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INSTRUCTOR: 
Andrew C. Yung, P.E., CFM

Purpose and Background

With the nation’s aging infrastructure becoming more and more a focus of serious attention, concerns over dams and levees across the United States are beginning to arise. Many involved with design, operation, and maintenance of these types of structures may not realize their legal responsibilities. Who is responsible for maintaining existing dams? What are the causes of a failure? What are the consequences of a failure? Who is responsible if a dam fails? What can be done to prevent failure? How is a dam/levee inspection performed?

The objectives of this seminar will be to identify the current status of existing dams and levees in the United States, to learn the basic fundamentals of performing a dam/levee safety inspection, to learn how to perform a dam safety analysis and assess risks to levee freeboard, and to identify various rehabilitation practices.

Topics to be covered in this seminar will include a history of dams and levees, an overview of dam safety and levee criteria in the United States, identifying the consequences of failure, determining the safety of existing dams and levees, and developing techniques for rehabilitating aging dam and levee structures.

Benefits and Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Explain the principles necessary to identify and mitigate the risks associated with a potential structural failure of dams and levees
• Identify potential problems in existing structures
• Explain the basics of dam safety/failure and levee freeboard/failure analyses
• Identify means to rehabilitate a deteriorating structure

Assessment of Learning Outcomes

Students' achievement of the learning outcomes will be assessed via a short post-assessment (true-false, multiple choice and fill in the blank questions).

Who Should Attend?

• Geotechnical Engineers
• Environmental and Water Resource Engineers
• Construction Managers

Outline

Dams

• Introduction
• Purpose & History
• Types of Dams
• Current Status
• Legislation & Liability
• Criteria
• Failures

Levees

• Purpose & History
• Types of Levees
• Criteria/Floodplain Issues
• Failure
• Hydrology & Hydraulics
• Current Status

General

• Inspection & Remedial Action
• Emergency Action Plans
• Rehabilitation Issues
• Growing Concerns
• Challenges Ahead
• Case Studies
• Security
• Concluding Topics

How to Earn your CEUs/PDHs

This online course is worth 1.2 CEUs/12 PDHs. To receive your certificate of completion, you will need to complete a short on-line post-test and receive a passing score of 70% or higher within 30 days of the course.

How do I convert CEUs to PDHs?

1.0 CEU = 10 PDHs [Example: 0.1 CEU = 1 PDH]