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Monday, September 8
10:30 am – 12:00 noon
Session I: Dam Owner Issues
Design & Construction of The Olivenhain RCC Dam
Gerard E. Reed, III, P.E., Senior Civil Engineer, San Diego County Water Authority, San Diego, CA; Michael F. Rogers,
P.E., Design Engineer, Design Engineer, Parsons-Harza, J.V., Escondido, CA; Joseph L. Ehasz, P.E.,
Construction Management Project Manager, Vice President, Washington Infrastructure Services, Inc., Escondido, CA;
and Glenn S. Tarbox, Vice President, MWH, Bellevue, WA
Protecting Your Investment: Why Propety Owners Associations Should Own Community Dams
Lisa A. Cahill, President, Watershed Services, Mechanicsville, VA
Enjoying Dams Safely: An Industry Perspective on Public Safety (Abstract Only)
Tony Bennett, Director, Dam Safety; Kim Froats, Senior Advisor, Health & Safety;
Bill McKinlay, Senior Affairs Advisor; and Lyle Rowat, Hydroelectric Plant Officer,
Ontario Power Generation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Session II: Advancing Technology
Relation K & K to SPT and CPT Penetration Resistance for Use in Evaluating Liquefaction Potential
I.M. Idriss, Professor; and Ross W. Boulanger, Professor, University of California, Department of Civil & Environmental
Engineering, Davis, CA
Application of 3-Dimensional Laser-Scan Survey Technology in Dam Safety Investigations
James A. Mumford, Safety of Dams Program Manager, US Bureau of Reclamation, Boise, ID; and Danial L. Perry,
President, Arrow Scan Corporation, Meridian, ID
Reliability and Performance of Inflatable Dams
Paul G. Schweiger, P.E., Senior Project Manager; and William B. Bingham, P.E., Vice President, Gannett Fleming Inc.,
Harrisburg, PA
Session III: Hydrology and PMP
Comparison of Temporal Rainfall Distributions for Near Probable Maximum Precipitation Storm Events for
Dam Design
James N. Moore, P.E., Civil Engineer; and Ray C. Riley, P.E., Watershel Planning Specialist, USDA - Natural Resources
Conservation Service, Little Rock, AR
Storm Distribution Developed from World Curve Data and Its Potential Areal Application
Ray C. Riley, P.E., Watershed Planning Specialist; and James N. Moore, P.E., Civil Engineer, USDA - Natural Resources
Conservation Service, Little Rock, AR
Site-Specific Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) for the Cherry Creek Drainage Basin, Colorado
Edward M. Tomlinson, Chief Scientist; and Ross Williams, Applied Weather Associates, Monument, CO; and Larry Lang,
Colorado Water Conservation Board, Denver, CO
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Session I: Ice
Stability and Drainage: Two Birds with One Stone
Todd M. Rudolph, P.E., Water Resources Engineer; and Dean S. Steines, P.E., Water Resources Engineer,
Ayres Associates, Eau Claire, WI
The Behavior of Fusegates in Ice Affected Environments
Hasan T. Kocahan, Business Development Manager, Hydroplus Inc., Arlington, VA; and V.B. Rodionov, Director,
Center for Hydraulic Research Institute of Energy Structures, Moscow, Russia
Session II: Seismic Issues
Jed Johnson Dam Rehabilitation and Seismic Reinforcement
Gregg Batchelder Adams, P.E., Program Manager; and Mark Kalvels, Program Manager, US Fish & Wildlife Service,
Lakewood, CO; and Ying-Kit Choi, P.E., Principal, BasePoint Design Corporation, Aurora, CO
Fixer - Upper: Close to School, Fishing and Fault; Needs Plumbing & Hydroelectic Turbine
Robert A. Joyet, P.E., Senior Geotechnical Engineer; and Rodney W. Eisenbraun, Vice President, ECI,
an AECOM Company, Greenwood Village, CO
Reanalysis and Seismic Strengthening of Thompson Creek Dam, California
Tim Keuscher, Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Geomatrix Consultants, Inc., Costa Mesa, CA; Faiz Makdisi,
Principal Engineer; and Zhi-Liang Wang, Senior Engineer, Geomatrix Consultants, Inc., Oakland, CA
Session III: State Dam Safety Program Issues
“Would I Want to Live in That House?” - A Case Study in Cost Effective Hazard Classifications
David M. Leone, Hydrologist; and Peter H. Baril, P.E., Associate Principal, GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc., Norwood, MA;
and Paul Guglielmino, P.E., Senior Sanitary Engineer, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management,
Providence, RI
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Session I: Risk
Incremental Damage Analysis - The Perverse Perspective and The Lessons from Success and Failure
Richard L. Pearce, P.E., Associate Engineer, Boyle Engineering Corporation, Denver, CO
The Use of Flood Damage Analysis in Dam Rehabilitation and Repair
Carlos Carriaga, Ph.D, P.E., Project Manager, Dibble & Associates, Inc., Phoenix, AZ; William C. Jenkins, P.E.,
Senior Engineer, Dam Safety; and Jon M. Benoist, P.E., Senior Engineer, Dam Safety, Arizona Department of
Water Resources, Phoenix, AZ
Probabilistic Hydrologic Forecasts: An Essential Component of Risk Management
Michael M. DeWeese, Senior Hydrologist, North Central River Forecast Center, and Steven D. Buan,
Hydrology Program Manager, Weather Forecast Office, National Weather Service, Chanhassen, MN
Session II: Case Studies in Dam Rehabilitation
A Dangerous Place to Dig, Excavation at the Toe of Saluda Dam
Elena Sossenkina, Monitoring Coordinator, Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc., Lexington, SC; and Scott G. Newhouse, P.E.,
Senior Engineer, and Matt Glunt, Graduate Engineer, Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc., Monroeville, PA
Standardized Design Results in Cost-Effective Remediation of Nine Dams
Charles B. Wilson, P.E., Schnabel Engineering Inc., Alpharetta, GA
The Historic Rehabilitation of Pine River Dam
Neil T. Schwanz, P.E., Geotechnical Engineer, US Army Corps of Engineers, Saint Paul, MN; and William J. Forsmark,
P.E., Vice President, Barr Engineering Co., Minneapolis, MN
Session III: Spillways
Increasing Spillway Capacity at Bee Tree Dam
Russell A. Bendel, P.E., Senior Engineer, Donald L. Basinger, P.E., Senior Vice President, and Robert P. Cannon, P.G.,
Senior Vice President, Schnabel Engineering Inc., Greensboro, NC
Stepped Spillways Reduce MAC Project Costs
Guy S. Lund, P.E., Consulting Civil/Structural Engineer, URS Corporation, Denver, CO; and Beth Keister, P.E., Project
Manager, URS Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
Improving an Urban Dam for a Second Century of Service
Brian S. Johnson, Senior Project Manager; and Joe Green-Heffern, Senior Project Manager, GEI Consultants Inc.,
Englewood, CO; Roger Lindquist, Project Engineer, CH2M Hill, Corvallis, OR; and Don Deere, Principal, Tetra Tech RMC,
Longmont, CO
Tuesday, September 9
8:30 am – 10:00 am
General Session: Meeting Today’s Challenges: The Security of Dams
Mixing Recreation and Security: Can They Go Together?
Dr. Peter Tarlow, President, Tourism & More, College Station, TX
Vulnerability of Dams to Terrorist Attacks (Abstract Only)
Landon K. Davis and Gordon McMahon, Army Engineer Research and Development Center, US Army Corps of
Engineers, Vicksburg, MS
10:30 am – 12:00 noon
Session I: Security at Dams
Observations and Insights on the Application of the RAM-D Methodology to Dam Vulnerability and
Security Studies
John W. France, P.E., Vice President; and Richard A. Millet, P.E., Vice President, URS Corporation, Denver, CO
Bureau of Reclamation Security Program and Protection Strategies for Dams (Abstract Only)
Martin Chavira, Physical Security Engineer, US Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO
Session II: Rock Anchors
Rock Anchors - Then & Now
Donald A. Bruce, Ph.D., E.Eng., President, Geosytems, L.P., Venetia, PA
Rock Anchor Field Study at Bluestone Dam
Greg Yankey, P.E., Associate, David J. Bentler, Ph.D., Senior Geotechnical Engineer, and Rick Deschamps, Ph.D.,
Associate, Fuller, Mossbarger, Scott & May, Lexington, KY
Using Post-Tension Anchors to Stabilize The Abutment Section of a Concrete Arch Dam
Ed A. Toms, P.E., Vice President; and Dirk J. Bal, P.E., Associate Structural Engineer, Boyle Engineering, Lakewood,
CO; and Norm Erthal, Civil Engineer, and Hank Koopman, Civil Engineer, Colorado Division of Wildlife, Denver, CO
Session III: Hydrological Parameters Panel Discussion
Hydrology and Hydraulics for Dams: State of Practice or Practice of States?
Greg Paxson, P.E., Senior Engineer, and John Harrison, P.E., Associate, Schnabel Engineering Inc., West Chester, PA
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Session I: Underwater Repairs
Kent Lake Dam Repairs: Slip-Lining Without Lowering the Pool
Scott P. Cahill, Watershed Services, Mechanicsville, VA
Mixing Oil & Water: Offshore Oilfield Experience and Technology Used in Reservoir's Submerged Isolation
Valve Replacement
Michael R. Istre, P.E., Senior Design Engineer, Project Consulting Services, Inc., Metairie, LA; David K. Burd, Director,
Merrill Creek Reservoir, Washington, NJ; Ernie V. Shields, Manager – Birmingham Operations, Project Consulting
Services, Inc., Birmingham, AL; and Eric Caylor, Marine Sales/Project Manager, Superior Special Services, Inc.,
Fond du Lac, WI
Underwater Concrete Repairs At The Ludington Pumped Storage Plant – Lessons Learned
Donald L. Basinger, P.E., Principal Engineer, Edward D. Billington, P.G., Associate, and Robert P. Cannon, P.G.,
Principal, AG&E/Schnabel Engineering Inc., Greensboro, NC
Session II: Dam Failures and Incidents
Rapidan Dam 2002 Emergency Repairs, Blue Earth County, Minnesota
James P. Herbert, P.E., Vice President, and John Quist, P.E., Barr Engineering Company, Minneapolis, MN;
Darrell W. Morey, P.E., US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, MN; and Alan Forsberg, P.E., Public Works
Director/County Engineer, Blue Earth County Highway Department, Mankato, MN
Flooding of Medina Dam
Guy S. Lund, P.E., Consulting Civil/Structural Engineer, and John France, P.E., Principal, URS Corporation, Denver, CO;
Jeff Irvin, P.E., and Colin Young, P.E., URS Corporation, Austin, TX
Balcones Dams: Validating Dam Safety Theory Through a Case Study in Dam Safety Emergencies
Duane M. McClelland, Water Resources Engineer; Stephen G. Brown, and Curtis A. Thompson, GEI Consultants, Inc.,
Englewood, CO; and Brian D. Becker, Chief, Dam Safety Branch, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Lakewood, CO
Session III: Seepage Repair
Synthetic Liners for Rehabilitation of Cracks & Joints: Two Case Histories, One Executed in The Dry and
One Underwater
John Wilkes, President, CARPI USA, Roanoke, VA; Erick Larson, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, San Francisco, CA;
and Gabriella Vaschetti, Manager, and Alberto Scuero, General Manager, CARPI Tech S.A., Chiasso, Switzerland
Patoka Lake Seepage Remediation
Stephen T. Hornbeck, Geologist, and Timothy L. Flaherty, P.G., Geologist, US Army Engineer District, Louisville, KY; and
David Wilson, P.E., Geologist, Gannett-Fleming, Inc., Camp Hill, PA
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Session I: Low-Head Dams = Drowning Machines A
Public Hazards at Low-Head Dams: Can We Make Them Safer? (Introductory Remarks)
Bruce A. Tschantz, P.E., Emeritus Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Recreational Use Considerations in Planning and Permitting of Low Head Dams
Michael G. Donahue, Esq., Stark & Stark, P.C., Princeton, NJ; and T. Andrew Earles, Ph.D., Wright Water
Engineers, Inc., Denver, CO
Public Safety at Low-Head Dams
Kenneth R. Wright, P.E., Chief Engineer, and T. Andrew Earles, Ph.D., P.E., Senior Hydraulic Engineer, Wright Water
Engineers, Denver, CO; and Jonathan M. Kelly, P.E., Senior Civil Engineer, Wright Water Engineers, Inc.,
Glenwood Springs, CO
Minnesota’s Response to “Drowning Machine” Dams
Kim A. Elverum, Coordinator, Boat and Water Safety Program; and Dana Gauthier, Senior Engineer,
Dam Safety Program, MN Department of Natural Resources, St. Paul, MN
Session II: RCC
RCC 101 - Understanding the Issues
Randall P. Bass, P.E., Program Manager, Portland Cement Association, Lilburn, GA
Olivenhain Dam, Design Issues for RCC in a Seismic Region
Mark Schultz, Senior Engineer, Frank C. Fong, P.E., G.E., Project Engineer, and David A. Gutierrez, P.E., G.E.,
Chief CA Division of Safety of Dams, Sacramento, CA
Kyle Dam Modifications - RCC Service Spillway
Stephen Bareis, P.E., President, Bareis Engineering, Inc., Rapid City, SD
Session III: Dambreak Analysis
Dam Break Modeling Using HEC-RAS 3.1
Albert G. Holler, Ph.D., P.E., Senior Hydrologic Engineer, Associated Engineering Consultants, Inc., Atlanta, GA
Uncertainty in Dam Breach Analyses
Norman D. Folmar, E.I.T., Ph.D. Candidate, and Arthur C. Miller, Ph.D., P.E., Professor, Penn State University,
University Park, PA
Dam Failure Inundation Study - Estimation of Breach Parameters and One-Dimensional Modeling for Asaayi Dam,
Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona
James E. Nelson, P.E., Program Manager, ACS Government Services, Lakewood, CO
Wednesday, September 10
8:30 am – 10:00 am
General Session: ASDSO Initiatives: Leading to the Future of Dam Safety
Dam Rehabilitation Funding – What’s Being Done?
Eric J. Ditchey, P.E., Senior Associate, McCormick, Taylor & Associates, Mount Laurel, NJ
10:30 am – 12:00 noon
Session I: Dam Removal and Environmental Issues A
Removal of the Orienta Hydro Dam and Construction of Fish and Lamprey Barrier
Carrie J. Ryan, P.E., Civil Engineer, Barr Engineering Company, Duluth, MN; William P. Zawacki, P.E., Director of
Hydro Plants, and Richard M. Rudolph, P.E., Supervisor, Xcel Energy, Eau Claire, WI
Retirement Isn't the End of a Historic Dam's Career
Michael W. Oakland, Ph.D., P.E., Senior Geotechnical Engineer, CDM Jessberger, Cambridge, MA; and Ivette M.
Bolender, R.G., Camp Dresser & McKee, Cleveland, OH
Restoring The Big Rapids in Big Rapids, MI: Sediment Management Plan Keys Dam Removal Project’s Success
James R. Hegarty, P.E., F. ASCE, Project Manager, Prein & Newhof, Grand Rapids, MI
Session II: Drains and Filters
Construction of Vertical & Inclined Sand Drains in Embankment Dams
David P. Hammer, P.E., Geotechnical Engineer, XCorps, LLC, Wilder, KY
The Filter Design Tightrope
Danny K. McCook, P.E., Civil Engineer, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Fort Worth, TX
Evaluation of Broadly Graded Soils and Existing Filter Material for Compatibility and Internal Stability at
G.B. Stevenson Dam
Robert T. Saber, P.E., Senior Project Manager, Gannett Fleming, Inc., Harrisburg, PA; and William J. Franz, P.E.,
Civil Engineer, PA Department of Environmental Protection, Harrisburg, PA
Session III: Hydraulics & Spillway Design
Unlined Auxiliary Spillway Design
Joseph S. Monroe, P.E., Schnabel Engineering Inc., Alpharetta, GA
Old Models - New Applications
Paul I. Welle, P.E., Senior Associate, Schnabel Engineering Inc., West Chester, PA; and Kem C. Kadavy, P.E.,
Agricultural Engineer, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Stillwater, OK
Designing A 75-Percent PMP Spillway for Low Head Conditions
Darren J. Brinker, P.E., Associate Engineer, Boyle Engineering Corporation, Lakewood, CO
POSTER PAPERS
Enlargement and Facility Improvements to El Toro Dam
Ralph W. Rabus, P.E., Vice President of Engineering, and Joseph J. Kulikowski, P.E., President, Genterra Consultants,
Inc., Irvine, CA; and Robert R. Hill, General Manager, El Toro Water District, Lake Forest, CA
Sediment Transport Evaluation for Dam Removal Scenarios, Fossil Springs Diversion Dam, Arizona
Charlie Schlinger, Justin Ramsey, Paul Trotta, Jim Janecek, and Bill Auberle, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ;
and Sean Welch, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Portland, OR