 57 Countries, ONE COMPANY Worthington Products.
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Awards & Recognitions ASDSO annually honors those individuals and organizations making exemplary contributions to the improvement of dam safety in the U.S. Please join ASDSO and your colleagues for the ASDSO Awards Luncheon on Monday, September 12 in the Terrace Ballroom to congratulate the following recipients on their noteworthy accomplishments. More information about each winner will be available at DamSafety.org. HONORARY MEMBERS: The Board of Directors honors individuals who have contributed to the improvement of ASDSO and the advancement of dam safety over a lifetime of work. Class of 2016: • Dave Campbell, P.E, Schnabel Engineering • Lyle Bentley, P.E., Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation • Ron Corso, Retired • Brian Long, Retired • Steve McEvoy, P.E., Retired MEMORIAL UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT Caliana McMurtrey, Brigham Young University STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION WINNERS Estimating Ground Motions for Levees Founded Upon Soft Soils Yi Tyan Tsai, University of California Los Angeles Co-authors: Scott J. Brandenberg, Ph.D., P.E., and Jonathan P. Stewart, Ph.D., P.E., University of California Los Angeles South Carolina Flooding and Dam Failures Emily Reed, Tennessee Tech University Co-authors: Kalie Poston, and Lucas Munasque, Alfred Kalyanapu, Ph.D., and Daniel VandenBerge, Ph.D., P.E., Tennessee Tech University REGIONAL AWARDS OF MERIT: Awarded to individuals, companies, municipalities, or other entities that have made outstanding contributions to dam safety on a regional level. Northeast Regional Awards: Suez Water New Jersey In the Spring of 2016, Suez Water New Jersey (Suez) completed a 2 year, $26 million upgrade of Woodcliff Lake Dam (High Hazard, 35’ height, 2,673 ac-ft storage) in Bergen County, New Jersey. The project was designed to safely pass the Probable Maximum Flood and included construction of an 1,100-foot-long concrete auxiliary spillway over the earthen embankment, stainless steel pipe liner for the low level outlet, installation of an upstream valve on the low level outlet, raising a dike to prevent overtopping and various ancillary repairs/upgrades to the existing bascule gate spillway. Additionally, the work included two voluntary projects to benefit the communityconstruction of a public fishing pier and a boat ramp for rescue operations.
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Springfield Water and Sewer Commission SWSC owns and operates ten regional dams including six high hazard, three significant hazard, and one low hazard dam. SWSC has developed and implemented a dam operation and maintenance program which meets and exceeds regulatory requirements. To facilitate this program, SWSC has established capital and O&M budgets and prepared an on‐going 10‐year capital plan to support their dam safety program. Significant hazard dams are always inspected simultaneously with high hazard dams resulting in submission of inspection reports to the Massachusetts Office of Dam Safety earlier than required by regulations. Also as part of its dam safety program security was increased at its dams and other related critical drinking water sources and facilities. Over the past 10 years, capital improvements have been implemented to correct deficiencies and increase reliability, security, and safety; and to meet or exceed state dam safety regulations. Southeast Regional Award: Lyle Bentley, P.E., Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation Mr. Bentley has been in Tennessee’s Dam Safety Program for 30 years and has been the ASDSO state representative for the past 25 years. Through Mr. Bentley’s oversight, the program has worked to ensure that all high hazard dams are inspected annually. Tennessee, like most other states, has experienced significant budget issues over the past several years. Mr. Bentley has utilized the funds from the National Dam Safety Grant to ensure the high hazard dams continued to be inspected as scheduled despite state budget shortfalls. Mr. Bentley played a vital role in the committee formed by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation following the Kingston Coal Ash failure. This failure was the catalyst for evaluations and regulations of the coal ash ponds nationwide. The committee reviewed design documents, calculations, etc. about the failure and also looked at the remaining coal ash operations. Since 2008, Lyle has served on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Dam Safety, a quarterly publication of ASDSO, which provides the dam safety community with high quality technical and informational content to advance the industry and improve dam safety. Mr. Bentley has also assisted with the planning of several Southeast Regional conferences. He is currently on the planning committee for the 2017 Southeast Regional conference and will also serve as the conference host. Midwest Regional Award: Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Engineering One of the many missions and responsibilities of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) is ensuring that the state’s more than 1,500 regulated dams are maintained properly to prevent them from posing a hazard to public safety and economic infrastructure. During the past three years, ODNR’s dam safety initiative has made dam safety a top priority of the state. This initiative has dedicated more than $230 million in capital funding over the past two biannual budget cycles for
design and construction of improvements for state‐owned dams. This increased funding has resulted in 12 dam rehabilitation projects in the past three years focused on addressing the highest‐risk dams owned by the state, with a combined total project value of nearly $135 million. In addition to the dam rehabilitation projects already discussed, there are an additional five dams that are in various stages of design, with an estimated total project value of nearly $160 million dollars. West Regional Awards John P. Clark, P.E., Colorado Parks and Wildlife Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is an agency of the State of Colorado within the Department of Natural Resources. As an agency dedicated to preservation of wildlife and open spaces, it is the largest single dam owner in the state, owning and operating over 100 dams. The agency’s portfolio of dams includes 18 high, 16 significant and 48 low hazard dams. The average age of the high and significant hazard dams is 68 years, including 6 dams over 100 years old. One “Dam Operations Engineer” is responsible for oversight of the entire CPW portfolio of dams. Since starting with the program in the fall of 2011, John Clark has tirelessly pursued advances in the program from multiple fronts. Between 2013 and 2015 John oversaw a Screening Level Risk Assessment (SLRA) of the CPW portfolio of high and significant hazard dams. This process identified the risk of these structures to CPW operations and to the safety of the citizens living below them. The SLRA process was used to prioritize activities to reduce the risks at the top 11 dams (John’s “Evil 11” list) across the state. The projects identified on this list alone carry an estimated $44 million dollar price tag. Armed with the SLRA information, John has been able to demonstrate the dam safety needs to CPW leadership, and to get their commitment for providing regular funding to work systematically toward reducing those identified risks. Developing this level of understanding of dam safety risks and responsibilities and then obtaining commitment from CPW leadership toward addressing them is a hugely significant step. Michele Lemieux, P.E., Montana Department of Natural Resources & Conservation Michele Lemieux is the Dam Safety Program Manager for the Water Operation Bureau in the Water Resources Division of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. She has B.S. in Geological Engineering and a M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Utah of Salt Lake City, Utah. She worked a short time for the State of Utah before starting work for the State of Montana in August 1994. As the manager of Montana’s dam safety regulatory program, Michele manages a staff of two and interacts with seven Region Office Engineer Specialists on dam safety program matters. Michele’s role is to perform the State’s duties and requirements of the 1985 Montana Dam Safety Act that includes permitting approximately 100 high hazard dams and other dam safety duties. As a member of ASDSO and the dam safety community, Michele has contributed significantly to dam safety in Montana and beyond. She is well known and respected by her peers in the dam safety community at a regional and national level.
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Michele is serving on at least three ASDSO committees. Before her second term as a Western Region Representative to the Board of Directors of ASDSO ended, Michele selflessly resigned from the Board to continue service as a state representative on the National Dam Safety Review Board hosted by FEMA. Michele made this decision because she was near the end of her service as an ASDSO board member due to term limits, and the position allows Michele to extend her regional advocacy for the safety of dams to a national level. NATIONAL REHABILITATION PROJECT OF THE YEAR: This award recognizes developer of a unique remedial design that advances the state-of-the-art in the field of dam safety and exemplifies the high professional engineering standards that dam safety requires. Beaver Park Dam Rehabilitation, South Fork, Colorado The 2016 Project of the Year Award is presented to Colorado Parks and Wildlife for the Rehabilitation of Beaver Park Dam, in South Fork, CO. Additional recognition goes to Aslan Construction , AECOM, ASI Constructors, the Colorado State Engineers Office Dam Safety Program, and the Colorado Water Conservation Board. Beaver Park Dam has endured a long history of dam safety related events over the past 100 years. These events have resulted in a series of prior modifications including construction of a crib wall on the left abutment, a drainage tunnel into the left abutment, and a wide blanket of fill on the upstream left abutment slope—all attempting to control historic seepage through glacial outwash/moraine deposits that constitute most of the abutment, and the associated slope instability in the downstream face of the abutment. A feature interpreted as possibly an internal erosion�derived sinkhole was observed in the spring of 2010 in the upper slope of the left abutment in the general vicinity of historic seepage and slope stability concerns. This observation was the triggering event for the most recent dam safety work. An aggressive overall project schedule was required to meet funding and operational requirements. The risks inherent in undertaking construction activities for a dam rehabilitation project were compounded by a short construction season, challenging terrain, and more than a half dozen modifications to the dam over the past 100 years. CPW initiated the most recent dam safety project by performing a quantitative risk analysis, followed by an alternatives study to characterize key dam safety issues and plan appropriate remedial measures. Construction of a filter and drain system was the key feature to addressing the dam safety concerns associated with seepage and piping through the left abutment. Additional modifications were completed to improve the reliability of the outlet works and the overall condition of the spillway. The project also increased the reservoir storage to further benefit CPW and the local community.
The project design and construction were separated into two phases to address concerns with the overall project schedule and limited staging areas, site access, and short construction seasons. A formal partnering approach to Phase II construction was implemented by CPW to provide a basis for dealing with unknown conditions that occurred during construction. The quantitative risk assessment provided the following unique benefits when compared to a design approach that did not evaluate risks in making decisions: 1) Provided a means to establish a safe reservoir operating level until design and construction of the modifications could be completed. 2) Provided a basis for prioritizing project components for construction within the budget available. CPW worked with other water users and dam owners in the San Louis Valley to establish a cooperative agreement to provide a basin‐wide approach to effectively manage water use during construction to the benefit of the greater community. NATIONAL AWARD OF MERIT: Chosen by the ASDSO Board of Directors, this award honors an individual or organization contributing to dam safety on a national level. Ronald A. Corso For over 55 years Ronald A. Corso has served the dam safety community and the people of the United States who live down stream and upstream of the nation’s dams. Ron Corso provided expert advice to dam owners, dam regulators, and the general public in the design, construction, operation, improvement, and rehabilitation of the nation’s water resource projects. From 1958 to 1995 Ron worked for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and its predecessor, the Federal Power Commission (Commission), and was involved in every facet of the FERC’s hydropower programs. Ron authored the foundation of what is today considered among the world’s finest dam safety programs. Ron was the principle contributor to the development of the current FERC regulations and policies regarding licensing. Ron played a major role in the development of the FERC compliance program and was the principle architect of the FERC’s regulations and policies regarding its dam safety and public safety programs. This included initiating the development of the FERC Engineering Guidelines for hydroelectric projects which continue to evolve to satisfy today’s needs in the Commission’s Dam Safety Program and are used in dam safety programs of many countries. Upon Ron’s retirement in 1995 from FERC, Ron was a Senior Client Manager with Mead & Hunt assisting owners and finding solutions to dam safety problems from the private sector viewpoint. Ron received his BS Degree in 1958 in Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. In 1958 he started as a Civil Engineer in the Project Analysis Branch of the Commission responsible for reviewing the design of hydropower projects, including design of dams, hydraulics, hydrology, river basin development, power marketing, economic and financial feasibility, and power system operation as related to over 100 hydropower projects. In 1975 he was appointed Head, Section of Applications at the Commission responsible for processing applications for license, preliminary permits, and amendments of license. From there Ron quickly rose to becoming the Deputy Director, Division of Licensed Projects, predecessor to the
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Division of Hydropower Licensing. In 1980 Ron was appointed Director, Division of Hydropower Licensing in charge of all of the FERC’s hydropower programs, including licensing, compliance, and dam safety. In 1983 Ron was appointed the Director, Division of Dam Safety and Inspections, FERC and was responsible for the FERC’s dam safety and public safety programs and ensuring compliance with licenses and exemptions issued by the FERC. In 1995 Ron retired from FERC and became a consultant with Mead and Hunt. From 1995 until 2014 Ron was employed by Mead & Hunt as a Senior Client/Project Manager responsible for assisting owners of dams, hydroelectric facilities, and other water resource projects in evaluating, upgrading, or building new facilities and in resolving licensing-related engineering, environmental, and agency consultation issues, providing advice and assistance on FERC licensing, relicensing, exemptions, amendments of licenses, and dam safety and public safety matters. Ron has provided expert testimony both at Commissions hearings and in court cases during his 55 year career. In 2014 Ron retired for a second time and resides in Vienna, Virginia with his wife Paula. Living nearby are his two son’s Ron and Dan. During Ron’s career he received numerous awards and authored and presented many papers on hydropower development. Ron continues to contribute to the industry in his monthly newsletter Some Dam - Hydro News and offer expert advice on Wine and quotes of the month. Throughout his career Ron has been a mentor to many engineers, advocate for dam safety and strong supporter and contributor to the hydropower industry and deserves to be recognized by ASDSO for his lifetime contributions to both dam safety and the hydropower industry. Bruce A. Tschantz, P.E. Dr. Bruce A. Tschantz is a consulting engineer in Knoxville, TN, and a Distinguished Professor Emeritus from the University of Tennessee, where he taught water resources engineering for 37 years. He established FEMA’s Office of Federal Dam Safety, serving as the first Chief of Federal Dam Safety in 1980. From 1977 to 1979, he served as a dam safety consultant to the Executive Office of the President during the Carter Administration, developing and coordinating policies and programs for federal and non-federal dam safety, including the 1979 Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety. He has made invaluable contributions to ASDSO, including conference presentations, teaching seminars and webinars, authoring papers, serving on ASDSO’s Public Safety Around Dams Committee, the Annual Conference Program Committee, and the Committee on Education Outreach, which he chaired from 2004 to 2010. He is an Honorary Member in ASDSO, an ASCE Fellow, and is a registered engineer in Tennessee, Ohio, Virginia, and Alabama.
THE TERRY HAMPTON MEDAL: The Terry L. Hampton Medal was established in 2007 by ASDSO’s Advisory Committee (AdCom) to recognize Terry L. Hampton’s lifetime achievements in the field of hydrology and hydraulics, and his contribution to the AdCom. Blake Tullis, Ph.D., Utah State University Dr. Blake Tullis is a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Utah State University, specializing in applied hydraulic structure research at the Utah Water Research Laboratory. Over the past 19 years, he has taught and mentored undergraduate and graduate engineering students in the areas of fluid mechanics, hydraulic structure design, and pipeline design. With the help of over 35 graduate students, Dr. Tullis has focused on applied hydraulic structure research, in the areas of: Labyrinth and piano key weir spillway hydraulics, Submerged weir hydraulics, Weir nappe vibration, and Bottom outlet air vent sizing for small-to-medium sized embankment dams. Many of his former students currently work in dam engineering. He has been active in ASDSO since 1998. Over the past 20 years, Blake Tullis has performed 16 spillway physical model studies in support of new dam construction and dam rehabilitation projects in the US and internationally. Dr. Tullis received his Phd from the University of Michigan in 1996. JOSEPH ELLAM PRESIDENT’S AWARD: This award is given annually by the president and is named in honor of ASDSO’s first president, Joe Ellam of Pennsylvania. Recipient(s) TBA RECOGNITION OF OUTGOING PRESIDENT Jim Pawloski, P.E, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Jim Pawloski has been a dam safety engineer with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality since 1989. Jim spent five years with STS Consultants (now AECOM) prior to joining the State of Michigan. With STS he worked on a wide variety of water resources projects including hydropower, coastal engineering, dams, and flood insurance studies. The highlight of that experience was preparation of a feasibility study for hydropower development at two sites in the People’s Republic of the Congo, Africa. Jim has been a frequent speaker at ASDSO functions, including regional technical seminars and public owner workshops. He has served on the ASDSO board of directors since September 2011. He also serves as the chairman of the ASDSO Awards Committee, and as a member of ASDSO’s Dam Failure Investigations and Dam Rehabilitation Finance committees. He has also served on the board of directors for the Boardman River Dams Committee, which is directing the largest dam removal project in Michigan. Jim received his BS degree in Civil Engineering from Michigan State University (MSU) in 1983 and his MS in Civil Engineering in 1985, also from MSU. Jim has two children; a daughter, Malina and a son, Benjamin. In his spare time, Jim enjoys hunting, canoeing, and operating a small portable sawmill business.
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