Southeast Regional Conference
Join us in Knoxville, TN for the 2024 Southeast Regional Conference, April 8-11, 2024 at the Knoxville Convention Center. The Southeast Regional Conference is the perfect opportunity for dam and levee safety professionals from across the Southeast to network, learn from industry leaders, and share their knowledge with others in the community. The Southeast Regional Conference includes two General Sessions, 12 Concurrent Sessions comprised of 3...
Intrusive Activities in Dams and Levees...
Join us on March 12, from 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Eastern for Intrusive Activities in Dams and Levees – Are They Worth the Risk of Creating a Flaw? The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has updated its regulation ER 1110-1-1807, Drilling and Invasive Activities at Dams and Levees, and related guidance based on what has been observed and learned during the last nine years of reviewing drilling program plans. This webinar will describe the update, w...
HEC-RAS
This course provides an introduction of HEC-RAS with applications to dam safety. The course provides a hands-on opportunity to use the program and resolve specific questions. The objective of this course is to review the basic principles of open channel hydraulics as they relate to the natural stream environment with application to dam safety. Bridges, culverts, and in-line structures will be discussed and both steady and unsteady flow modelin...
Stability Analysis of Embankment Dams
This course provides broad coverage of stability analysis for embankment dams. Topics addressed in the course include soil stress-strain behavior, shear strength selection, field, and laboratory testing methods, slope stability analysis methods, slope stability analysis loading cases, seepage as related to stability analysis, and stability rehabilitation methods. The course includes several exercises to reinforce the information presented in l...
Instrumentation in Dams – Selection and...
The safe operation of dams and appurtenant structures is paramount to the communities they serve. Instrumentation is an important tool of a comprehensive dam safety and performance monitoring program that can detect changes that might otherwise be missed by visual surveillance. The objectives of this course are to provide the participants with a general understanding of dam performance monitoring and its purpose; instrumentation and measuremen...
Improving the Dam Safety Design Review...
This webinar will include a discussion of common challenges with the design review process for dam safety projects and present strategies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the process with a focus on early and regular engagement of the owner, regulator, and designer. Learning Objectives of This Webinar: Pitfalls to avoid during the design review process. Strategies to improve the efficiency of the design review process. Independen...
Southeast Regional Conference
*Please note - Due to the spread of the COVID-19 virus this course has been postponed from May 2020 to November 2021. Registered attendees will receive additional details on this change. Visit the ASDSO COVID-19 response page to learn more. The Southeast Region of the Association of State Dam Safety Officials invites you to attend the Southeast Regional Conference November 29 - December 2, 2021, at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Charleston Hotel...
Improving Emergency Operations for Dam...
This is an interactive course designed to help participants learn about key tools that will help improve emergency preparedness and enhance communication during dam and levee failures and incidents. Participants will gain a better understanding of the emergency action planning process, including evacuation planning and emergency response methods. Key takeaways attendees will receive from this course: Learn how to improve the integrated operati...
Fundamentals of Concrete Construction I...
This webinar will review field inspection of concrete structures for dams, water conveyances, and levees. Specific topics to be covered will include foundation preparation, reinforcing steel inspection, embedded items, formwork, concrete joints, waterstop installation, and concrete mixes and placement. Five learning objectives of this webinar: Pre-construction preparation that should be completed prior to the start of construction of a concret...
Webinar: Judgment and Decision-Making i...
Dam engineering is about dams, but is done by and for people. As a result, in order to achieve dam safety, we need to understand not just dams, but also the people (including ourselves) involved in designing, constructing, operating, maintaining, and benefitting from them. Social scientists have been studying people scientifically for more than a century, and we are now at a point historically where the social sciences have generated valuable...
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