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Dam
Safety
2005
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Concurrent Session I: Swamps in the Delta – Not
Dams: Addressing Seepage
Supplemental Tests to Evaluate Suitability of
Materials Proposed for Use in Critical Filter Zones
Danny K. McCook, Civil Engineer, National Design,
Construction and Soil Mechanics Center, Natural
Resources
Conservation Service, Fort Worth, TX
Design, Construction, and Performance of Seepage
Barriers for Guanella Dam, Colorado
John W. France, P.E., Senior Principal, URS
Corporation, Denver, CO; Stephen L. Jamieson, P.E.,
Principal, and Paul P.
Perri, P.E., Principal, W.W. Wheeler and Associates,
Englewood, CO
Construction of a Roller Compacted Concrete Upstream
Blanket and Plastic Concrete Cutoff Wall at
Cleveland
Dam
Neil K. Singh, P.Eng., Senior Geotechnical Engineer;
Ryan Douglas, P.Eng., P.E., Geotechnical Engineer;
and Steven R.
Ahlfield, P.Eng., Manager, Geoenvironmental
Division, Klohn Crippen Consultants, Vancouver,
British Columbia; and
Murray Gant, P.Eng., Senior Project Engineer,
Greater Vancouver Water District, Burnaby, British
Columbia.
Concurrent Session II: Lessons Learned in Hydrology
and Hydraulics
As the Wind Blows: Freeboard Design in Hurricane
Country
Terrence E. Arnold, P.E., Senior Project Manager;
and Yung Shen, P.E., Ph.D., Senior Hydrologist, MWH
Americas,
Denver, CO; and John Haapala, P.E., Senior
Hydrologist, MWH Americas, Bellevue, WA
Pre- and Post-Burn Hydrologic Investigation of
Graveyard Wash Flood Retarding Structure Watershed
Robert A. Eichinger, P.E., CFM, Water Resources
Division Manager; and Laurie Marin, P.E., CFM,
Hydrologist, Kimley-
Horn and Associates, Inc., Phoenix, AZ
Do You Know Your SITES?
Gregg W. Hudock, P.E., Senior Project Engineer,
Golder Associates, Inc., Atlanta, GA; Anna
Bramblett, P.E.,
Construction Engineer, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, Watkinsville, GA; and Terry
West, P.E., Senior
Engineer, Gwinnett County Department of Public
Utilities, Lawrenceville, GA
Concurrent Session III: Don’t Rely on Voodoo:
Emergency Planning
Mt. Morris Dam Emergency Action Plan
Paul E. Murawski, Hydraulic Engineer, US Army Corps
of Engineers, Buffalo, NY
Louisiana’s NIKE® Approach to EAPs: Just Do It!
Daniel J. Aucutt, P.E., Aquaterra Engineering, LLC,
Baton Rouge, LA
Automated Dam Data Acquisition and Alarm Reporting
System – ADDAARS in Puerto Rico
Miguel A. Perez, P.E., Administrator; Dams and
Reservoirs Safety Program, and Manuel Perez del Rio,
Senior Engineer
Supervisor, Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority,
San Juan, PR; Pedro L. Diaz, Director; and John E.
Parks, Systems
Administrator, US Geological Survey, Guaynabo, PR
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1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Concurrent Session I: Innovations in Geotech
Connecting RCC and Rockfill Portions of Dam Design
and Construction Considerations
Keith A. Kessler, P.E., Resident Engineer; and Elena
Sossenkina, Monitoring Coordinator, Paul C. Rizzo
Associates,
Columbia, SC; Joseph Ehasz, P.E., Vice President,
Washington Group International, San Marcos, CA; and
William R.
Argentieri, P.E., Senior Engineer, South Carolina
Electric and Gas Company, Columbia, SC
A Bio-Polymer Drain Solution for Piute Dam
Phil C. Gerhart, P.E., President, Gerhart
Consultants, Inc., Springville, UT; Steven R. Day,
Vice President, Geo-Solutions,
Inc., Littleton, CO; and Eric R. Dixon, P.E., Senior
Engineer, Franson Noble Engineering, American Fork,
UT
New Geophysical Technology for Locating Seepage
Through Dams
Brett J. Pinegar, CEO, and Val O. Kofoed, COO,
Willowstick Technologies, Draper, UT
Concurrent Session II: Expert Advice on Appurtenant
Works
Table Rock Intake – When the Tunnel Hits the Shaft
Stephen L. Whiteside, P.E., Southeast Geotechnical
Area Manager, CDM, Raleigh, NC; and Michael D.
Sharpless, P.E.,
Program Manager, Greenville Water System,
Greenville, SC
Design Outlet Works Around a Re-license
Michael C. Johnson, Ph.D., P.E., Research Scientist,
Utah State University Research Foundation, Logan,
UT; James E.
Pearman, P.E., Senior Valve Engineer, Rodney Hunt
Company, Orange, MA; and Rod Lubben, P.E.,
Consulting
Engineer, Orinda, CA
Structural Repairs for Ice Damage to Intake Tower
F. Barry Newman, P.E., Geotechnical/Structural Group
Manager; John D. Mozer, P.E., Staff Consultant;
Florian L.
Bechtold, P.E., Engineering Manager, GAI
Consultants, Inc., Homestead, PA; John M. Callihan,
Technical Specialist,
Reliant Energy, Canonsburg, PA; and Richard A.
Kovac, Technical Services, Keystone Power Plant,
Shelocta, PA
Concurrent Session III: Jazzin’ Up the Labyrinth
Spillway
Negotiating the Maze: Labyrinth Spillway Theory and
Practice
Bruce Savage, Assistant Professor, McNeese State
University, Lake Charles, LA; and Greg Paxson, P.E.,
Senior
Engineer, Schnabel Engineering, West Chester, PA
Boyd Lake Spillway – An Innovative Approach to Using
a Labyrinth Weir
Darren J. Brinker, P.E., Associate Engineer, Boyle
Engineering Corporation, Lakewood, CO
Raising the Dog! River Dam, That Is
Dan M. McGill, P.E., Senior Consultant and Gary R.
Bailey, P.E., Associate, Schnabel Engineering,
Alpharetta, GA
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Concurrent Session I: Shakin’ Up the Mudbugs:
Seismic and Geotech Issues
Seismic Upgrade of the Seymour Falls Dam Using
Explosive and Dynamic Compaction
Len Murray, P.Eng., P.E., Regional Manager, and Neil
K. Singh, P.Eng., Senior Geotechnical Engineer;
Klohn Crippen
Consultants, Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia;
Frank Huber, P.Eng., Division Manager, and David
Siu, P.Eng., Senior
Engineer, Greater Vancouver Water District, Burnaby,
British Columbia
Seismic Stability Evaluation for Ute Dam, New Mexico
John W. France, P.E., Senior Principal, URS
Corporation, Denver, CO
Seismic Hazard Analyses and Risk Classification for
Large Embankment Dams in Turkey
Hasan Tosun, Professor, Osmangazi University Civil
Engineering Department and Dam Safety Association,
Eskisehir,
Turkey; and Evren Seyrek, Research Assistant,
Osmangazi University Civil Engineering Department,
Eskisehir, Turkey
Concurrent Session II: Innovations on Variable Crest
Spillways
Replacing Spillway Flashboards and Raising
Reservoirs with Inflatable Dams/Gates
Paul G. Schweiger, P.E., Senior Project Manager;
Robert A. Kline, P.E., Senior Project Manager; and
Donald P.
Roarabaugh, P.E., Project Engineer, Gannett Fleming,
Inc., Harrisburg, PA; and Richard M. Rudolph, P.E.,
Supervisor/Hydro Engineering Department, Xcel
Energy, Eau Claire, WI
When Failure Means Success: The Multi-Bay Fuse Plug
Emergency Spillway at Piute Dam
Eric R. Dixon, P.E., Senior Engineer; Richard M.
Noble, P.E., Principal; and Jason E. Bradford,
Engineer I, Franson Noble
Engineering, American Fork, UT
Design and Construction of a Fuse Plug Spillway for
Flood Control
Gregory G. Glunz, P.E., Water Resources Engineer;
and Gregg Batchelder-Adams, P.E., Senior
Geotechnical Engineer,
URS Corporation, Denver, CO.
Concurrent Session III: Gator-Strength Anchors
Designing and Constructing Spillway and Stability
Improvements for a High Concrete Gravity Dam
Rodney E. Holderbaum, P.E., Vice President; Donald
P. Roarabaugh, P.E., Project Engineer, and Michel H.
Jubran,
Construction Manager, Gannett Fleming, Inc.,
Harrisburg, PA
Installation of Post-Tension Anchors in the
Wilderness – More Than Just Drilling and Grouting
John C. Stoessel, P.E., Dam Safety Engineer, Bradley
Wyatt, Manager of Engineering, Larry E. Ford,
Technical
Specialist, Southern California Edison Company, San
Dimas, CA; Craig McElfresh, Vice President, MCS
Construction,
Inc., Clovis, CA; and Charles M. Knarr, P.E.,
Structural Engineer, Outten Engineering Company,
Long Beach, CA
Rock Anchors for Dams: The Preliminary Results of
the National Research Project
Donald A. Bruce, Ph.D., C.Eng., L.G., President,
Geosystems, L.P., Venetia, PA; and John S. Wolfhope,
P.E., Principal,
Freese & Nichols, Inc., Austin, TX
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
8:30 am – 10:00 am
General Session: Complacency Can’t Win
The Systems Were Blinking Red - What Pearl Harbor
and 9/11 Teach Us About Dam Safety
Todd E. Martin, P.Eng., P.Geo., AMEC Earth &
Environmental Ltd., Burnaby, British Columbia
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Concurrent Session I: Tackling Seismic Issues
Seismic Evaluation of Semi-Embedded Appurtenant
Structures
Enrique E. Matheu, Ph.D., Research Structural
Engineer; and Michael K. Sharp, P.E., Ph.D.,
Technical Director,
Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory, US Army
Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg,
MS; and
Michael H. Beaty, Ph.D., Geotechnical Analysis
Consultant, Sacramento, CA
Seismic Analysis on a Budget: Part I The Process
Michele Lemieux, P.E., Dam Safety Program Manager,
and Brian Grant, P.E., Dam Rehabilitation Engineer,
Montana
Dept. of Natural Resources, Helena, MT
Seismic Analysis on a Budget: Part II Hazard Maps
Ivan G. Wong, Principal Seismologist/Manager; Susan
Olig; Mark Dober; Douglas Wright; and Eliza Nemser,
Seismic
Hazard Group, URS Corporation, Oakland, CA; David
Lageson, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT;
Walter Silva,
Pacific Engineering & Analysis, El Cerrito, CA;
Michael Stickney, Montana Bureau of Mines & Geology,
Butte, MT;
Michele Lemieux, Montana Dept. of Natural Resources
and Conservation, Helena, MT; and Larry Anderson, US
Bureau
of Reclamation, Denver, CO
Concurrent Session II: Studying Hydraulics
Avoiding a Spillway Malfunction – Hydraulic Model at
Hickory Log Dam
Randall P. Bass, P.E., Senior Associate, Schnabel
Engineering, Alpharetta, GA
Earthen Embankment Breach Research: Physical and
Simplified Numerical Modeling of Breach Widening
Sherry L. Hunt, Research Hydraulic Engineer; Greg J.
Hanson, Research Hydraulic Engineer; and Darrel M.
Temple,
Research Leader, USDA-ARS Hydraulic Engineering
Research Unit, Stillwater, OK
Spook Hill Flood Retarding Structure Emergency
Spillway Overtopping and Piping Breach Failure
Floodwater
Routing with FLO-2D
Brian Schalk, P.E., C.F.M., Stanley Consultants,
Inc., Phoenix, AZ; and Mike Greenslade, P.E., Flood
Control District of
Maricopa County, Phoenix, AZ
Concurrent Session III: Inspections & Monitoring
Technology
Closed Circuit Television Inspection of Outlet Works
and Spillway Conduits and Toe Drains
Chuck R. Cooper, P.E., Civil Engineer, US Bureau of
Reclamation, Denver, CO
Use of GOES Satellite Transmissions in Dam
Monitoring
Thomas N. Keefer, Ph.D., Vice President of Special
Projects, Sutron Corporation, Sterling, VA
Monitoring Upstream Sinkhole Development by Detailed
Sonar Profiling
Stephen J. Rigbey, P.Eng., Principal Geotechnical
Engineer, Hatch Acres, Niagara Falls, Ontario,
Canada
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Concurrent Session I: Geotechnical Jambalaya
Limitations of Limit-Equilibrium Methods for Seismic
Slope Stability Analysis
Nason J. McCullough, Ph.D., Associate Engineer, and
Jaco Esterhuizen, Ph.D., P.E., Associate Engineer,
CH2M Hill,
Corvallis, OR; and Stephen E. Dickenson, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, Oregon State University,
Corvallis, OR
Perspectives on the South African Dam Safety
Programme - With an Emphasis on Engineering
Geological
Aspects
Gary N. Davis, Manager of Engineering Sciences,
Council for Geoscience, Pretoria, South Africa
Vertical Electrical Resistivity Sounding (VES)
Surveys for Anomaly Detection, Characterization, and
Verification
of Low Mobility Grouting in the Knox Formation
Gary H. McWhorter, P.E., Senior Engineer, and Ronald
D. Wood, P.G., Engineering Geologist, Southern
Company
Generation, Inc., Atlanta, GA; and Rene Rodriguez,
Ph.D., Geophysicist, GECOH Exploration (Bolivia),
Lexington, KY
Concurrent Session II: Laissez le RCC Rouler!
Remediation of RCC Dam Seepage – Upper Stillwater
Dam Rehabilitation: Phase 1
Ron F. Hall, District Manager, and Paul Krumm,
Project Manager, Nicholson Construction Company,
Salt Lake City, UT;
and Jeff C. Allen, President, ASI-RCC, Inc., Buena
Vista, CO
Construction Methods for Roller-Compacted Concrete
Spillways
Timothy P. Dolen, P.E., Civil Engineer/Senior
Technical Specialist, and John Trojanowski, P.E.,
Civil Engineer, US
Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO
Las Vegas Wash Rainbow Gardens Weir – RCC Structure
on Drilled Piers
Gerry Hester, Project Manager, and Leanne Miller,
Project Manager, Southern Nevada Water Authority,
Las Vegas, NV;
and Ed A. Toms, Vice President, Boyle Engineering
Corp., Lakewood, CO;
Concurrent Session III: Singin’ the Blues No More
Over Environmental Issues
New Dam Designs for Current Wetlands Regulations
B. Dan Marks, Ph.D., P.E., Senior Consultant,
Schnabel Engineering South, Arden, NC
Stuck Between the Dam and the Frog: A Dam Owner’s
Perspective of Dealing with Conflicting Dam Safety
Concerns and Environmental Regulations
David L. Panec, Chief of the Dam Safety Section,
California Department of Water Resources,
Sacramento, CA
Light at the End of the Tunnel in Dam Abandonment
David L. Moore, P.E., Director of Water Resources
Planning, Burgess & Niple, Inc., Columbus, OH; and
Jerry C. Reed,
Construction Manager, Ohio Department of Natural
Resources, Columbus, OH
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Concurrent Session I: Structural Issues
Green Lane Gets Green Light: Parameter Sensitivity
in Gravity Dam Stability Analysis
Greg Paxson, P.E., Associate, and Dave Campbell,
P.E., Director of Dam Engineering, Schnabel
Engineering, Inc., West
Chester, PA; and Tony Fernandes, P.E., Manager of
Engineering Design and Construction, Aqua
Pennsylvania, Inc., Bryn
Mawr, PA
Alkali-Aggregate Reactions in Dams: Stress Analysis
and Long Term Predictions
Victor Saouma, Professor, University of
Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO; and Luigi Perott,
Graduate Student, California
Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Incident with Loss of Seven Post-Tensioned 72 Ton
Anchors in a Dam
Malte Cederstrom, M.Sc., Dam Safety Engineer,
Vattenfall AB, Stockholm, Sweden; Per-Erik Thorsall,
Concrete
Research Engineer; Bengt Hildenwall, Dr. Engineering
Materials; and Stig-Bjorn Westberg, Dr. Engineering
Materials,
Vattenfall Utveckling AB, Alvkarleby, Sweden
Concurrent Session II: Risk
Safety Level Evaluation System for Dams
Keith R. Banachowski, P.E., Program Manager, Ohio
Department of Natural Resources, Dam Safety
Engineering
Program, Columbus, OH
Embankment Dams in Earth Fissure Risk Zones – A
Regulator’s Dilemma
Jon Benoist, P.E., Senior Engineer, and Ravi Murthy,
P.E., Engineer, Arizona Department of Water
Resources, Phoenix,
AZ
Don’t Judge the Book by its Cover: Experiences with
Potential Failures Modes Analysis
Greg Hammer, Dam Safety Engineer, Colorado Division
of Water Resources, Greeley, CO
Concurrent Session III: Emergency
Preparedness/Response to Incidents
Joana Dam – An Emergency Safety Intervention
Antonio Nunes de Miranda, Ph.D., Geotechnical
Independent Consultant, Fortaleza, Brazil; Rogerio
de Abreu Menescal,
MSc., Director of the Water Works Branch, and Daniel
Sosti Perini, Civil Engineer, Ministry of National
Integration,
Brasilia, Brazil; and Francisco Ribeiro Soares,
Civil Engineer, DNOCS-PI
A Boil on the Backside of Salt Fork Lake Dam, What a
Pain in the . . .
Mia Kannik, P.E., Project Engineer, Ohio Department
of Natural Resources, Dam Safety Engineering
Program,
Columbus, OH
Earth Slide Remediation of Acidic Effluent Holding
Pond
Brad J. Arcement, P.E., Project Geotechnical
Engineer; and A.E. (Eddie) Templeton, P.E.,
Principal Engineer, Burns
Cooley Dennis, Inc., Ridgeland, MS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Technical Session: Dam Gumbo: Miscellaneous Topics
Dam Failure Warning System for an Embankment Dam in
Kansas
William B. Empson, P.E., Project Manager, US Army
Corps of Engineers, Kansas City, MO
Rock Erodibility Analysis
Guy S. Lund, P.E., and Scott Jones, Ph.D., P.E., URS
Corporation, Denver, CO
Changing Dams to Fit Changing Land Use
John Cambridge, P.E., CFM, Project Manager, HDR
Engineering, Inc., Lincoln, NE; Laurie Carrette
Zook, P.E., CFM,
Contract Manager, HDR Engineering, Inc., Omaha, NE;
and Arlis Plummer, P.E., Civil Engineer, USDA
Natural
Resources Conservation Service, Lincoln, NE
10:30 am – 12:00 nn
Technical Session: Update on Dam Security
Unifying Dam Safety and Security: Responding to
Natural Hazards and Human Threats at Dams
Frank Calcagno, Jr., Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Technical Session: Can We Live with Overtopping?
Minimum Energy Design Using Grassed Spillways
Barry Lewis, M.Env Sci., BE (Civil), Farm Dams
Engineer, Australian Rural Water Authorities,
Victoria, Australia
They Did What to the Dam? Preliminary Dam
Improvement Design, Buckeye Lake State Park
Pete Nix, P.E., Geotechnical Division Manager, DLZ
Ohio, Inc., Columbus, OH
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Concurrent Session I: Lawyers, Guns & Money
The Role of Statutes, Regulations, and Professional
Standards in Establishing Legal Liability
Denis Binder, Professor, Chapman University School
of Law, Orange, CA
Explosive Cratering on Earth Embankments and Dams
Using a Geotechnical Centrifuge
Mathew J. Sausville, Graduate Student, Thomas F.
Zimmie, Professor, Pickett T. Simpson, Research
Associate; and
Tarek H. Abdoun, Assistant Professor, Department of
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer
Polytechnic
Institute, Troy, NY
Show Me The Money –Funding For State Dam Safety
Programs
Christopher A. Johnson, P.E., CFM, President, Dodson
& Associates, Inc., Houston, TX
Concurrent Session II: Everyone Loves a Good Case
Study
Geomembrane Installation at Salt Springs CFRD Dam
Erick Larson and Ray Kelly, Pacific Gas and Electric
Co., San Francisco, CA; John Wilkes, CARPI, USA,
Roanoke, VA;
Alberto Scuero, CARPI Tech S.A., Chiasso,
Switzerland; and Trent Dreese, Gannett Fleming,
Inc., Harrisburg, PA
Mississnewa Dam Settlement Investigation and
Remediation
Kenneth E. Henn, III, P.G., Geologist, and Brook E.
Brosi, P.G., Geotechnical and Dam Safety Section, US
Army Corps of
Engineers, Louisville, KY
The Right Stuff – Teamwork and a Comprehensive
Strategy Deliver Renovation Success at Standley Lake
Dam
Joseph M. Green-Heffern, P.E., Senior Project
Manager, GEI Consultants, Inc., Englewood, CO; and
James R.
Schneider, P.E., Vice President and Principal
Geoenvironmental Engineer, CH2M Hill, Inc.,
Englewood, CO
Workshop on Geosynthetics
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Geosynthetics Applications and Performance Reviews –
Select Case Histories
Debora J. Miller, P.E., Ph.D., Manager of Earth
Science and Hydraulics, Gannett Fleming, Inc.,
Windsor, CO; Dean B.
Durkee, P.E., Ph.D., Manager of Earth Science and
Hydraulics, Gannett Fleming, Inc., Phoenix, AZ;
Michael A. Morrison,
P.E., Project Manager, David B. Wilson, P.E.,
Manager of Geotechnical Section, Gannett Fleming,
Inc., Harrisburg, PA;
and Kevin Smith, P.E., Chief, State Water Projects
Bureau, Montana Department of Natural Resources and
Conservation,
Helena, MT
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Dam Rehabilitation Using Geosynthetic Clay Liners
Jim Olsta, P.E., Technical Manager, and Don Carine,
Assistant Product Manager, CETCO, Arlington Heights,
IL
ALTERNATE & POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Klinkner Dam Rehabilitation – Over the Top with
Concrete Block
D. Wade Anderson, P.E., Design Engineer, NRCS
National Design Construction and Soil Mechanics
Center, Fort Worth,
TX; and Robert P. Henrich, P.E., Civil Engineer,
USDA-NRCS, Altoona, WI
Prompton Dam Hydrologic Deficiency and Spillway
Modification
Troy T. Cosgrove, P.E., Geotechnical Engineer, US
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia, PA
Relief Drain Hole Cleaning and Dam Safety
William D. Spencer, P.G., Senior Geologist, AMEC
Earth & Environmental, Inc., Nashville, TN
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