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Best Practices in Dam and Levee Safety Risk Analysis

July 10, 2024 - July 18, 2024

Description

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.



Time

July 10-12 = Virtual July 16-18 = Denver, Colorado Area (exact location TBD)

Contact Information

Name: USSD Staff
Email: Conferences@ussdams.org