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16:45, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Intro to the Application of 2D Hydraulic Modeling for Dam and Levee Safety (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2016 |abstract=  Recent improvements in the computational capacity of computers and in the availability of high-quality terrain data have allowed 2D hydraulic models to become highly valuable tools in dam and levee safety analyses. Today, there are several free and commercially-available 2D mo...")
16:26, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Seepage Rehabilitation for Embankment Dams (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2015 |abstract=  This webinar will review the current state of the practice for rehabilitation of embankment dams to address seepage issues. Seepage rehabilitation measures can generally be grouped into two categories: seepage reduction / limitation measures and seepage collection measures. See...")
16:26, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Human Factors in Dam Failure and Safety (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2015 |abstract=  Dam failures typically result from interactions of human and physical factors which extend over years or decades. Understandably, engineers and others involved with dams normally focus on the physical factors. However, because physical systems such as dams are subject to physi...")
16:26, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Rainfall and Dam Safety-From PMP to the 100-Year Storm (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2015 |abstract=  Understanding how extreme storms and their precipitation are analyzed is critically important for dam design and dam safety. This webinar will detail the background of PMP and storm analysis starting with the earliest work completed by the US Weather Bureau (now National Weathe...")
16:26, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Dam Construction Quality Control: Dos, Dont's and Lessons Learned (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2015 |abstract=  The implementation of a successful dam design is predicated on the construction contractor using acceptable construction means and methods when performing the work and the quality control staff performing timely and through inspections. There are many critical work items associ...")
16:26, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Understanding and Managing Plant & Animal Intrusions in Embankment Dams and Levees (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2015 |abstract=  Plant and animal intrusions represent a common but often overlooked threat to the long-term safety of embankment dams throughout the U.S. In fact, these hazards have been attributed to dam failures and near dam failures in the past. Proper identification, treatment, and long-te...")
16:18, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Waterproofing Systems for Dams (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2015 |abstract=  The first geomembranes were installed on dams in 1959 in Italy and British Columbia: both systems were covered. In the 1970’s geomembranes began to be installed on dams exposed. In the next 20 years exposed geomembrane systems would be installed on more than 2 dozen dams, pr...")
16:18, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Event Tree Principles and Applications for Dam Safety Risk Assessment (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2015 |abstract=  Event tree analysis is commonly used in dam safety risk analysis. Event trees are tools used to aid in understanding, analyzing, and communicating dam safety risks and for informing dam safety decisions. Like all other tools they are imperfect and their potential value depends...")
16:18, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Seismic Stability Evaluation of Earth Dams (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2015 |abstract=  Earthquakes represent a hazard to dams in many parts of the United States and therefore are of interest to design engineers and dam safety officials. Evaluation of the seismic stability of these dams to future anticipated earthquakes require an understanding of seismic hazards,...")
16:18, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Designing Slope Protection for Dams and Levees (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2015 |abstract=  Slopes on the upstream side of dams are subject to wind-generated waves. Likewise, levees along river banks experience wind waves, boat wakes and current forces. This webinar will describe how winds produce waves in reservoirs and other enclosed bodies of water. Wave heights an...")
16:18, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Introduction to Hydrologic Modeling Using Geospatial Information (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2015 |abstract=  This webinar will provide an introduction to the application of geospatial information to hydrologic analysis. The field of hydrology experienced its most dramatic period of development from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century. While the theory and equations used to e...")
16:18, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Introduction to Public Safety Risk Evaluation and Treatment for Dams and Levees (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2015 |abstract=  This webinar is designed to provide dam and levee owners, and their specialist consultants, an introduction to a comprehensive program to assess and reduce public safety risk around dams, levees, and powerhouses. In 2011 the Canadian Dam Association, an association similar in...")
16:18, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Earthquake Hazards, Ground Motions and Dynamic Response (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2014 |abstract=  Earthquakes represent a hazard to dams in many parts of the United States and therefore are of interest to design engineers and dam safety officials. The hazard from earthquakes includes strong shaking, fault rupture displacements, reservoir seiche and earthquake-induced landsl...")
16:18, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Rehabilitation of Concrete Dams (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2014 |abstract=  This webinar is the third and final course in the series on concrete gravity dams. The first webinar entitled “Introduction to Concrete Gravity Dams” (July 2012) presented information regarding the types of gravity dams, historic design, and construction practices, as well...")
15:46, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Foundation Preparation and Treatment for Dam Construction (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2014 |abstract=  This webinar will address a wide range of foundation preparation and treatment methods applicable to construction of new dams, rehabilitation of existing dams, and enlargement of existing dams. Topics to be covered include: treatment of surface rock exposures in dam foundations...")
15:46, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Seepage Monitoring and Analysis of Embankment Dams (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2014 |abstract=  Some amount of seepage passes through and under all embankment dams. The collection, monitoring, and analysis of seepage is crucial in the successful execution of any dam safety program and is helpful in deciding if it is expected ambient seepage or indicative of a more serious...")
15:46, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Stepped Chute Spillway Design for Embankment Dams (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2014 |abstract=  Changing demographics in the vicinity of dams has led to hazard creep in a number of dams worldwide. Many of these dams now have insufficient spillway capacity as a result of these changes in hazard classification from low to significant or high hazard. Stepped chutes applied t...")
15:46, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Application of PFMA in Dam Safety (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2014 |abstract=  Failure mode evaluation, or what is now more commonly referred to as potential failure mode analysis (PFMA) for dam safety, has become routine practice for many in the profession. The process became more formally organized by the US Bureau of Reclamation in the early to mid 199...")
15:46, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Developing Operations and Maintenance Manuals for Dams (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2014 |abstract=  This webinar will provide participants with information on the importance of preparing operations and maintenance (O&M) manuals for dams. It will include an overview of some of the key federal agency and state requirements and formats for dam O&M manuals. Operations and mainten...")
15:46, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Potential Failure Mode Analysis as a Dam Safety Tool Part I: Introduction to PFMA (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2014 |abstract=  Failure mode evaluation or what now is more commonly referred to as potential failure mode analysis (PFMA) for dam safety has become routine practice for many in the profession. The process became more formally organized by the US Bureau of Reclamation in the early to mid 1990...")
15:46, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Quality Assurance and Field Inspection for Dam Construction Projects (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2014 |abstract=  Quality control on projects for the construction or rehabilitation of dams is the responsibility of the construction contractor. Contractors have control of the site during construction and are responsible for understanding and complying with the requirements of the contract do...")
15:19, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: How to Communicate Effectively in Any Situation (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2014 |abstract=  ASDSO members are called upon to communicate in many different situations — in presentations to colleagues, testimony before regulatory bodies and legislative committees, and interviews with reporters. Whatever the circumstances, best practices can help to ensure that communi...")
15:19, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Introduction to Armoring Embankment Dams and Earth-Cut Spillways with ACBs (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2014 |abstract=  Over the past 23 years, numerous embankment dams and earth-cut spillways in the United States have been armored with Articulating Concrete Blocks (ACBs) to provide overtopping protection and extend the life of the structures. With the current focus on evaluating and rehabilitat...")
15:19, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Internal Drainage Systems for Embankment Dams (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2013 |abstract=  This webinar covers the use of sand and gravel filter/drainage systems in embankment dams to protect against excessive seepage pressures, internal erosion in cracks or other anomalies, and piping. Excessive seepage pressures can affect embankment stability related to slope slou...")
15:19, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Stability Evaluations of Concrete Dams (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2013 |abstract=  Historically, concrete dam analysis focused much of the attention on material property assumptions, which has been and continues to be important. But more recently, the focus is primarily on the modes of failure experienced by these types of dams. This webinar will present a mo...")
01:00, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Hydraulic Design of Labyrinth Weirs (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2013 |abstract=  Labyrinth weirs are widely used in spillway rehabilitation to upgrade existing dams to meet updated spillway design flood criteria. In addition to increasing discharge capacity, these weirs are also well suited to regulating upstream pool elevations for flood control or at inta...")
00:56, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Terminal Structures and Energy Dissipation at Outlet Works and Spillways (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2013 |abstract=  Effective energy dissipation of flows from outlet works and spillways is an extremely important component in dam safety. Undersized or ineffective structures can lead to damage and failure, possibly endangering the dam or the flow channel and properties downstream. Generalized...")
00:52, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Using Instrumentation for Dam Safety Monitoring (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2013 |abstract=  It is widely accepted that monitoring programs are important for dam safety. Monitoring programs provide the information necessary to understanding the on-going performance of the dam, as well as the ability to detect a change in this performance, which can be critical in ident...")
00:52, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Loss of Life Consequence Assessment for Dam Failure Scenarios (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2013 |abstract=  This webinar looks at the evaluation of loss of life resulting from a dam failure, use of loss of life estimates, hazard classification, improvement of emergency action planning, determination of individual and societal risk, a comparison of loss of life from dam failure to los...")
00:46, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Tolerable Risk Guidelines for Dams: How Safe is Safe Enough (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2013 |abstract=  Tolerable risk guidelines are used to guide the process of evaluating whether or not dam safety risks are low enough. They provide a means of relating dam safety risks to other risks to which people are exposed as a result of technological hazards. While these guidelines should...")
00:46, 19 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: RCC Applications in Dam Engineering - What We Have Learned and What's New (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2013 |abstract=  This webinar will focus on the many applications of RCC in dam engineering, including RCC dams, RCC overtopping protection, and RCC use in cofferdams. Other topics to be covered will be RCC for raising and rehabilitating existing concrete dams and RCC for grade control structur...")
23:57, 18 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Legal Responsibilities of Dam Owners, Operators, and Regulators (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2013 |abstract=  This webinar will address the legal responsibilities in: owning and operating a dam under normal conditions, during a flood, or in cases of a breach; devising, testing, and updating emergency action and business continuity plans; and maintaining the dam to minimize the chances...")
23:57, 18 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Evaluation of Seepage Related Potential Failure Modes (PFM's) in Embankments with Emphasis on Outlet Penetrations (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2013 |abstract=  Evaluation of potential seepage failure modes in embankment dams and in particular around outlet works penetrations is a very important aspect of dam safety evaluations. Assessing potential seepage failure modes typically requires designing and evaluating investigation and inst...")
23:50, 18 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Introduction to Earth Spillway Design and Evaluation (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2012 |abstract=  This webinar provides an introductory discussion of the processes governing earth and vegetated earth spillway design and performance. Topics include the history of vegetated earth spillway use by the USDA and associated design criteria, the concept of stability and integrity d...")
23:50, 18 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Introduction to Grouting for Dams (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2012 |abstract=  This webinar is intended to provide an introduction to dam foundation grouting for dam regulators, owners, and consultants. Topics covered will include determining the need and applicability of grouting, types of foundation grouting, an explanation of the grouting process inclu...")
23:50, 18 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Introduction to Physical Modeling of Spillways for Dams (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2012 |abstract=  Physical models have been used as part of the design process for spillways and other hydraulic structures for centuries. Their use has proven to be extremely effective for validating hydraulic design schemes for new and rehabilitated spillways, for the discovery of hydraulic de...")
23:41, 18 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Emergency Action Plan Basics (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2012 |abstract=  This webinar is intended to provide an introduction to emergency action plans (EAPs) for dam safety emergency planners, dam owners, dam regulators, and consultants. The webinar will include information that will be useful to participants in developing new EAPs and improving the...")
23:41, 18 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Hydraulics 201 for Dam Safety (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2012 |abstract=  This webinar will have four one-half hour sessions and will begin with a brief review of the Hydraulics 101 lectures. Uniform flow, specific energy, and gradually varied flow will be covered in the first session. Hydraulic modeling and water surface profile computations will be...")
23:41, 18 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: PMP and the History of HMRs (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2012 |abstract=  Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) is used to compute the Probable Maximum Flood (PMF) that in turn is used by federal and state regulators to evaluate the safety of dams. The concept of an upper limit for precipitation was presented in the 1940’s with procedures for determ...")
23:41, 18 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Hydrology 201 for Dam Safety (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2012 |abstract=  The Hydrology 201 webinar consists of four one-half hour segments. The first segment is a brief review of Hydrology 101 emphasizing some of the important hydrologic issues. The second segment will concentrate on the NRCS procedures to determine the loss rate function and the di...")
23:30, 18 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Field Investigations for New and Existing Dams (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2012 |abstract=  The purpose of the webinar is to provide an overview of the process required to developing field investigation programs for design of new dams or rehabilitation of existing dams. The presentation will include the four phases that are typical of field investigations for new and...")
23:28, 18 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Structural Condition Assessment of Dam Facilities with Non-Destructive Evaluation Methods (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2012 |abstract=  The webinar will discuss the basics of various non-destructive evaluation (NDE) methods and their applications for investigating dam, spillway and conduit conditions such as freeze-thaw cracking, void, seepage, corrosion of reinforcing, anchor bolts, strength/moduli, and stabil...")
23:24, 18 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Risk Management for a Portfolio of Dams (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2011 |abstract=  There is a growing recognition of the value of using risk assessment as a supplement to traditional engineering approaches to dam safety decision making. This is referred to as a risk-informed approach in which decision making utilizes information obtained from a risk assessmen...")
23:20, 18 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Risk Assessment Basics for an Individual Dam (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2011 |abstract=  There is a growing recognition of the value of using risk assessment as a supplement to traditional engineering approaches to dam safety decision making. This is referred to as a risk-informed approach in which decision-making utilizes information obtained from a risk assessmen...")
23:20, 18 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Roller Compacted Concrete - Design and Construction of Water Control Structures (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2011 |abstract=  This webinar will provide a general overview of the development of RCC and how this material is being used in dams and spillways. Recent design and construction trends will be presented in the areas of mix designs, jointing, facing systems, and placement procedures. The primary...")
23:20, 18 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Filter Design History and a One-Step Design Process (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2011 |abstract=  The webinar consists of two basic parts: *A history of filter design practice including theoretical design considerations. *A step-by-step design process with criterion for the design of a critical filter for one example soil type. The primary topics covered in the first part...")
23:10, 18 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page Training Pages (Created page with " {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; background-color: #fff;" |- ! Author !! Title !! Date |- | ASDSO || On-Demand Webinar: Hydraulics 101: Intro to Hydraulics for Dam Safety || 2011 |- | ASDSO || On-Demand Webinar: Hydrology 101 for Dam Safety || 2011 |- | ASDSO || On-Demand Webinar: Empirical Estimates of Permeability for Earth Dam Projects || 2010...")
23:10, 18 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Hydraulics 101: Intro to Hydraulics for Dam Safety (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2011 |abstract=  This webinar stresses the fundamentals of hydraulics and its application to dam safety. The presentation will include four short sessions: (1) Fluid Flow, (2) Uniform Flow in Open Channels, (3) Specific Energy, and (4) Water Surface Profile. Precedes the webinar Hydraulics 201....")
23:10, 18 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Hydrology 101 for Dam Safety (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2011 |abstract=  The webinar stresses the fundamentals of hydrology and is an introduction to hydrologic processes. The class will stress the importance the fundamentals and its application to dam safety. Precedes the course Hydrology 201. |link=  https://portal.d...")
23:10, 18 August 2022 Camrenbt talk contribs created page On-Demand Webinar: Empirical Estimates of Permeability for Earth Dam Projects (Created page with "{{Trainings Template |author=  Association of State Dam Safety Officials |year=  2010 |abstract=  This webinar provides a thorough discussion of the range of permeability likely in natural and recompacted embankment soils. Empirical correlations and charts are provided that can assist in the evaluation of design report assumptions and models used for seepage analyses. Vario...")