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A generous applause to the 437 people (members and non-members) who responded to USSD's 2024 Communication and Engagement Survey. We are still sifting through the responses and looking at ways to better meet your needs.

Based on your feedback, USSD is working to reduce our email frequency. Stay tuned for a blank spot in your inbox.

Colliers Engineering & Design – Accelerating Client Success
Colliers Engineering & Design®
Bergmann, rebranded as Colliers Engineering & Design, is a full-service, nationally recognized engineering firm with over three decades of experience providing Dam and Levee Safety, and Hydropower services. This includes Engineering Design; Hydrologic, Hydraulic, and CFD Modeling; Geotechnical Engineering; Risk Assessments; Operation & Maintenance; and Hydropower. Our team of subject matter experts bring innovative design solutions and unmatched expertise to meet the needs of our clients.
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USSD Education and Events
11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (MDT)
Seismic performance assessments for earth slopes and dams are based on evaluating the permanent displacements induced by earthquake shaking and more recently probabilistic approaches have been proposed to incorporate uncertainties into the analysis. This presentation will describe newly developed predictive models for earthquake-induced slope displacements based on finite element simulations. 
Sept. 9-12, 2024
This course is intended for SMEs with risk analysis experience who wish to learn the role and responsibilities of a risk analysis facilitator.
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USSD Membership

Based on survey feedback:

  • Strong connection to ICOLD and international dam safety community.
  • Engages and empowers younger members, and promotes diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the dam industry.
  • Builds a sense of interconnection across the professional dam engineering community.
  • Technical committees that work on guidelines and policy-setting.
  • High-quality technical content and papers. 

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Expertise Needed

Technical expertise is needed to ensure our 2025 Annual Conference content remains high quality and accurate.

4-8-hour commitment: Expanded Submission Reviewers are needed from November to February. Each expanded submission (i.e., "draft paper") will take 30-60 minutes to review. Feedback from this round of reviews will be shared with authors / presenters to help them develop their presentations.

2-3-hour commitment + attendance at annual conference: Session Moderators ensure the onsite delivery of content runs smoothly. There will be a minimum of two moderators assigned to each session or workshop. This commitment involves:

  • Prior to Conference
    o Review draft presentations and provide feedback to presenters.
    o Communicate with presenters to ensure they are prepared.
  • During the conference
    o Provide laptop computer for session.
    o Introduce your speakers.
    o Assist/support speakers as needed.

Contact your committee lead NOW so you are scheduled to volunteer. Not on a committee yet? Contact Tonia@USSDams.org and let her know which committee you would like to join. 

Industry News & Updates

Have you provided your feedback on the first ever National Levee Safety Guidelines? Time is running out! 

Access to the guidelines and recordings of information webinars can be seen here (scroll down on the page to Topic-Specific Webinars). Submit your comments directly online

Northwest RiverPartners released the following statement in response to the Biden Administration’s creation of a new interagency Columbia River Task Force and a report released by the Department of the Interior on federal hydropower in the Pacific Northwest.
 
“As river operations remain dynamic, utilities, farmers, businesses, river transportation, and... 
Schnabel Engineering
KGS Group
ICOLD News
USSD Members are invited to comment on CL2021 via the ICOLD website, under the Members Section tab. If you have not set up your ICOLD login, contact Tonia@USSDams.org for instructions.
Chinese National Committee on Large Dams (CHINCOLD), Spanish National Committee on Large Dams (SPANCOLD), Brazilian Dam Committee (CBDB) and U.S. Society on Dams (USSD) invite professionals to the 5th International Symposium on Dam Safety, which will be held on Sept. 24-25, 2024, in Yichang City, China. Submit full papers related to the topics below before July 31, 2024.
 
- Digital-empowered safe construction and management of reservoirs and dams
- Improvement technologies of safe and resiliency in long-term for reservoirs and dams
- Safety prevention and control of reservoirs, dams and basins in extreme conditions
- Roles of reservoirs and dams to promote the sustainable development of regional economy
- Others
 
Papers should be submitted in English via email to chincold-en@vip.126.com
USSD members may submit a nomination for the 4th International Milestone High Concrete Dam Projects Award to be presented at the Opening Ceremony of the CHINCOLD 2024 Annual Meeting and 5th International Symposium on Dam Safety, Sept. 24-25, 2024, in Yichang, China.
 
Nominations are due before July 31, 2024, by emailing chincold-en@vip.126.com
Industry Events
Purdue Geotechnical Society held its 20th G.A. Leonards Lecture during the 2024 PGS Workshop in April. To see the recording of Professor Jonathan D. Bray, University of California, Berkeley, presenting on Seismic Design Considerations for Tailings Storage Facilities, click "Learn More" below.
Hydro Component Systems, LLC
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