Between a Rock and a Hard Place: What Happens When a Failing, Historic Dam Can’t Be Repaired?
Water is powerful – not only for its ability to sustain life, but also its power to destroy. Dams are a vital part of our infrastructure and provide a range of benefits: Hydropower generation/renewable, clean energy Flood control Water storage (irrigation, recreation, residential, and industrial uses) Navigation system maintained by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers… Read More »
Tags: Cracking, Dam, Dam Maintenance, Dam Rehabilitation, Embankment Failure Through Piping, Foundation Defect, Historic Infrastructure, Overtopping, Rehabiliation, Water Resources
FHWA Videos Recommend Best Hydraulic Field Scoping Procedures
By Dusty Robinson, PE, Senior Project Manager When it comes to designing roadways and other transportation infrastructure, the structures themselves aren’t all that needs to be considered. Hydraulic design – or the impact water has on this infrastructure – is a critical consideration in transportation design. For example, the most common cause of bridge failures… Read More »
Tags: 2D Hydraulic Modeling, Bridge Failure, Bridge Hydraulics, Channel Assessment, Culvert Design, Drainage Maintenance, FHWA, Field Scoping, Floods, Flume, Hydraulic Concepts, Hydraulic Design, Open Channel Flow, Scouring, Transportation Design, Water
End Goal Helps Clients Obtain Success
By Scott Wilson, PSS From working on thousands of projects over the years, we’ve learned that communities find the most success when they start with the end in mind, especially on complicated projects involving multiple grants and funding sources. Most communities feel the pinch of tight budgets and need to rely on grants to get… Read More »
Tags: Contaminated Sediment, Engineering Excellence Best of State Award, EPA, Federal Grants, Funding, Funding Sources, Grant Proposal Development, Harbor Revitalization, Multi-phased Project