The National Dam Safety Review Board Work Group on Dam Safety Training welcomes all dam and levee safety professionals and those responsible for responding to dam and levee safety incidents to the annual National Dam Safety Program Technical Seminar (NDSPTS).
The 2021 seminar discussed how to use Risk Informed Decision Making and Benefit Cost Analysis when making dam and levee project decisions.
The last day of the seminar covered various case studies on risk analyses followed by a panel discussion about the various topics and presentations covered throughout the seminar.
The theme of the day had a strong focus on risk assessments. There were evaluations of previous dam failures, including the Orville Dam and a synopsis on the previous 25 years of risk-informed decision making and what to expect in the upcoming 25 years.
The presentations covered throughout the day related to benefit-cost analysis. The topic stems from justification FEMA and the National Dam Safety Review Board are using to add some sort of simplified methodology to the High Hazard Potential Dam grant process.
The topics covered laid out the basis for risk informed decision making.
National Dam Safety Program Technical Seminar | Dr. Ignacio Escuder-Bueno
José Miguel Bermúdez
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority
Dams and Irrigation Division Head
Dam Safety Unit Head
National Dam Safety Program Technical Seminar | Keith Mills, PE GE
National Dam Safety Program Technical Seminar | February 19, 2021
Rick Scott PE
Senior Managing Engineer
McMillen Jacobs Associates
National Dam Safety Program Technical Seminar | 2021
Jason Weiss (AECOM)
National Dam Safety Program Technical Seminar | No. 28
National Dam Safety Program Technical Seminar | 2021
John W. France, PE, D.GE, D.WRE
JWF Consulting, LLC
National Dam Safety Program Technical Seminar | February 17, 2021
Katy Goolsby-Brown
National Dam Safety Program Technical Seminar
Stephen C. Costello, P.E.
National Dam Safety Program Technical Seminar | 2021
National Dam Safety Program Technical Seminar 2021
Przemyslaw (Andy) Zielinski
HYDROSMS INC., Toronto, Canada
National Dam Safety Program Technical Seminar | Feb 2021
Joels Malama, P.E., Dam Safety Program Manager
National Dam Safety Program Technical Seminar | February 16-18, 2021
Lawrence H. Roth, PE, GE, ENV SP
Jessica J. Ludy, CFM
National Dam Safety Program Technical Seminar | 2021
National Dam Safety Program Technical Seminar | Risk Informed Decision Making (RIDM) and Benefit Cost Analysis (BCA) for Dam and Levee Projects
David S. Bowles
RAC Engineers and Economists and Utah State University
National Dam Safety Program Technical Seminar | February 17, 2021
Danielle T. Hannes
Wheeler and Associates
