Introduction/Seminar Objectives In most countries throughout the world, interest in the safety of dams has risen significantly in recent years. Aging dams, new hydrologic information, and population growth in floodplain areas downstream from dams has resulted in an increased emphasis on dam safety evaluation, as well as operation and maintenance related to the safety of dams. Those responsible for the safety of existing dams must implement pol...

Agenda Wednesday, June 15 8:00 amRegistration and Morning Refreshments 9:00 amOpening Remarks Doug Young, Chief Information Officer, State of Missouri 9:15 amOpening Keynote Open Roads Open Minds: An Exploration of Creative Problem Solving Steve Uzzell, Renowned Photographer Steve Uzzell is a veteran National Geographic photographer and one of the nation's leading corporate photographers. Steve's award-winning approach to his photographic w...

Join us for this Continuous Learning Point (CLP) course and learn about the AbilityOne Program while earning CLP credit! This course provides and overview of the AbilityOne Program, describing how it fulfills customer needs for products and services while meeting its goal of generating jobs for individuals who are blind or have other severe disabilities. The course will also provide information on how to purchase SKILCRAFT® and other Abili...

301: Facilitation Fundamentals Why take this training? Many agencies now recognize the need to develop in-house facilitators to deal with many of their collaborative projects and environmental disputes. Becoming an effective facilitator requires experience with environmental conflict situations, skill in organizing, and artful management of group dynamics. This course is ideal for those responsible for planning projects, convening meetings, an...

110: Negotiating Environmental Solutions Why take this training? People often enter negotiations armed with emotionally-charged positions defining what they want. This posturing of parties creates an adversarial relationship that is hard to move past. Interest-based negotiation teaches the skills needed to identify underlying interests, and to develop a protocol that enables all parties to get their needs met simultaneously. Interest-based neg...

Instruction in concrete and concrete repair techniques and needs common throughout the Bureau of Reclamation is not readily available from other sources outside the bureau. Therefore, the Materials Engineering and Research Laboratory will feature instruction and hands-on training at the 3-day Concrete and Concrete Repair School. The course will focus on the newest standards, techniques, and materials. Ample time will be made available for hand...

The Materials Engineering and Research Laboratory will be presenting Corrosion and Protective Coatings Hands-On Training. This 3-day course will familiarize participants with the issues relating to corrosion of metal and corrosion protection. Discussions will include: how corrosion occurs and methods to minimize and prevent corrosion to our infrastructure protective coatings; cathodic protection; new technologies, and inspection and repair tec...

Training will be held in Bldg 67, Hungry Horse Conference Room (next to the cafeteria) on September 14 and 15, 2010, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Background: This 2-day course will familiarize participants with protective system testing directly related to the new Facility Instructions, Standards and Techniques (FIST) Volume 3-8 and North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) PRC-005. The course will also discuss the Bureau of Reclam...