2026 Best Practices in Dam and Levee Safety Risk Analysis

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 Virtual- October 27 - 29, 2026 In Person- November 3 - 5, 2026 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 industrial nature of the area, we recommend driving or using Uber to reach the location. Parking details are available using this link.