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Best Practices in Dam and Levee Safety Risk Analysis

March 12, 2025 - March 21, 2025

Description

Target Audience 

The target audience for this training is engineers, scientists, and regulators interested in better understanding and preparing to participate in and/or facilitate dam and levee safety risk assessments. 

Learning Objectives: The training includes instruction to enable participants to: 

  • Create potential failure mode descriptions and event trees, and use them to develop risk estimates.
  • Describe the hazards that affect dams and levees and apply them to risk analysis. 
  • Identify relevant case histories and foundational research studies. 
  • Apply principles of theory of probability and statistics to quantify, combine and portray risk estimates.
  • Identify essential elements of life loss consequence estimates. 
  • Build the case for risk estimates. 
  • Explain governance and risk guidelines. 
  • Become familiar with other disciplines and their input to risk estimates. 
  • 36 PDHs 

Format: All Sessions, Virtual and In Person are required for course completion 

*there is a minimum registration number needed to run this course, do not make travel plans until after 2/18 when course is confirmed*

Virtual- March 12-14, 2025 

In Person- March 19-21, 2025 

CSU Spur Denver, CO - 4777 National Western Dr, Denver, CO 80216 

Hotels in the area are around 5 to 25 minutes away. Due to the area being more industrial, we recommend driving or taking an Uber to the location. Parking details are available using this link.

Time

Format: All Sessions, Virtual and In Person are required for course completion Virtual- March 12-14, 2025 In Person- March 19-21, 2025

Location

Virtual and In Person (Denver,CO)

Workshop will be held in the Plaza Building on the Auraria Campus 

Contact Information

Name: USSD Staff
Email: Conferences@ussdams.org