ASCE GEO-INSITUTE PITTSBURGH SECTION

2025 SHORT COURSE

FOUNDATION TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR DAMS AND LEVEES - STATE OF THE PRACTICE

TENTATIVE AGENDA

Welcome and Intros (15 mins)

Design and Procurement (105 mins)

• Risk Informed Design Program (USACE) (30 mins)
• National Dam and Levee Safety Program Overviews (15 min)
• USACE Guidance Documents Updates (30 mins)
• Procurement Methods and Alternative Delivery (30 mins)

Break (15 mins)

Foundation Treatment Techniques (60 mins)

• Drilling and Grouting Methods
• Cutoff/Barrier Wall Methods

Special Methods and Advancements (45 mins)

• Hydraulic Fracture Considerations
• Specialty Means and Methods (reverse circulation drilling, sonic drilling, etc.)

Lunch (60 mins)

Practical Considerations for Dam and Levee Projects

• Instrumentation and Data Management (45 mins)
• USACE-DFI Working Group Updates on Specifications and QA/QC (45 mins)
• Specifications - A Contractor's View on Risk Sharing (15 mins)

Break (15 mins)

Case Histories (90 mins)

• Red Bluff or Chimney Hollow (30 mins)
• Boone Dam (30 mins)
• Mosul Dam (Iraq) (30 mins)

Panel Discussion (30 mins)