CDA Conference & Exhibition 2018
October 13 - 18, 2018
2018-10-13 08:00 AM
2018-10-18 05:00 PM
2018 Congrès et exposition de l'ACB
N.A.
America/New_York
Quebec City, Quebec
Managing Aging Dams: A Challenge for Owners and Professionals.
Important Dates:
October 13-14: Pre-Conference weekend workshops
October 15-17: Technical conference and great social activities
October 18: Technical tours
Venues:
Accommodation & Workshops: Hilton Quebec
Conference Venue: Quebec City Conference Centre
CDA Conference 2018 Technical Program
Technical papers featuring practical case studies and analyses related to managing aging dams, dams’ safety and influence of climate change in operating dams – of traditional dams and mine tailings structures will be presented.
Papers and presentations will discuss a wide range of management and maintenance of dam issues, including:
- Dam Safety Reviews;
- State of the practice and management challenges faced by aging dam owners;
- Design flood review;
- Spillway reliability;
- Temporary or permanent mitigation measures of safety deficiency;
- Materials, past and present;
- Instrumentation and auscultation of dams;
- Conflicting management of watersheds;
- Water management and temporary measures during construction;
- Numerical modelling;
- Risk analysis;
- Construction and maintenance: methods and case studies;
- Management and delivery of turnkey projects;
- Engineering of tailings dams;
- Obsolete dam decommissioning;
- Dam break analysis and inundation mapping;
- Emergency management and contingency planning;
- Public safety near dams — operational practices and considerations;
- State of practice for dam rehabilitation;
- Reconciling works and environment protection; and
- International advances in practice.
Program at a Glance Final Program
Conference Sponsors
Pinnacle
Government of Quebec
Platinum
Hydro Component Systems
Worthington Products
Banquet
Hatch
Delegate Bag
Hydro Component Systems
Gold
Geniglace
KGS Group
Klohn Crippen Berger
SNC-Lavalin
Stantec Consulting
WSP
Silver
ConeTec
Kleinschmidt
Mitchelmore Engineering (MECO)
Wood
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Lunch
BGC Engineering
Breakfast
AECOM
Young Professionals
MAPEI
Workshops
Gannett Fleming
Breaks
Barnard Construction Company
Brookfield Renewable
Knight Piésold
Manitoba Hydro
MPE Engineering
Technical Tours
Les Industries Fournier Inc.
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