Introduction to Dam Safety
This course can be customized and delivered to your team where and when it's convenient for you.
Online / On-site
OVERVIEW
Description
After participating in this course, you will have:
- a basic understanding of dam design, construction, operation and maintenance, with a focus on the safe retention and passage of water
- an understanding of the associated risks, and the requirements of a dam safety program
Description
Dams and their appurtenant structures are built for a variety of reasons including flood protection, power generation, irrigation, industrial or mine residual waste storage and recreation. The importance of dam safety to the mining, industrial, infrastructure, and energy sectors of the Canadian economy cannot be overstated. Various regulatory and industry practices exist for dam design, operation, surveillance, and maintenance and dam owners, operators, and professionals need to understand the nature of the many aspects of safe dam design, performance monitoring, maintenance, rehabilitation, and upgrading of dams to ensure ongoing safe operation and performance.
This introductory course is aimed at all personnel involved with the design, management, operation, maintenance, surveillance, and rehabilitation of dams.
Course Outline
- Module 1: Why Dam Safety?
- Module 2: Principles of Dam Design
- Module 3: Dam Safety Governance
- Module 4: Performance Management of Dams
- Module 5: Risk Identification and Analysis
- Module 6: Critical Controls and Critical Control Management
Who Should Attend
Designers • Operators • Owners • Engineers • Consultants • Contractors • Individuals with an interest in dams for water and solid waste retention, flood control, and power generation
Special Feature:
This intensive two-day format, is focused and carefully targeted to meet the needs of those who want to validate their practice and expand their knowledge by learning about current industry practices.
Course Outline
Module 1: Why Dam Safety?
- Types of dams
- How they fail - Case Histories.
- Canadian Dam Association and CDA Dam Safety Guidelines
- The Status of Dam Safety Regulations in Canada
Module 2: Dam Design
- Stability Evaluations: Concrete and embankment dams.
- Seepage, Piping and Internal Erosion: Concrete and embankment dams.
- Seismic Evaluations: Site Specific Hazard Analyses, Ground Response Analysis, Liquefaction Analysis.
- Flood Routing Basics: Flood Evaluations, Conveyance and Flood Routing Equipment, Flow Control Considerations
- Typical Design Criteria
- Risk Based Design – What does this mean and how to apply it?
Module 3: Dam Safety Governance
- Basic Elements of a Dam Safety Management System
- Hazard Potential or Consequence Classification Systems
- Dam Safety Reviews: Frequency; Audit versus Comprehensive
- Dam Safety Inspections: Their role in dam safety governance.
- Operations, Maintenance and Surveillance
- Public Safety
- Emergency Preparation and Management
Module 4: Performance Management of Dams and Tailings Storage Facilities
- Performance Based Monitoring: Instrument Types and Reliability.
- Establishing KPIs or performance baselines for dams
- Applications - Case Histories
Module 5: Risk Identification and Analysis
- Definition of Risk and Types of Risk.
- How low is low enough? Risk tolerance.
- Risk Identification and Risk Analysis in Dam Safety Management.
- FMEA, PFMA, Event Tree Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis, Bowties.
- Application to Dams.
Module 6: Critical Controls and Critical Control Management
- Critical Controls – Definition
- Layers of Protection Analysis
- Ranking and Prioritizing Performance Deficiencies
- Critical Control Management - a means to manage risk