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.
October 1, 2013 -
Regulation of Dams
Javid Iqbal of Alberta Environment has taken on the role of chairing the Committee on Regulation of Dams and Public Safety Around Dams.
September 30, 2013 -
Dam Safety Committee
The 2013 Revision to the 2007 Dam Safety Guidelines is now available free to CDA members, as a downloadable PDF file, posted under Reference files ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT.
September 25, 2013 -
Dam Safety Committee
The Dam Safety Committee is setting up a new working group to address Emergency Management related to dams.
