March 24, 2014 -
Public Safety around Dams
Tony Bennett made a presentation on the Canadian Dam Association, with a focus on Guidelines for Public Safety Around Dams and the associated workshop, at a FEMA-sponsored seminar in Emmitsburg MD.
February 24, 2014 -
Dam Safety Committee
Final Proceedings of the ICOLD 12th International Benchmark Workshop on Numerical Analysis of Dams are available for download on the ATCOLD website.
January 28, 2014 -
Emergency Management
See lower right of webpage under "Reference Files."
December 13, 2013 -
Dam Safety Committee
La revision 2013 des Recommandations de Sécurité des Barrages 2007 est maintenant disponible gratuitement pour les membres de l'ACB. Le fichier PDF est téléchargeable à partir du lien "Reference Files" en bas à droite.
November 27, 2013 -
Dam Safety Committee
The Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) has a new YouTube channel with over 20 videos on dam safety. Click "read more" to find the link.
October 3, 2013 -
Updates for Members
The Public Safety Working Group has now delivered the two-day Workshop six times across Canada, in English and French. The Working Group provides a network for dam professionals who address public safety issues on an ongoing basis.
October 3, 2013 -
Dam Safety Reviews
A Working Group of the CDA Dam Safety Committee is developing a CDA Bulletin on Dam Safety Reviews. Several presentations are provided as links (to the right of this page) summarizing progress to date. It is expected that a publication will be ready
October 3, 2013 -
ICOLD
Canadian members of CDA were active at the Annual Meeting and Symposium of ICOLD, held in Seattle USA from August 12-16, 2013. Andy Zielinski of Canada was elected as ICOLD Vice President Sixth Post for a three-year term.
October 1, 2013 -
Dam Safety Committee
The CDA Dam Safety Committee was very busy in the 2012-2013 year, including three in-person meetings. Highlights include the following.
October 1, 2013 -
Dam Safety Reviews
In July 2013, the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia issued Professional Practice Guidelines - Legislated Dam Safety Reviews in BC. CDA members were involved in the development of these guidelines.
