Dam Safety Review 1

[ONENGINEER]

I am looking for a publication on DSR hints, Dos and Don'ts. Something of NAVFAC type not a comprehensive book. May be less than 20 pages.

Has anybody come across any resources on this subject. Thank you.

 

[msquared48]

I doubt NAFAC would cover that. More like a COE pub.

Mike McCann
MMC Engineering

 

[ONENGINEER]

Mike

Sure, NAVFAC is more of soil mech and foundations. I meant a publication on DSR, which would have a similar style to NAVFAC. Sorry if original question was not clear.

 

[GeoPaveTraffic]

ONENGINEER,

Sorry, I've never seen a publication along the lines you are looking for. What I have done in the past is follow USACE design guidence along with any applicable State rules. Not the most convienent, but I think it makes you less likely to miss somehting.

As for Dos, I always try to keep it possitive or at least say something possitive.

As for Don'ts, the biggest one that I strugle with is not commenting on somehting just becase they chose to do it differently than I would have. Focus on, is it correct versus how you would have done it.

Good luck, review projects can be interesting and sometime you learn something new.

Mike Lambert

 

[dgillette]

How about Bureau of Reclamation "Safety Evaluation of Existing Dams"?

http://www.usbr.gov/pmts/instrumentation/policies/SEED.pdf

 

[BigH]

Might also try:

http://www.fao.org/docrep/012/i1531e/i1531e.pdf

 

[KM]

British Columbia guidebook for owners of small dams: written for a pretty "lay" audience, but a good overview:

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wsd/public_safety/dam_safety/cabinet/inspection.pdf

Ontario "best management practices" for dam safety reviews: overview of scope

http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/stdprodconsume/groups/lr/@mnr/@water/documents/document/stdprod_088416.pdf