Full Schedule

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM MT

Dam Safety Toolbox Committee Meeting

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 603

7:00 AM – 3:30 PM MT

Speaker Preview Room Open

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 404

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM MT

Continental Breakfast

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Ballroom Pre-function Area

7:30 AM – 3:30 PM MT

Registration Open

Location: Colorado Convention Center, E Concourse

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM MT

The Rest of the Best

Moderator: – Hazen and Sawyer

8:30 AM – 8:45 AM MT

CS31A - Concurrent Session 31A: Probabilistic Post-Liquefaction Slope Stability Analysis for Risk Assessment of Trout Lake Dam

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 401-403

Presenter: – W. W. Wheeler & Associates, Inc.

General Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies

8:45 AM – 9:00 AM MT

CS31B - Concurrent Session 31B: Hydroelectric CFD Surprise

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 401-403

Presenter: – Barr Engineering Co.

Public Safety at DamsHydroelectricGeneral Case Studies

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM MT

CS31C - Concurrent Session 31C: Constructed Dam Safety Modification for Risk Reduction at the Isabella Dam Safety Modification Project

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 401-403

Presenter: – US Army Corps of Engineers

Co-Presenter: – US Army Corps of Engineers

Public Safety at DamsGeneral Case Studies

9:30 AM – 9:45 AM MT

CS31D - Concurrent Session 31D: How User-Defined Computation Settings and Software Packages Effect Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) Results

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 401-403

Presenter: – Jones and DeMille Engineering

New and Emerging Technologies

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM MT

CS31E - Concurrent Session 31E: Tracking Dam Problems

Presenter: – North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality

Emergency Action PlansDam Failures and IncidentsSecurity Programs and Protective MeasuresIncident Management; Exercises; and TrainingGeneral Case Studies

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM MT

National Levee Safety Program

Moderator: – CDM Smith

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM MT

CS32A - Concurrent Session 32A: National Levee Safety Program – Building for the Future for Dams and Levees

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 405-407

Presenter: – US Army Corps of Engineers

Co-Presenter:

General Dam Safety or Levee Policy

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM MT

Inspections, Investigations, and Construction

Moderator: – W. W. Wheeler & Associates, Inc.

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM MT

CS33A - Concurrent Session 33A: A Reservoir of Data – Comprehensive geophysical and geological site characterization for efficiency and cost savings across the project lifespan

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 505-507

Presenter: – Tetra Tech

General Case Studies

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM MT

CS33C - Concurrent Session 33C: The Site-Specific Intervention Plan – an Indispensable Risk Reduction Tool for Dam Foundation Investigations in Challenging Conditions

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 505-507

Presenter: – Hydro-Québec

Emergency Action PlansSecurity Programs and Protective MeasuresIncident Management; Exercises; and TrainingInspection of DamsHydroelectricGeneral Case Studies

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM MT

New Life for Old Dams

Moderator: – Ramboll

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM MT

CS34A - Concurrent Session 34A: Sevier Bridge Dam Rehabilitation Phase II

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 503-504

Presenter: – Gerhart Cole, Inc.

General Case Studies

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM MT

CS34B - Concurrent Session 34B: Beyond O&M - Addressing Significant Repair Needs; The Oklahoma CMP Pilot

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 503-504

Presenter: – Freese and Nichols, Inc.

Co-Presenter: – USDA - NRCS

Dam Failures and IncidentsInspection of DamsGeneral Case Studies

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM MT

CS34C - Concurrent Session 34C: Millsite Dam Rehabilitation (near Ferron, Utah) - Interesting Features, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 503-504

Presenter: – Utah Dam Safety

Public Safety at DamsGeneral Case StudiesFunding

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM MT

Hydraulic Modeling

Moderator: – Schnabel Engineering

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM MT

CS35A - Concurrent Session 35A: Physical Modeling and CFD Modeling of the South Fork Tolt Spillway

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 501-502

Presenter: – Kleinschmidt

Co-Presenter: – RIE Consultants

Co-Presenter: – USDA - ARS

Co-Presenter: – Seattle Public Utilities

Inspection of DamsPublic Safety at DamsHydroelectricGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM MT

CS35B - Concurrent Session 35B: Modeling Synergy: Pairing CFD and Physical Modeling to Meet Your Design Challenges

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 501-502

Presenter: – USDA - ARS

Co-Presenter: – Freese and Nichols, Inc.

Public Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM MT

CS35C - Concurrent Session 35C: Physical Modeling and CFD for Design Purposes in the Era of Affordable CFD and 3D Printing

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 501-502

Presenter: – Barr Engineering Co.

General Case Studies

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM MT

Break

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Dam Failures and Incidents Committee

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 607

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

DEI Task Force Open House

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 601

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Peer Review Committee Meeting

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 603

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Topic Tables

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Topic Tables: Assessment of aging dams

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Topic Tables: Challenges of Facilitating SQRA (semi qualitative risk assessment)

Facilitator: – AECOM

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Topic Tables: Challenges with developing, sustaining, and improving a state dam safety program

Facilitator: – Jacobs

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Topic Tables: Climate Change: Evaluation and Planning

Facilitator: – Fuss & O'Neill

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Topic Tables: Dam Economics - Considerations for rehab vs removal

Facilitator: – Gannett Fleming

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Topic Tables: Dam Incident Exercise Best Practices

Facilitator: – E-PAGA

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Topic Tables: Dam Owner Challenges

Facilitator: – Freese and Nichols, Inc.

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Topic Tables: Dam Safety Enforcement

Facilitator: – OH Department of Natural Resources

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Topic Tables: Decision Making: The DM of RIDM.

Facilitator: – HDR

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Topic Tables: Emergency Preparedness and Resiliency

Facilitator: – Resilience Solutions Consulting

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Topic Tables: Establishing Control of Water Design Criteria - Managing Risk During Construction

Facilitator: – GEI Consultants, Inc.

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Topic Tables: Government Relations

Facilitator: – Association of State Dam Safety Officials

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Topic Tables: Hazard creep

Facilitator:

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Topic Tables: Hydraulic Modeling 1D and Beyond

Facilitator: – Hazen and Sawyer

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Topic Tables: Instrumentation and Performance Monitoring

Facilitator: – AECOM

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Topic Tables: Lessons of initial FERC Comprehensive Assessments (CA)

Facilitator: – Schnabel Engineering

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Topic Tables: Levee Design and Levee O&M: Planning Ahead for Success

Facilitator: – HDR

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Topic Tables: Mentorship and Career Development

Facilitator: – HDR

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Topic Tables: Recruiting Challenges - how to survive while you struggle to hire and fill seats

Facilitator: – Gannett Fleming

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Topic Tables: Risk informed Design

Facilitator: – AECOM

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Topic Tables: Spillway Condition Assessment and Interim Risk Reduction

Facilitator: – Gannett Fleming

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Topic Tables: Static Liquefaction Risk and Impacts on Water Dams

Facilitator: – W. W. Wheeler & Associates, Inc.

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Topic Tables: Student Outreach Program

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Topic Tables: Tips on Transitioning to Retirement from Your Dam Safety Career

Facilitator: – W. W. Wheeler & Associates, Inc.

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Topic Tables: Trunnion Rod failures

Facilitator:

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM MT

Networking Lunch

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Four Seasons Ballroom

1:00 PM – 1:30 PM MT

Conference Door Prize Drawings

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MT

Cool Stories from the Past

Moderator: – Hazen and Sawyer

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM MT

CS36A - Concurrent Session 36A: Hidden Treasures – the Story of Lytle Lake Dam

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 401-403

Presenter: – HDR

Co-Presenter: – HDR

Dam Failures and IncidentsGeneral Risk PoliciesGeneral Case Studies

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM MT

CS36B - Concurrent Session 36B: Modern Dam Safety Analysis and Risk Assessment of the 1909 Failure of Middle Dam near Telluride, Colorado

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 401-403

Presenter: – CO Division of Water Resources

Dam Failures and IncidentsGeneral Risk Policies

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM MT

CS36C - Concurrent Session 36C: Utah's Quail Creek Dike Failure - 1988, the Rest of the Story

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 401-403

Presenter: – State of Utah (ret.)

Dam Failures and Incidents

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MT

Project Delivery Methods

Moderator: – Terracon Consultants Inc.

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM MT

CS37A - Concurrent Session 37A: The early bird gets the worm…usually. Dos and don’ts of Early Contractor Involvement (ECI).

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 405-407

Presenter: – HDR

General Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk PoliciesGeneral Case Studies

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM MT

CS37B - Concurrent Session 37B: Rehabilitation of Woodward Pond Dam - Upgrading a 112 Year Old Dam to Modern Standards While Maintaining Historic Aesthetics

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 405-407

Presenter: – Gannett Fleming

General Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM MT

CS37C - Concurrent Session 37C: An Owner's Perspective of Building a Large New Dam - Construction of Chimney Hollow Reservoir

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 405-407

Presenter: – Northern Water

Co-Presenter: – Northern Water

Environmental IssuesSecurity Programs and Protective MeasuresPublic Safety at DamsRegulatory Program IssuesGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk PoliciesGeneral Case StudiesFundingNew and Emerging Technologies

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MT

Extreme Rainfall and Floods

Moderator: – Stantec

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM MT

CS38A - Concurrent Session 38A: Analysis of a Potentially Record-Breaking Storm in West Virginia\

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 505-507

Presenter: – Applied Weather Associates

Dam Failures and IncidentsGeneral Case Studies

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM MT

CS38B - Concurrent Session 38B: Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP): From Storm Based Estimates to Numerical Weather Modeling and Probabilistic Estimates

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 505-507

Presenter: – Atmospheric Science Consultants, LLC

Co-Presenter: – Hydrologic Research Center (HRC)

Regulatory Program Issues

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM MT

CS38C - Concurrent Session 38C: Paleoflood Analysis Along the Kootenai River and Improvements to Hydrologic Loading for Libby Dam, Northwestern Montana

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 505-507

Presenter: – US Army Corps of Engineers

Co-Presenter: – US Army Corps of Engineers

General Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk PoliciesGeneral Case Studies

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MT

Robots, Fires, and Bugs

Moderator: – Gannett Fleming

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM MT

CS39A - Concurrent Session 39A: Dam overtopping forecasts for use by managers and agriculturists

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 503-504

Presenter: – USDA - ARS

New and Emerging Technologies

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM MT

CS39B - Concurrent Session 39B: Biopolymers as a Tool to Mitigate Overtopping Erosion Effects

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 503-504

Presenter: – US Army Corps of Engineers

New and Emerging TechnologiesClimate Change

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM MT

CS39C - Concurrent Session 39C: Predicting Post-Wildfire Effects and Risks Around Reservoirs in a Changing Climate

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 503-504

Presenter: – W. W. Wheeler & Associates, Inc.

Public Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyClimate Change

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MT

Security

Moderator: – Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM MT

CS40A - Concurrent Session 40A: Hells Canyon Ballistic Attack

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 501-502

Presenter: – Idaho Power

Security Programs and Protective Measures

1:30 PM – 6:00 PM MT

Exhibitor Move Out

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM MT

Break

Location: Colorado Convention Center, E Concourse

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM MT

Decade Dam Failures: International Failures

Moderator: – W. W. Wheeler & Associates, Inc.

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM MT

CS41A - Concurrent Session 41A: The 1864 Failure of Dale Dike Dam (Sheffield, UK) - A Victorian Disaster DFIC Decade Dam Failure Series

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 401-403

Presenter: – Spatial Vision Group

Co-Presenter: – RJH Consultants, Inc.

Emergency Action PlansDam Failures and IncidentsIncident Management; Exercises; and TrainingInspection of DamsPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Case Studies

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM MT

CS41B - Concurrent Session 41B: Warnings Unheeded: The Tale of the 1994 Merriespruit Tailings Dam Disaster

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 401-403

Presenter: – USDA - NRCS

Co-Presenter: – Gannett Fleming

Dam Failures and Incidents

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM MT

CS41C - Concurrent Session 41C: Camará Dam Failure 20 Years Later – New & Improved (DFIC Decade Series)

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 401-403

Presenter: – USACE - Risk Management Center

Dam Failures and Incidents

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM MT

Portfolio Risk

Moderator: – CO Division of Water Resources

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM MT

CS42A - Concurrent Session 42A: A Portfolio Dam Risk Assessment of 7 High Hazard Non-FERC Regulated Dams in Vermont

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 405-407

Presenter: – GZA GeoEnvironmental

Co-Presenter: – GZA GeoEnvironmental

Inspection of DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk PoliciesGeneral Case Studies

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM MT

CS42B - Concurrent Session 42B: Utilizing the Good Ol’ Risk Index for Portfolio Prioritization

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 405-407

Presenter: – HDR

Co-Presenter: – HDR

General Risk Policies

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM MT

CS42C - Concurrent Session 42C: Rack and Stack: Applying FEMA Tools for HHPD Funding Prioritization

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 405-407

Presenter: – Schnabel Engineering

Co-Presenter: – Schnabel Engineering

Co-Presenter:

Regulatory Program IssuesGeneral Risk PoliciesFunding

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM MT

Concrete Materials

Moderator: – Puget Sound Energy

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM MT

CS43A - Concurrent Session 43A: Where Has Our Cement Gone? Transition to Type IL Portland Limestone Cement for Gross Reservoir RCC

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 505-507

Presenter: – AECOM

New and Emerging Technologies

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM MT

CS43B - Concurrent Session 43B: Air Entrainment of Roller-Compacted Concrete - Real or Myth?

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 505-507

Presenter: – Portland Cement Association

Co-Presenter: – Schnabel Engineering

General Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM MT

CS43C - Concurrent Session 43C: Swelling Potential of Dam Foundations Due to Pyrite Oxidation

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 505-507

Presenter: – Schnabel Engineering

Security Programs and Protective MeasuresInspection of DamsPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM MT

Informed Spillway Designs

Moderator: – Schnabel Engineering

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM MT

CS44A - Concurrent Session 44A: Truth and Consequences: How Studying the Truth Behind Updated Hydrology and Evaluating Downstream Consequences Saved Millions of Dollars in the Rehabilitation of Sheriff Dam’s Spillway

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 503-504

Presenter: – W. W. Wheeler & Associates, Inc.

General Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk PoliciesGeneral Case StudiesFundingNew and Emerging Technologies

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM MT

CS44B - Concurrent Session 44B: CFD and Physical Modeling of a Unique Glade Dam Spillway

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 503-504

Presenter: – AECOM

Co-Presenter: – University of Iowa

Co-Presenter: – Northern Water

General Case Studies

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM MT

CS44C - Concurrent Session 44C: Best Practices for Fuse Plug Spillway Design and Construction and Sanford Dam Fuse Plug Performance Evaluation

Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 503-504

Presenter: – Bureau of Reclamation

Co-Presenter: – Bureau of Reclamation

Dam Failures and IncidentsGeneral Case Studies