Seepage Rehabilitation for Embankment Dams
Speaker and Presenter Information
John W. France, PE, D.WRE is a registered professional engineer employed by AECOM as Dams Technical Practice Network National Leader. He received BS and MS degrees in civil engineering from Cornell University. Mr. France has 40 years of consulting engineering experience, during which time he has worked on hundreds of civil engineering projects. For the past 32 years his professional career has been focused on dam engineering and dam safety services. During his career, Mr. France has been involved in various capacities in evaluating and remediating seepage issues for earth dams. He has written numerous papers on the topic, and in 2012 he was an invited speaker at a FEMA workshop on filters and seepage remediation. He was engaged by the Montana Dam Safety office to prepare a technical note on chimney filter design for posting on the State’s website, and he has been an instructor for ASDSO’s seepage analysis course, ASDSO workshops on seepage rehabilitation, and U.S. Army Engineers’ courses on seepage rehabilitation and embankment dam design.
Jennifer L. Williams, P.E. is a registered professional engineer with AECOM in Denver, where she has worked as a geotechnical engineer for the last 18 years. The majority of her professional career has focused on dam safety risk analyses, inspections, and rehabilitation. During this time she has been involved in several seepage remediation investigations, designs, and construction. She is one of the instructors for ASDSO’s short course on “Seepage through Earth Dams” and leads a new semi-annual publication on dam safety for engineers in the western United States sponsored by FEMA. Ms. Williams has presented several dam safety lectures at the Colorado School of Mines and has presented numerous technical presentations at ASDSO and USSD.
Relevant Government Agencies
Army, Dept of Energy, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of the Interior, Other Federal Agencies, State Government, County Government, City Government, Municipal Government, FEMA, Federal Government, State & Local Government
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When
Tue, Dec 20, 2016
Cost
Fee: | $130.00 |
Website
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Organizer
Association of State Dam Safety Officials