The Sustainability of Experience -- Investing in the Human Factor

Plenary Session
The Quest for the Baldrige (Ron Lemons, Robert F. Pence and Cindy P. Milrany; Freese and Nichols, Inc.)

Further Insight into the Hydraulic Uplift that Led to the St. Francis Dam Collapse (Geraldo R. Iglesia and James L. Stiady, G2 D Resources, LLC; and Jeffrey A. Shoaf, San Diego County Water Authority)

Design and Construction of Deep Secant Pile Seepage Cut-off Walls Under the Arapuni Dam in New Zealand (Peter D. Amos, DamWatch Services Limited; Donald A. Bruce, Geosystems, L.P.; Marco Lucchi, Trevi S.p.A.; Neil Watkins, Mighty River Power Limited; Nick Wharmby, Brian Perry Civil)

40 Years of Rock Anchors for Dams in North America — Lessons Learned ( Donald A. Bruce, Geosystems, L.P.; and John S. Wolfhope, Freese and Nichols, Inc.)

Big Tujunga Dam Seismic Rehabilitation and Spillway Modification Project (Vik Iso-Ahola and Glenn Tarbox, MWH Americas, Inc.; and Daniel L. Wade, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission)

Granite Creek Dam — The Progressive Stability Analysis (Chad B. Gillan and Guy S. Lund, URS Corporation)

Finite Element Analysis for Concrete Interface Treatment at the Hinze Dam Spillway Crest Structure Stage 3 Raise (Scott L. Jones, David Hughes and Salvatore Todaro, URS Corporation; and Steve O’Brien, Level 6)

Nonlinear Incremental Thermal Stress-Strain Analysis for Portugues Dam, an RCC Gravity Arch Dam
(Ahmed Nisar, MMI Engineering; David Dollar, Corps of Engineers; Paul Jacob and Dongmei Chu, MMI Engineering; Charles Logie, LTD Engineering; and Guzhao Li, MMI Engineering)

Exploration and Geotechnical Characterization for Evaluating the Stability of Hungry Horse Dam (Christopher N. Powell, Peter T. Shaffner and Jerry Wright, Bureau of Reclamation)

Nonlinear, 3-D, Dynamic, Coupled Dam-Foundation Analyses for Estimating Risks at Hungry Horse Dam (Gregg A. Scott and Barbara L. Mills-Bria, Bureau of Reclamation)

Duckett Dam — An Ambursen Dam Evaluation (Guy S. Lund, URS Corporation)

Risk Estimates for Seismic Failure of Spillway Gates (William R. Fiedler, Ernest Hall and Gregg Scott, Bureau of Reclamation)

State of the Practice — Grout Enriched RCC in Dams (Brian A. Forbes, GHD Pty, Ltd.; Kenneth D. Hansen and Thomas J. Fitzgeral, Schnabel Engineering)

Properties of Grout Enriched Roller Compacted Concrete (Stephen B. Tatro, James K. Hinds and Jana L. West, Corps of Engineers)

Risks Associated with Deteriorating Concrete Dams (Larry K. Nuss, Tim P. Dolen and Matt Jones, Bureau of Reclamation)

Risk
Using Risk to Make Decisions, Prioritize Resources, and Measure Performance for Water Resources Facilities at the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Nathan Snorteland and Elizabeth Dinneen, Bureau of Reclamation)

USACE Dam Safety Program — Transition to Risk Management (Eric Halpin and Andy Harkness, Corps of Engineers)

Beyond Black and White — Risk-Informed Decision Making in a Regulatory Environment (Patrick J. Regan and Douglas D. Boyer, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

Joint Development of a Risk Management and Assessment Strategy for Federal Dam and Levee Owners (Andy Harkness and Eric Halpin, Corps of Engineers; and Nathan Snorteland and Brian Becker, Bureau of Reclamation)

Societal Risk Tolerance and Safety Guidelines — How Safe do Dams Need to Be? (Nathan Snorteland, Bureau of Reclamation; Douglas Boyer, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and Dan Grundvig, Bureau of Reclamation)

Consideration of Extremely Remote Loading Conditions for a Dam with High Downstream Consequences (Phoebe Percell and Ernest Hall, Bureau of Reclamation)

Generalized Event Tree Algorithm and Software for Dam Safety Risk Assessment (Anurag Srivastava, Utah State University; and David S. Bowles and Sanjay S. Chauhan, Utah State University and RAC Engineers and Economists)

Potential Failure Modes (PFM) and the PFM Resource Tool (Justin Nettle, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and Jeffrey A. Esterle, Corps of Engineers)

Screening Update for Portfolio Risk Analysis for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Dams (Jeffrey T. McClenathan and Andy Harkness, Corps of Engineers)

USACE Periodic Assessments — A Risk-Informed Inspection Program (Troy S. O’Neal, Corps of Engineers)

Interim Risk Reduction Measures for Dam Safety (Timothy M. O’Leary, Corps of Engineers)

Uncertainties in Low-Probability Estimates of Seismic Hazard: Implications of a Constant Risk Goal for Dam Safety (Larry Anderson and Jon Ake, Bureau of Reclamation)

Extreme Flood Probability Estimation Methods for Dam Safety Risk Analysis (John F. England, Jr., Bureau of Reclamation; and Robert E. Swain, Consulting Hydrologist/Engineer)

Embankment Dams
Evaluation of Seepage and Post-Seismic Stability Concerns — Isabella Auxiliary Dam, California (Mike Knarr, Elena Sossenkina and Scott Anderson, Kleinfelder, Inc.; Ronn Rose, Corps of Engineers; Keith Ferguson, Kleinfelder, Inc.; and Rick Britzman, Corps of Engineers)

Sinkhole Incident at Swinging Bridge Dam (David E. Capka and Eugene Gall, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

Big Easy Levee Design: Proposed Improvements to the Existing 17th Street and London Avenue Canal Levees (Del Shannon, John Koontz, Lawrence Almaleh and Molly O’Connor, Black & Veatch Corporation)

Long Term Pressure Relief System Performance for Dams on Permeable Foundations (Robert L. Arnold, Corps of Engineers)

Control of Hydrofracturing at Lake Fort Smith Dam (Christopher Groves and Mike Lambert, Shannon & Wilson)

Where Clay Meets Sand: Comparing a Simple Filter Simulation with Filter Tests (Christopher Hill, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California)

Seepage Analysis and Initial Performance of the Big Sand Wash Reservoir Enlargement (Jaco Esterhuizen, Mike Mickelson and Nason J. McCullough, CH2M Hill, Inc.; and Lee Wimmer, Central Utah Water Conservancy District)

Influence of VerticaLeveesl Shaking on Embankment Dam Seismic Response (Gilles Bureau and William A. Rettberg, GEI Consultants, Inc.; and Jacob Eymann, El Dorado Irrigation District)

Methods to Evaluate Seismic Risks for Embankment Dams (Karl Dise and Nathan Snorteland, Bureau of Reclamation)

Simplified Estimation of Seismic Deformation for Risk Analysis (Thomas G. Pace, Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.; Jeffrey A. Schaefer and Timothy M. O’Leary, Corps of Engineers; and Alan F. Rauch, Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.)

Seismic Remediation of Embankment Dams — Accepting Upstream Slope Failure (Steve Collins and Kellie Marshall, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

Concrete Walls and Grout Curtains in the Twenty-First Century: The Concept of Composite Cut-offs for Seepage Control (Donald A. Bruce, Geosystems, L.P.; Trent L. Dreese, Gannett Fleming, Inc.; and Douglas M. Heenan, Advanced Construction Techniques Ltd.)

Risk-Based Decisions and Design for Seismic Dam Safety Modifications (Dennis L. Hanneman and David R. Gillette, Bureau of Reclamation)

The Influence of the Culvert on the Leakage at Lower Carno Dam (Jane Walbancke, Andrew Rowland and Lucy Mistry, Black & Veatch)

Failure of Swift No. 2 Forebay Dam (Patrick J. Regan, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Gary Huhta, Public Utility District No. 1 of Cowlitz County; and William N. Lagnion, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

Swift No. 2 Hydroelectric Project Reconstruction — Features and Procedures Adopted to Mitigate Dam Safety Risks (Thomas J. O’Brien, Steve Benson and Mike Pavone, Washington Division of URS Corporation)

Geotechnical Foundation Considerations for the Reconstruction of the Swift No. 2 Power Canal, WA (Sarah Wilkinson Kemp and Stephen A. Benson, URS Corporation, Washington Division)

Emergency Remedial Actions at A.V. Watkins Dam (Bruce C. Barrett and Mark Bliss, Bureau of Reclamation)

Lake Needwood Dam Forensic Evaluation and Rehabilitation (Bob Pinciotti, URS Corporation; Greg Zamensky, Black & Veatch Corporation; and Andy Frank, Maryland-National Capital Parks and Planning Commission)

A Case History of a Major Seepage and Internal Erosion Event at East Branch Dam, Elk County, Pennsylvania (Brian H. Greene and James E. Sekela, Corps of Engineers Hydraulics and Hydrology)

Hydrailics and Hydrology
Use of NEXRAD Weather Radar Data with the Storm Precipitation Analysis System (SPAS) to Provide High Spatial Resolution Rainfall Analyses for Runoff Model Calibration and Validation (Edward M. Tomlinson, Applied Weather Associates LLC; Tye W. Parzybok and Douglas M. Hultstrand, Metstat, Inc; and William D. Kappel, Applied Weather Associates LLC)

Analysis of Namgang Dam Flood Control During Intensive Rainfall in 2006 (Woo-Gu Kim, Jin-Hyeog Park and Eul-Rae Lee, Korea Water Resources Corporation)

New PMP Temporal Distributions and a Simplified Breach Method for Dams in Texas (John L. Rutledge, Freese and Nichols, Inc.; and Warren Samuelson, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)

FERC Dam Security Program Update (Frank Calcagno, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

HR BREACH: Developing a Practical Breach Model to Meet Industry Needs (Mark Morris and Mohamed Hassan, HR Wallingford Ltd.; Yves Buchholzer École Centrale de Lyon; and Tom Davies, Wallingford Software Inc., US)

Development of Next-Generation Embankment Dam Breach Models (Tony L. Wahl, Bureau of Reclamation; Gregory J. Hanson, USDA-ARS; Jean-Robert Courivaud, Electricité de France; Mark W. Morris, HR Wallingford; René Kahawita, École Polytechnique de Montréal; and Jeffrey T. McClenathan and D. Michael Gee, Corps of Engineers)

Results from Overwash Testing on Earthfill Embankments in South Florida (Bruce A. Phillips and Becky J. Hachenburg, MWH Americas, Inc.; and Jeffrey R. Kivett, South Florida Water Management District)

Practical Application of Research Related to High Velocity Flows Over Open Offset Joints in Spillways (John Trojanowski, Bureau of Reclamation)

A Labyrinth Rises in the Heart of Texas (Victor M. Vasquez, M. Leslie Boyd and John S. Wolfhope, Freese and Nichols, Inc.;and Ricky Garrett, City of Waco)

Evaluation of Existing Dams for Overtopping Failure Mode Based on Risk Considerations (William R. Fiedler, John F. England, Jr., and John H. LaBoon, Bureau of Reclamation)

Construction
Multi-Year Water Resources Project (Nathan Snorteland and Daniel Maag, Bureau of Reclamation)

Alternative Project Delivery Methods for Dam Construction and Rehabilitation (Daniel J. Hertel, Barnard Construction Company, Inc.; Daniel L. Johnson, GEI Consultants, Inc.; William F. Fiedler, Bureau of Reclamation; and Dietmar Scheel, MWH Americas, Inc.)

Lessons Learned from Construction of Prototype Embankment Dams in South Florida (Gregory A. Hillebrenner and Bruce A. Phillips, MWH Americas, Inc.; and Jeffrey R. Kivett, South Florida Water Management District)

Geotextiles in Dams — Forging Federal Guidelines (Douglas A. Crum, Corps of Engineers White River Project, Dike 14/15 Backflow Prevention Structure)

Steve Benson and Rahim Nasserziayee, URS Corporation, Washington Division; and Frank Hella, Puget Sound Energy Performance of the Ralston Dam Spillway (Gokhan Inci, URS Corporation; and Michael J. Miller, Denver Water)

Spillway Gate Isolation Using Segmental Floating Bulkheads (Frederick Lux, Schnabel Engineering South, LLC)

Surveillance and Monitoring
Detecting Voids Behind Conduits Using Acoustic Technology (Fred A. Travers and William F. Kepler, Bureau of Reclamation)

Maganging Dam Safety Ricks through Surveillance and Monitoring Plans and Surveillance and Monitoring Reports (Patrick J. Regan, Justin D. Nettle and John Zygaj, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

Pumped Storage Technical Guidance (Warren Witt, Ameren UE; Ernest D. Brockman, Jr., Duke Energy; and David W. Lord, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

Geotechnical Analysis and Instrumentation Monitoring During the Draw-Down and Rewatering of the Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project (Chad W. Cox, GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.; Fan Xi, New York Power Authority; Alton P. Davis, Jr., Consultant; Robert Knowlton, New York Power Authority; and William H. Hover, GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.)

Providing Improved Dam Safety Monitoring Using Existing Staff Resources: Fern Ridge Dam Case Study (Barry K. Myers, Engineered Monitoring Solutions; and David H. Scofield, Corps of Engineers)

Seepage and Piping Toolbox
Seepage Analysis at Wolf Creek Dam: Studying the Diagnostic Effectiveness of Audio Frequency Domain Magnetics in Karst Environments (Val Kofoed and Paul Rollins, Willowstick Technologies, LLC)

Seepage and Piping Toolbox Overview (John Cyganiewicz, Bureau of Reclamation; George Sills, Corps of Engineers; Robin Fell, University of New South Wales; Richard Davidson, URS Corporation; Mark Foster, URS Australia Pty Ltd.; Noah Vroman, Corps of Engineers)

Seepage and Piping Toolbox — Initiation of Internal Erosion (Robin Fell, University of New South Wales; Mark Foster, URS Australia Pty Ltd.; Richard Davidson, URS Corporation; John Cyganiewicz, Bureau of Reclamation; George Sills, Corps of Engineers; and Noah Vroman, Corps of Engineers)

Seepage and Piping Toolbox — Continuation, Progression, Intervention and Breach (Mark Foster, URS Australia Pty Ltd.; Robin Fell, University of New South Wales; Noah Vroman, Corps of Engineers; John Cyganiewicz, Bureau of Reclamation; George Sills, Corps of Engineers; and Richard Davidson, URS Corporation)

Seepage and Piping Toolbox — Beta Trial Case Histories (Noah Vroman, Corps of Engineers; John Cyganiewicz, Bureau of Reclamation; George Sills, Corps of Engineers; Robin Fell, University of New South Wales; Richard Davidson, URS Corporation; and Mark Foster, URS Australia Pty Ltd.)

Environmental/Water Resources
Water Storage — an Environmental Necessity? (Blaine N. Dwyer, Boyle Engineering Corporation)

Re-Operation of Multi-Purpose Reservoirs for Economic and Environmental Benefits (Felix Froehlich, Technical University of Darmstadt; Robert Dittmann, Technical University of Dresden; Dirk Muschalla and Manfred Ostrowski, Technical University of Darmstadt; and Reinhard Pohl, Technical University of Dresden)

Water Resources Capital Improvements in a Post-Conflict Environment: The Iraq Experience (Azad Mohammadi, Azad Engineering, Inc.; and Hassan Janabi, Stanley Baker Hill, LLC)

Dam Decommissioning
Marmot Dam Removal (J. W. Sager and M. R. Meyer, Cornforth Consultants, Inc.; and T. Keller, Portland General Electric Company)

Removal of Savage Rapids Diversion Dam — Part One (Richard D. Benik, Bureau of Reclamation)
A Chiloquin Romance — Restoring the Sprague River (Thomas E. Hepler, Bureau of Reclamation)

Poster Session
Evaluating Drains in a Risk-Based Context (Bill Fiedler, Gregg Scott and Lloyd Crutchfield, Bureau of Reclamation)

Laboratory Studies of High Velocity Flows Over Open Offset Joints (K. Warren Frizell, Bureau of Reclamation)

Structural Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Montgomery Dam Lift Gates (William A. Karaffa and Paul A. Surace, Corps of Engineers)

GIS-Based Soil Erosion Modeling with Climate Change Scenario in Imha Dam Basin, Korea (Geun-Sang Lee, Kyung-taek Yum and Deuk-koo Koh, Korea Water Resources Corporation)

Enhancement Program for Hydrologic Safety of Existing Dams in Korea (Hyun Lee, Deuk-koo Koh and Kyung-taek Yum Korea Water Resources Corporation)

Evaluation of Proposed Campus Construction on Existing Levee — New TCCD Downtown Campus, Fort Worth, Texas (Marc T. Miller, Elena Sossenkina, Jie Yu and Mike Shiflett, Kleinfelder, Inc.)

Deep Grout Curtain Cutoff for Large Storage Reservoirs in Rock (Faruk Oksuz and Cary Hirner, Black & Veatch Corporation)

Evaluation of Risk for a New Design at the Conceptual Level (Phoebe Percell and Bill Fiedler, Bureau of Reclamation; Rick Poeppelman, Corps of Engineers; and Ernie Hall, Bureau of Reclamation)

Investigation and Evaluation on the Safety of Soyanggang Dam Auxiliary Spillway Tunnel along Large Fault Zones (Young-Kwon You, Yang-Soo Yoo and Kyung-Taek Yum, Korea Water Resources Corporation; Moo-Young Song, Chungnam National University, Sung-Hun Kwak, Samsung; and Young-Wan Shin, Hakyong Engineering Company)