Greg Richards, P.E., CFM
Gannett Fleming, Inc.
Senior Project Manager
Greg Richards is a senior project manager and hydraulic and hydrologic engineer at Gannett Fleming in Bountiful, Utah. He obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in civil engineering from Utah State University. He is responsible for the management and execution of hydraulic and hydrologic analyses and design for flood control reservoirs, spillways, outlet works, stilling basins, bridges, and stream channel improvements. Greg has authored or contributed to several dam safety policy documents on both the federal and state level. These include the Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety: Selecting and Accommodating Inflow Design Floods for Dams (FEMA P-94); Guidelines for Hazard Potential Classification and Inflow Design Flood Selection (including a simplified risk-informed decision-making approach) for the New Mexico Dam Safety Bureau; and Risk-Informed Dam Inspection Guidelines for Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. He was the 2017 recipient of ASDSO’s Joseph J. Ellam President’s Award and currently serves as a member of ASDSO’s Dam Failure and Incidents Committee and chair of the DamFailures.org Subcommittee.
