Seepage Through Earth Dams
To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to online-only due to COVID-19 concerns. This 2.5-day introductory course is designed to be a participatory, interactive workshop, which will cover the basic elements required to understand and evaluate seepage-related issues for earth dams. The first day begins with providing an understanding of why seepage mechanisms in earth dams are important to dam safety. Discussion...
Webinar: The 1979 Machhu Dam Disaster:...
Join us on June 9, from 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Eastern for The 1979 Machhu Dam Disaster: Social Origins and Social Consequences. In this webinar, Utpal Sandesara and Tom Wooten will discuss their book “No One Had a Tongue to Speak: The Untold Story of One of History’s Deadliest Floods.” The course will cover the social causes and social consequences of the 1979 failure of the Machhu Dam-II in Gujarat, India. The flood wiped out d...
Basic Soil Mechanics Related to Earth Dams
To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to online-only due to COVID-19 concerns. The objective of this course will be to provide a comprehensive presentation of the significant principles and concepts of soil mechanics to the participants. The material will be presented with emphasis on the basic soil mechanics principles prerequisite to further study for design or rehabilitation of earth embankment dams. This...
Webinar: Teton Dam- The Failure That Ch...
While there have been many notable dam failures throughout the past century, the failure of Teton Dam in 1976 led to significant changes at the Bureau of Reclamation, in the Federal Government, and in the dam engineering industry. This course will provide information about the dam, the failure, ensuing investigations, and the changes that were implemented in the years that followed. Five Learning Objectives of This Course: The failure of Teton...
International Symposium on Inorganics
CANCELED
To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns. The International Symposium on Inorganics encompasses a combination of technical presentations and in-depth discussions on the critical matters related to inorganic contaminants in drinking water. Attendees will gain insights into current and emerging issues related to inorganic contaminants, including sources and occurrence, monitoring and tr...
North American Carbon World (NACW) 2020
CANCELED
To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns. North American Carbon World (NACW) brings together the most active and influential players in North American climate policy and carbon markets to address the most pressing topics in domestic policy, international policy, markets, and carbon management initiatives. At NACW, professionals from the business, government, nonprofit and academic sec...
Stability Analysis of Embankment Dams
To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to online-only due to COVID-19 concerns. 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 st...
35th International Conference on Solid...
CANCELED
To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns. We have been watching the situation regarding the COVID -19 virus and travel concerns. After much deliberation, we have decided that the appropriate course of action is to cancel the conference this year. While much is unknown, our opinion is that it is best not to bring together people from many different places at this time. This was a diffi...
2020 Mission Critical Fire Protection R...
Back for a second year, ORR Protection is excited to announce the 2020 Mission Critical Fire Protection Regional Conference Series. Local experts will speak on topics specific to your city and the surrounding region. There will also be a help desk on-site to walk you through your personal fire protection strategy. We are also excited to announce that for 2020 we will also have many technical experts from MCFP manufacturers on-site to present t...
Security Lighting: Influencing Positive...
This workshop examines the relationships between theory, energy conservation, and social and environmental factors for man-made and natural light applications. Two full days focus on the effective use of lighting the environment to augment other forms of security technology. The effects of light on human physiological and psychological behavior are discussed in detail.
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