Reminder to submit your comments on the FERC Notice of Proposed Rule Making and Notice of Availability of 4 draft chapters of the Engineering Guidelines for the Evaluation of Hydropower Projects (Chapters 15, 16, 17, and 18). with FERC NOPR. Submit to Sharon@ussdams.org 

Deadline is Sept. 14.  

In its August meeting, the Board approved the purchase of a Learning Management System (LMS) as part of USSD’s newly expanded education and training program. The LMS will enable USSD to host recorded training content and offer on-demand content. It should be operational in November. 

While the public period is closed, USACE is moving to the next phase of engagement. They will be offering small group (limited to 8 people) in-person sessions. These sessions will be limited to 2 people per organization to maximize the engagement with a limited space.  If you or your organization wants to sit down and talk about the EC, your thoughts, your suggestions, or just to become better educated on the direction of the USACE Levee Safety program, please email EC218@usace.army.mil and the team.

 

They are also offering a virtual small group option if in-person meetings just aren't for you right now.  Again, please email EC218@usace.army.mil.army.mil and indicate that you would like a virtual small group session. 

 

The comments received will be posted to the Federal Register and the USACE Levee Safety website, if you are interested to see what others provided.   

USSD is the U.S. National Committee of ICOLD, and all members of USSD receive a complementary ICOLD membership. Participation in ICOLD provides exposure to international dam experts and projects. ICOLD has several technical committees, several of which mirror USSD technical committees. To access the ICOLD Bulletins and other publications for free or at reduced cost, you must register on their website at icold-cigb.org with the U.S. national committee code. Contact tonia@ussdams.org for members only code. 

 

WSP, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, has been ranked one of the world’s largest and fastest growing consultancies in the Engineering News-Record (ENR) 2020 Top 200 Environmental Firms list, released this week. 

Schnabel Engineering announced several principal engineer and scientist promotions.

The final Communication for Engineers module will be presented beginning Sept. 9. For more information: https://dams.ussdams.org/Workshops

Several technical webinars have been scheduled beginning in October through the end of 2020, and range from 1-hour to multi-day. The full list is on our website at : https://dams.ussdams.org/Workshops. View the list of topics under the Calendar of Events below.