Southeast Regional Conference: Agenda

1:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Room 301 D

Speaker Preview Room Open

7:30 am – 6:00 pm
Henley Concourse
Registration Open

7:30 am – 8:30 am
Grand Ballroom D-G
Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall

8:30 am – 10:00 am
Grand Ballroom A-B
General Session: When It Rains It Pours. - View General Session 1 Abstract

ASDSO Welcome
David Griffin, GA Department of Natural Resources

From Muscle Shoals to the Moon and Into the New Millennium: A History of the TVA
Scott R. Walker, Tennessee Valley Authority

10:00 am – 10:30 am
Grand Ballroom D-G
Refreshment Break in the Exhibit Hall

10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Grand Ballroom A-B
Concurrent Session 1: Dam Rehabs Part 1 - View Concurrent Session 1 Abstracts

Greenbrier Creek Dam - Incident Evaluation and Rehabilitation Alternatives
Ben Webster, P.E., PMP, Schnabel Engineering

Design with Community in Mind: The Bachman Lake Dam Rehabilitation
Shweta Narkhede, Jesse Pope, and David Lutz, Stantec

Heads Creek Reservoir Dam, Rehabilitating a 60-year-old Municipal Water Supply Reservoir
Jeffery Powers, P.E., Matthew Ballard, and Kevin Cox, P.E., Hazen and Sawyer

10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Room 301 A-C
Concurrent Session 2: Modeling Part 1 - View Concurrent Session 2 Abstracts

Combating Hazard Creep: Dam Breach Modeling in a Rapidly Changing Landscape 
Madison Miro, Kate Naughton, P.E., CFM, Kevin Chapman, P.E., CFM, and Jeffery Powers, P.E., Hazen and Sawyer

Savage River Dam, A Wild Ride! Developing 86 Miles of Dam Breach Modeling and Inundation Mapping  
Kevin Chapman, P.E., Kate Naughton, P.E., CFM, and Jeffery Powers, P.E., Hazen and Sawyer

Application of USACE-RMC Hydrologic Hazard Analysis Tools for Estimating Stage-Frequency Curve for FERC-Regulated Projects
Devan Mahadevan, Ph.D., P.E., and Eric J. Gross, P.E., Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Lunch On Your Own

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Grand Ballroom A-B
Concurrent Session 3: Federal Perspectives - View Concurrent Session 3 Abstracts

Overview of FERC’s Dam Safety Program and Efforts to Improve Coordination with State Dam Safety Programs in the Southeast 
William Brown, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

25 Years of NRCS Watershed Dam Rehabilitation in Georgia
Gregg W. Hudock, P.E., Freese and Nichols, Inc.; and Eric Harris, P.E., USDA - NRCS

The Least NRCS NRCS Dam: Using HEC-RAS to Evaluate a Unique NRCS Dam
Sophia Hassan, EIT, and Kyle Jacobs, P.E., Freese and Nichols, Inc.

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Room 301 A-C
Concurrent Session 4: Retrofits - View Concurrent Session 4 Abstracts

Revitalizing Resilience: How Cured-In-Place Pipe Lining Helps Address Aging Infrastructure
Jennifer L. Gaines, P.E., Freese and Nichols, Inc.; and James Grimes, Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources

Advancing Dam Safety: A Comprehensive Approach to Stormwater Management Dam Retrofit - The Gerwig Lane Experience
B. Gregory Adolph, P.E., McCormick Taylor, Inc.; and Randy Thompson, P.E., Watershed Geo

Underwater Concrete Condition Assessment Using Nondestructive Test Methods(NDT)
William A Horne, NDT Corporation; and Robert Clarke, P.Eng, ASI Group Ltd

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Grand Ballroom D-G
Break in the Exhibit Hall

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Grand Ballroom A-B
Concurrent Session 5: Mitigation Measures - View Concurrent Session 5 Abstracts

Data-Driven Mitigation Strategies for Dam Safety, Emergency Preparedness and Asset Management
Onur Tastan, PhD., P.E., Geosyntec 

Soil-Bentonite Cutoff Wall for Levee Seepage Mitigation
Jim Nickerson, P.E., GEI Consultants

Rapid Drawdown:  Looking Beyond the Factor of Safety
Erin Hrovatic and Adam Paisley, Schnabel Engineering

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Room 301 A-C
Concurrent Session 6: Potpourri 1 - View Concurrent Session 6 Abstracts

Get That *Dam* Funding: A Case Study of TVA and Stantec
Karen T. Ford, P.E., and Katy Shackelford, AICP, PTP, Stantec and Michael Morrison, P.E., Tennessee Valley Authority

Multi-Generational Dams
Paul Smith, P.E., Stantec

Historical Dam Funding
Jill Stewart, P.E., S.C. Department of Health & Environmental Control

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm 
Grand Ballroom D-G
Reception in the Exhibit Hall

 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10

7:00 am – 4:00 pm
Room 301 D
Speaker Preview Room Open

7:30 am – 4:00 pm
Henley Concourse
Registration Open

7:30 am – 3:30 pm
Grand Ballroom D-G
Exhibit Hall Open 

7:30 am – 8:30 am
Grand Ballroom D-G
Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall

8:30 am – 10:00 am
Grand Ballroom A-B
General Session II - View General Session 2 Abstracts

Overtopping Potential for 550 Dams: Considering Storm Events with Varying Duration and Return Period  
Jacob Smith, NC Department of Environmental Quality

So You Have an EAP……..Now What??? Tips and Best Practices for Dam Owners for Proactive Emergency Management
Jon Keeling, P.E., CFM, and Laura LaRiviere, Stantec

10:00 am – 10:30 am
Grand Ballroom D-G
Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall

10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Grand Ballroom A-B
Concurrent Session 7: Dam Rehabs Part II - View Concurrent Session 7 Abstracts

Lessons Learned from the Emergency Response and Rehabilitation Design of Little Creek Dam
Jesse M. Pope, PE, CFM, Stantec; and Amanda Lothes, PE, PMP, Newport News Waterworks

Rehabilitation of Rochester Dam
Stephen Karpenko P.E., and Robert Hatton P.E., Stantec

Inspection and Repair of 90-year-old Tainter Gates
John G. DeLano, P.E., and Amber Vail, P.E., GZA GeoEnvironmental

10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Room 301 A-C
Concurrent Session 8: Modeling Part II - View Concurrent Session 8 Abstracts

Applications of Multi-Channel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW) in Different Geologic Settings to Inform Foundation Conditions and Potential Breach Geometries
Matthew Huebner, Ph.D., P.G., and Joshua Shinpaugh, P.G., Tennessee Valley Authority

A “Tail” of Two Model: Exploring the Advantages and Disadvantages of Two Different H&H Approaches on a Texas Tailings Dam
Rex S. Gamble, EIT, and Joel Bilodeau, GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.

Correlating Earthen Auxiliary Spillway Weir Coefficient with Various Geometric Configurations
Michael C. Gee, EIT, Kendall Brand, and J. Tyler Coats, P.E., Schnabel Engineering

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Grand Ballroom D-G
Lunch In The Exhibit Hall

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Grand Ballroom A-B
Concurrent Session 9: Risk - View Concurrent Session 9 Abstracts

Elevating Virginia's Dam Safety Through Risk-Based Prioritization
Barrett Slate, EIT, Freese and Nichols; and Keil Neff, Ph.D., P.E., US Army Corps of Engineers

Addressing Assessment of Consequences of Underserved Communities in Context of Risk Informed Decision Making
William Cantrell, P.E., and Keil Neff, P.E., Ph.D, US Army Corps of Engineers

Innovations in Resilience Planning with TN Plan
Patrick Dobbs, P.E., Stantec

2018 Rehabilitation of a 100-year old Dam
Peter Gallo, Contech Engineered Solutions

Dam Safety Improvements at a Historic Site
Mark Schillinger, PE, CFM, and Caitlin Pristupa, Stantec

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Grand Ballroom D-G
Break in the Exhibit Hall

3:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Exhibitor Move Out

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Grand Ballroom A-B
Concurrent Session 11: State Perspective - View Concurrent Session 11 Abstracts

From the Note Pad to the Electronic Tablet  -- The 10-year journey of a dam safety program’s inspection software - Louisiana Edition
Tim Harper, P.E., LA Department of Transportation & Development

Updating a Decades-Old Statewide Dam Inventory
Meron Batayeh, P.E., and Kristin Ray, P.E., Hazen and Sawyer

Dam Safety in the Commonwealth
Dhaivat Patel, P.E., and Robert Hatton, P.E., Stantec; and Elizabeth Harrod, P.E., KY Division of Water

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Room 301 A-C
Concurrent Session 12: Potpourri II - View Concurrent Session 12 Abstracts

Is the dam about to break- The need to update FEMA P-946
Edward Beadenkopf, P.E., CFM, AtkinsRealis

Cyclic Failure ("Liquefaction") Mitigation of Loess in the New Madrid Seismic Zone 
Thomas D. Humbert, P.E., Aterra Solutions, Inc.

Dam & Reservoir Safety - Managing Flooding with Innovative Technology
Jeremy Thompson, OTT Hydromet

 

THURSDAY, APRIL 11

7:30 am - 8:00 am
Room 300B
Check-In - Field Trip Participants *Additional registration required. Transportation to and from is included with additional registration. All field trip participants must ride the transportation provided by ASDSO. 

8:00 am – 1:00 pm (return time is approximate)
Field Trip to Norris Dam *The field trip will start with a presentation in the Convention Center