US Army Corps of Engineers
Resources for Dam Safety
Professionals Part 1 Documents
Daniel J. Rodriguez
Dam Safety Program Manager
19 February 2014 National Technical Seminar # 21
EMI Emmitsburg, MD
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Agenda
► Introduction
to the US Army Corps of
Engineers History Civil Works
► Head Quarters US Army Corps of
Engineers Publications Library
(HQUSACE)
► Engineer, Research, and Development
Center (ERDC)
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US Army Corps of Engineers
Civil Works Involvement
► Revolutionary
War
► Involvement in the Expansion of the
nation
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Navigation
Canals
Dams
Shore Protection
Water Supply
Flood Risk Damage Reduction
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US Army Corps of Engineers
History
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USACE Civil Works Involvement
1819 to 1838
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USACE Civil Works Involvement
1841 to 1857
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USACE Civil Works Involvement
1866 to 1883
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USACE Civil Works Involvement
1884 t0 1902
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USACE Civil Works Involvement
1911 to1927
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USACE Civil Works Involvement
1927 to1939
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USACE Civil Works Involvement
1940 to1945
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USACE Civil Works Involvement
1946 to 1958
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USACE Civil Works Involvement
1960 to 1926
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USACE Civil Works Involvement
1972 to 1985
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USACE Civil Works Involvement
1986 to1999
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USACE Civil Works Involvement
2000 to2005
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HQ US Army Corps of Engineers
(HQUSACE)
Head Quarters US Army Corps of Engineers
(HQUSACE) Dam Safety Program Website
 Electronic copies of U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers policy, regulations,
guidelines and Engineer manuals are
available for download from:
http://www.usace.army.mil/inet/usace-docs/
 http://www.usace.army.mil/missions/civilworks/dam
safetyprogram.aspx
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HQ US Army Corps of Engineers
(HQUSACE)
(HQUSACE) Dam Safety Program Website
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HQ US ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS (HQUSACE)
 Dam Safety Related Documents
 Engineering Circulars (EC)
 Engineering Pamphlets (EP)
 Engineering and Construction Bulletins (ECB)
 Engineer Regulations (ER)
 Engineer Manuals
(EM)
 Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC)
 Engineering Technical letters (ETL)
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HQ US ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS (HQUSACE)
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HQ US ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS (HQUSACE)
 Engineering Circulars
 Is a quick way for the Corps of Engineers to put
a new requirement into the Dam Safety Program
on a fast track.
 An EC expires two years after it is put into
effect
 USE and Dissemination D&S Inundation
Mapping EC 1165-215
 Water Supply Storage and Risk Reduction
Measures for Dam, EC 1165-2-210
 Civil Works Review Policy EC-1165-2-214
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HQ US ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS (HQUSACE)
 Engineering Pamphlets
 Water Resources Policies and AuthoritiesDigest of Water Resources Policies and
Authorities EP 1165-2-1
 The Evolution of the 1936 Flood Control Act
 Explaining Flood Risk EP 1110-2-8
 Ice Jam Flooding: Causes and Possible
Solutions EP1110-2-11
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HQ US ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS (HQUSACE)
 Engineer Construction Bulletins
 USACE Mega-Project Management: Additional
Project, Engineering and Construction Management
Controls ECB 2013-11
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HQ US ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS (HQUSACE)
 Engineer Regulations
 Dam Safety – Policies and Procedures
ER 1110-2-1165
 Project Geotechnical and Concrete Materials
Completion Report for Major USACE Projects
ER 1110-1-1901
 Water Control Management ER 1110-2-240
 Inspection, Monitoring and Maintenance of
Relief Wells ER 1110-2-1942
 Engineering and Design: Construction Cost
Estimating Guide for Civil Works ETL 1110-2573
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HQ US ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS (HQUSACE)
 Engineer Manuals
 Geotechnical Investigations EM 1110-2-1802
 Settlement Analysis EM 1110-1 1904 (Oct 1990)
 Bearing Capacity of Soils EM 1110-1-1905
 Geophysical Exploration for Engineering and
Environmental Investigations EM 1110-1-1802
 Hydraulic Design of Spillways EM 1110-2-1603
1990
 Hydrologic Engineering Requirements for
Reservoirs EM 1110-2-1420
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HQ US ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS (HQUSACE)
 Engineer Manuals
 Seepage Analysis and Control for Dams with CH
1 EM 1110-2-1901
 Slope Stability EM 1110-2-1902
 Instrumentation of Embankment Dams and
Levees EM 1110-2-1908
 Construction Control for Earth and Rock-Fill
Dams EM 1110-2-1911
 Gravity Dam Design EM 1110-2-2200
 General Design and Construction Considerations
For Earth and Rock-Fill Dams EM 1110-2-2300
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HQ US ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS (HQUSACE)
 Unified Facilities Criteria
 For things like specifications the Air force, Navy
and the Corps of Engineers have decided to work
together to reduce reproduction of similar
Engineering and Construction documentation
 Whole Building Design Guide WBDC
 Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS)
these are in electronic format to be used with
SpecsIntact Software
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HQ US ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS (HQUSACE)
 Engineer Technical Letters
 Foundation Engineering in the Wet Design and
Construction of CW Projects ETL 1110-2-565
 Guidelines for Landscape Planting and
Vegetation Management At L, D… ETL 1110-2571
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ENGINEER RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT CENTER (ERDC)
 Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
(CERL), Champaign, Illinois
 Cold Regions Research Laboratory (CRRL),
Hanover, NH
 Topographic Engineering Center (TEC), Alexandria,
VA
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ENGINEER RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT CENTER (ERDC)
 Vicksburg Mississippi
 Coastal and Hydraulics (CHL)
 Geotechnical and Structures (GSL)
 Environmental (EL)
 Information Technology (ITL)
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ENGINEER RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT CENTER (ERDC)
 The Engineer Research Design Center documents
and reports are available from the ERDC Library.
Many of the reports generated by the Laboratories
are available from the ERDC site. Books that are
published by other are available to the Laboratories
through a library lending program and not to nonCorps personnel.
 A lot of research has been done at the 6 ERDC
Laboratories some of this research is of a military
nature other research is geared towards Civil
Works Problems. Some of the research has
broad implications but other research is applied
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ENGINEER RESEARCH AND
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The ERDC Libraries:
Over 300,000 items in the library collection
Over 28,000 online journals
Over 34,000 online books and reports
Online research resources including IEEE, Science
Direct, Web of Science, Ref Works
Collection development and interlibrary loan services
Research consultations, training, and outreach services
Support for copyright questions
Support for research and administrative initiatives
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ENGINEER RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT CENTER (ERDC)
 You will have to look around to find what you want.
Do not be surprised if you find a report on a topic you
were not looking for but sets you off on tangents.
 I like the Repair Evaluation Maintenance and
Rehabilitation Reports (REMR). This program was
an created to look into solving specific questions that
had a broad audience interest in civil works.
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ENGINEER RESEARCH AND
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DEVELOPMENT CENTER (ERDC)
 Repair Evaluation Development and Rehabilitation
Program REMR.You will have to look around to find
what you want.
 State of the Art for Design and Construction of
Sand Compaction Piles REMR-GT-4
 "Evaluation of Overturning Analysis for Concrete
Structures on Rock Foundations“ Authors:
Shannon and Wilson REMR-GT-20
 [ADA191073] "Proceedings of REMR Workshop
on New Remedial Seepage Control Methods for
Embankment-Dams and Soil Foundations"
Author: Edward B. PerryUnnumbered
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ENGINEER RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT CENTER (ERDC)
 Repair Evaluation Development and Rehabilitation
Program REMR.You will have to look around to find
what you want.
 [ADA160695] "Improvement of Liquefiable
Foundation Conditions Beneath Existing
structures“ Author: Richard H. Ledbetter REMRGT-2
 [ADA176937] "Repair of Waterstop Failures:
Case Histories“ Author: James E. McDonald
REMR-CS-4
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ENGINEER RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT CENTER (ERDC)
 Technical Reports
 Part A - Subsurface exploration and sampling of
soil for civil engineering purposes
 Data needs and case study assessment for dam
fate determination and removal projects; a
checklist
 TR HL-83-9 Bloomington Spillway, North Branch
Potomac River, Maryland and West Virginia :
hydraulic model investigation
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