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- 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.