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	As a result of the large costs associated with constructing and maintaining a dam, dams often have long design lives upwards of 100 years (the average age of dams in the United States is 60 years old).<ref name="NID_USACE">National Inventory of Dams (USACE), 2022</ref> Additionally, many components of a dam are completely inundated for a large portion of their design lives and are often difficult or even impossible to inspect and/or replace while the dam is in [[operation]]. As a result, the materials used to construct the dam must be able to maintain their strength and resist degradation through weathering and corrosion. Additionally, the high risks associated with a failure of many high-hazard potential dams result in the need for thorough testing, analysis, and quality control of both production and installation of the proposed materials, which are all essential to the safety and longevity of the dam as a whole structure. Materials used in the [[construction]] of dams include "earth, rock, tailings from mining or milling, concrete, masonry, steel, timber, miscellaneous materials (such as plastic or rubber) and any combination of these materials."<ref name="ASDSO">ASDSO, 2022</ref>		As a result of the large costs associated with constructing and maintaining a dam, dams often have long design lives upwards of 100 years (the average age of dams in the United States is 60 years old).<ref name="NID_USACE">National Inventory of Dams (USACE), 2022</ref> Additionally, many components of a dam are completely inundated for a large portion of their design lives and are often difficult or even impossible to inspect and/or replace while the dam is in [[operation]]. As a result, the materials used to construct the dam must be able to maintain their strength and resist degradation through weathering and corrosion. Additionally, the high risks associated with a failure of many high-hazard potential dams result in the need for thorough testing, analysis, and quality control of both production and installation of the proposed materials, which are all essential to the safety and longevity of the dam as a whole structure. Materials used in the [[construction]] of dams include "earth, rock, tailings from mining or milling, concrete, masonry, steel, timber, miscellaneous materials (such as plastic or rubber) and any combination of these materials."<ref name="ASDSO">ASDSO, 2022</ref>

	"A proper [[stability]] analysis cannot be performed without knowing the potential planes of weakness beneath the structure, the strength of the materials along potential planes of weakness, uplift forces that occur on the structure or on planes of weakness, the strength of backfill materials, and all loads and load conditions to which the structure may be subjected. Knowledge of geologic formation beneath the structure is also important in defining seepage conditions and uplift pressures. Without adequate foundation explorations and testing, the safety factors provided to assess stability of the structure are meaningless. Preliminary stability analyses are useful to identify design parameters, which require special attention. In some rock foundations there may be many faults, shear zones, and discontinuities that make it impossible to do little more than predict average shear and cohesive strengths of the materials that make up the foundation. Use of lower bound values for foundation shear strength or upper bound values for loads is only acceptable when it can be demonstrated that the added costs to improve the accuracy of the strength and loading data will not lead to significant savings for the structure or foundation."<ref name="EM 1110-2-2100">[[Stability Analysis of Concrete Structures (EM 1110-2-2100) \| Stability Analysis of Concrete Structures (EM 1110-2-2100), USACE, 2005]]</ref>		"A proper [[stability]] analysis cannot be performed without knowing the potential planes of weakness beneath the structure, the strength of the materials along potential planes of weakness, uplift forces that occur on the structure or on planes of weakness, the strength of backfill materials, and all loads and load conditions to which the structure may be subjected. Knowledge of geologic formation beneath the structure is also important in defining seepage conditions and uplift pressures. Without adequate foundation explorations and testing, the safety factors provided to assess stability of the structure are meaningless. Preliminary stability analyses are useful to identify design parameters, which require special attention. In some [[Rock Foundations\|rock foundations]] there may be many faults, shear zones, and discontinuities that make it impossible to do little more than predict average shear and cohesive strengths of the materials that make up the foundation. Use of lower bound values for foundation shear strength or upper bound values for loads is only acceptable when it can be demonstrated that the added costs to improve the accuracy of the strength and loading data will not lead to significant savings for the structure or foundation."<ref name="EM 1110-2-2100">[[Stability Analysis of Concrete Structures (EM 1110-2-2100) \| Stability Analysis of Concrete Structures (EM 1110-2-2100), USACE, 2005]]</ref>

	==<noautolinks>Trainings</noautolinks>==		==<noautolinks>Trainings</noautolinks>==

Grichards at 17:03, 14 December 2022

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	As a result of the large costs associated with constructing and maintaining a dam, dams often have long design lives upwards of 100 years (the average age of dams in the United States is 60 years old).<ref name="NID_USACE">National Inventory of Dams (USACE), 2022</ref> Additionally, many components of a dam are completely inundated for a large portion of their design lives and are often difficult or even impossible to inspect and/or replace while the dam is in [[operation]]. As a result, the materials used to construct the dam must be able to maintain their strength and resist degradation through weathering and corrosion. Additionally, the high risks associated with a failure of many high-hazard potential dams result in the need for thorough testing, analysis, and quality control of both production and installation of the proposed materials, which are all essential to the safety and longevity of the dam as a whole structure. Materials used in the [[construction]] of dams include "earth, rock, tailings from mining or milling, concrete, masonry, steel, timber, miscellaneous materials (such as plastic or rubber) and any combination of these materials."<ref name="ASDSO">ASDSO, 2022</ref>		As a result of the large costs associated with constructing and maintaining a dam, dams often have long design lives upwards of 100 years (the average age of dams in the United States is 60 years old).<ref name="NID_USACE">National Inventory of Dams (USACE), 2022</ref> Additionally, many components of a dam are completely inundated for a large portion of their design lives and are often difficult or even impossible to inspect and/or replace while the dam is in [[operation]]. As a result, the materials used to construct the dam must be able to maintain their strength and resist degradation through weathering and corrosion. Additionally, the high risks associated with a failure of many high-hazard potential dams result in the need for thorough testing, analysis, and quality control of both production and installation of the proposed materials, which are all essential to the safety and longevity of the dam as a whole structure. Materials used in the [[construction]] of dams include "earth, rock, tailings from mining or milling, concrete, masonry, steel, timber, miscellaneous materials (such as plastic or rubber) and any combination of these materials."<ref name="ASDSO">ASDSO, 2022</ref>

			"A proper [[stability]] analysis cannot be performed without knowing the potential planes of weakness beneath the structure, the strength of the materials along potential planes of weakness, uplift forces that occur on the structure or on planes of weakness, the strength of backfill materials, and all loads and load conditions to which the structure may be subjected. Knowledge of geologic formation beneath the structure is also important in defining seepage conditions and uplift pressures. Without adequate foundation explorations and testing, the safety factors provided to assess stability of the structure are meaningless. Preliminary stability analyses are useful to identify design parameters, which require special attention. In some rock foundations there may be many faults, shear zones, and discontinuities that make it impossible to do little more than predict average shear and cohesive strengths of the materials that make up the foundation. Use of lower bound values for foundation shear strength or upper bound values for loads is only acceptable when it can be demonstrated that the added costs to improve the accuracy of the strength and loading data will not lead to significant savings for the structure or foundation."<ref name="EM 1110-2-2100">[[Stability Analysis of Concrete Structures (EM 1110-2-2100) \| Stability Analysis of Concrete Structures (EM 1110-2-2100), USACE, 2005]]</ref>

	==<noautolinks>Trainings</noautolinks>==		==<noautolinks>Trainings</noautolinks>==

Grichards at 16:59, 14 December 2022

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	As a result of the large costs associated with constructing and maintaining a dam, dams often have long design lives upwards of 100 years (the average age of dams in the United States is 60 years old).<ref name="NID_USACE">National Inventory of Dams (USACE), 2022</ref> Additionally, many components of a dam are completely inundated for a large portion of their design lives and are often difficult or even impossible to inspect and/or replace while the dam is in [[operation]]. As a result, the materials used to construct the dam must be able to maintain their strength and resist degradation through weathering and corrosion. Additionally, the high risks associated with a failure of many high-hazard potential dams result in the need for thorough testing, analysis, and quality control of both production and installation of the proposed materials, which are all essential to the safety and longevity of the dam as a whole structure. Materials used in the [[construction]] of dams include "earth, rock, tailings from mining or milling, concrete, masonry, steel, timber, miscellaneous materials (such as plastic or rubber) and any combination of these materials."<ref name="ASDSO">ASDSO, 2022</ref>		As a result of the large costs associated with constructing and maintaining a dam, dams often have long design lives upwards of 100 years (the average age of dams in the United States is 60 years old).<ref name="NID_USACE">National Inventory of Dams (USACE), 2022</ref> Additionally, many components of a dam are completely inundated for a large portion of their design lives and are often difficult or even impossible to inspect and/or replace while the dam is in [[operation]]. As a result, the materials used to construct the dam must be able to maintain their strength and resist degradation through weathering and corrosion. Additionally, the high risks associated with a failure of many high-hazard potential dams result in the need for thorough testing, analysis, and quality control of both production and installation of the proposed materials, which are all essential to the safety and longevity of the dam as a whole structure. Materials used in the [[construction]] of dams include "earth, rock, tailings from mining or milling, concrete, masonry, steel, timber, miscellaneous materials (such as plastic or rubber) and any combination of these materials."<ref name="ASDSO">ASDSO, 2022</ref>

	==~~[[Best Practices Resources]]==~~		==<noautolinks>Trainings</noautolinks>==
	{{Document Icon}} [[Design and Construction Considerations for Hydraulic Structures: Roller-Compacted Concrete \| Design and Construction Considerations for Hydraulic Structures: Roller-Compacted Concrete, USBR, 2017]]
	~~{{Document Icon}} [[Lubricants and Hydraulic Fluids (EM 1110-2-1424) \| Lubricants and Hydraulic Fluids (EM 1110-2-1424), USACE, 2016]]~~
	~~{{Document Icon}} [[A Procedure for Predicting the Deterioration of Steel Hydraulic Structures to Enhance their Maintenance, Management, and Rehabilitation (ERDC~~/~~ITL TR-14-1) \| A Procedure for Predicting the Deterioration of Steel Hydraulic Structures to Enhance their Maintenance, Management, and Rehabilitation (ERDC/ITL TR-14-1), USACE, 2014]]~~
	~~{{Document Icon}} [[Design of Hydraulic Steel Structures (ETL 1110-2-584) \| Design of Hydraulic Steel Structures (ETL 1110-2-584), USACE, 2014]]~~
	{{Document Icon}} [[Expedient Evaluation of Alkali-Silica Reaction Susceptibility of Aggregates (ERDC/GSL TR-14-26) \| Expedient Evaluation of Alkali-Silica Reaction Susceptibility of Aggregates (ERDC/GSL TR-14-26), USACE, 2014]]
	~~{{Document Icon}} [[Concrete Manual: Part 2 \| Concrete Manual: Part 2, USBR, 1992]]~~
	~~{{Document Icon}} [[Concrete Manual: Part 1 \| Concrete Manual: Part 1, USBR, 1988]]~~

	~~==[[Trainings]]~~==
	{{Video Icon}} [[On-Demand Webinar: Dam Construction Quality Control: Dos, Dont's and Lessons Learned]]		{{Video Icon}} [[On-Demand Webinar: Dam Construction Quality Control: Dos, Dont's and Lessons Learned]]
	{{Video Icon}} [[On-Demand Webinar: Quality Assurance and Field Inspection for Dam Construction Projects]]		{{Video Icon}} [[On-Demand Webinar: Quality Assurance and Field Inspection for Dam Construction Projects]]

Grichards at 22:06, 9 December 2022

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	As a result of the large costs associated with constructing and maintaining a dam, dams often have long design lives upwards of 100 years (the average age of dams in the United States is 60 years old).<ref name="NID_USACE">National Inventory of Dams (USACE), 2022</ref> Additionally, many components of a dam are completely inundated for a large portion of their design lives and are often difficult or even impossible to inspect and/or replace while the dam is in [[operation]]. As a result, the materials used to construct the dam must be able to maintain their strength and resist degradation through weathering and corrosion. Additionally, the high risks associated with a failure of many high-~~[[Hazard Potential \|~~ hazard potential]] dams result in the need for thorough testing, analysis, and quality control of both production and installation of the proposed materials, which are all essential to the safety and longevity of the dam as a whole structure. Materials used in the [[construction]] of dams include "earth, rock, tailings from mining or milling, concrete, masonry, steel, timber, miscellaneous materials (such as plastic or rubber) and any combination of these materials."<ref name="ASDSO">ASDSO, 2022</ref>		As a result of the large costs associated with constructing and maintaining a dam, dams often have long design lives upwards of 100 years (the average age of dams in the United States is 60 years old).<ref name="NID_USACE">National Inventory of Dams (USACE), 2022</ref> Additionally, many components of a dam are completely inundated for a large portion of their design lives and are often difficult or even impossible to inspect and/or replace while the dam is in [[operation]]. As a result, the materials used to construct the dam must be able to maintain their strength and resist degradation through weathering and corrosion. Additionally, the high risks associated with a failure of many high-hazard potential dams result in the need for thorough testing, analysis, and quality control of both production and installation of the proposed materials, which are all essential to the safety and longevity of the dam as a whole structure. Materials used in the [[construction]] of dams include "earth, rock, tailings from mining or milling, concrete, masonry, steel, timber, miscellaneous materials (such as plastic or rubber) and any combination of these materials."<ref name="ASDSO">ASDSO, 2022</ref>

	==[[Best Practices Resources]]==		==[[Best Practices Resources]]==

Rmanwaring at 16:46, 30 November 2022

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	{{Document Icon}} [[Concrete Manual: Part 1 \| Concrete Manual: Part 1, USBR, 1988]]		{{Document Icon}} [[Concrete Manual: Part 1 \| Concrete Manual: Part 1, USBR, 1988]]

	[[Trainings]]		==[[Trainings]]==
	{{Video Icon}} [[On-Demand Webinar: Dam Construction Quality Control: Dos, Dont's and Lessons Learned]]		{{Video Icon}} [[On-Demand Webinar: Dam Construction Quality Control: Dos, Dont's and Lessons Learned]]
	{{Video Icon}} [[On-Demand Webinar: Quality Assurance and Field Inspection for Dam Construction Projects]]		{{Video Icon}} [[On-Demand Webinar: Quality Assurance and Field Inspection for Dam Construction Projects]]

Grichards at 05:35, 18 November 2022

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Rmanwaring at 23:48, 14 November 2022

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	{{Document Icon}} [[Concrete Manual: Part 2 \| Concrete Manual: Part 2, USBR, 1992]]		{{Document Icon}} [[Concrete Manual: Part 2 \| Concrete Manual: Part 2, USBR, 1992]]
	{{Document Icon}} [[Concrete Manual: Part 1 \| Concrete Manual: Part 1, USBR, 1988]]		{{Document Icon}} [[Concrete Manual: Part 1 \| Concrete Manual: Part 1, USBR, 1988]]

			[[Trainings]]
			{{Video Icon}} [[On-Demand Webinar: Dam Construction Quality Control: Dos, Dont's and Lessons Learned]]
			{{Video Icon}} [[On-Demand Webinar: Quality Assurance and Field Inspection for Dam Construction Projects]]
			{{Video Icon}} [[On-Demand Webinar: Pitfalls in Quality Control Processes for Compacted Earth Fill]]
			{{Video Icon}} [[On-Demand Webinar: Structural Condition Assessment of Dam Facilities with Non-Destructive Evaluation Methods]]

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	As a result of the large costs associated with constructing and maintaining a dam, dams often have long design lives upwards of 100 years (the average age of dams in the United States is 60 years old).<ref name="NID_USACE">National Inventory of Dams (USACE), 2022</ref> Additionally, many components of a dam are completely inundated for a large portion of their design lives and are often difficult or even impossible to inspect and/or replace while the dam is in [[operation]]. As a result, the materials used to construct the dam must be able to maintain their strength and resist degradation through weathering and corrosion. Additionally, the high risks associated with a failure of many high-[[Hazard Potential\|hazard potential]] dams result in the need for thorough testing, analysis, and quality control of both production and installation of the proposed materials, which are all essential to the safety and longevity of the dam as a whole structure.		As a result of the large costs associated with constructing and maintaining a dam, dams often have long design lives upwards of 100 years (the average age of dams in the United States is 60 years old).<ref name="NID_USACE">National Inventory of Dams (USACE), 2022</ref> Additionally, many components of a dam are completely inundated for a large portion of their design lives and are often difficult or even impossible to inspect and/or replace while the dam is in [[operation]]. As a result, the materials used to construct the dam must be able to maintain their strength and resist degradation through weathering and corrosion. Additionally, the high risks associated with a failure of many high-[[Hazard Potential \| hazard potential]] dams result in the need for thorough testing, analysis, and quality control of both production and installation of the proposed materials, which are all essential to the safety and longevity of the dam as a whole structure. Materials used in the [[construction]] of dams include "earth, rock, tailings from mining or milling, concrete, masonry, steel, timber, miscellaneous materials (such as plastic or rubber) and any combination of these materials."<ref name="ASDSO">ASDSO, 2022</ref>

	==[[Best Practices Resources]]==		==[[Best Practices Resources]]==

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As a result of the large costs associated with constructing and maintaining a dam, dams often have long design lives upwards of 100 years (the average age of dams in the United States is 60 years old).<ref name="NID_USACE">National Inventory of Dams (USACE), 2022</ref> Additionally, many components of a dam are completely inundated for a large portion of their design lives and are often difficult or even impossible to inspect and/or replace while the dam is in [[operation]]. As a result, the materials used to construct the dam must be able to maintain their strength and resist degradation through weathering and corrosion. Additionally, the high risks associated with a failure of many high-[[Hazard Potential|hazard potential]] dams result in the need for thorough testing, analysis, and quality control of both production and installation of the proposed materials, which are all essential to the safety and longevity of the dam as a whole structure.

==[[Best Practices Resources]]==
{{Document Icon}} [[Design and Construction Considerations for Hydraulic Structures: Roller-Compacted Concrete | Design and Construction Considerations for Hydraulic Structures: Roller-Compacted Concrete, USBR, 2017]]
{{Document Icon}} [[Lubricants and Hydraulic Fluids (EM 1110-2-1424) | Lubricants and Hydraulic Fluids (EM 1110-2-1424), USACE, 2016]]
{{Document Icon}} [[A Procedure for Predicting the Deterioration of Steel Hydraulic Structures to Enhance their Maintenance, Management, and Rehabilitation (ERDC/ITL TR-14-1) | A Procedure for Predicting the Deterioration of Steel Hydraulic Structures to Enhance their Maintenance, Management, and Rehabilitation (ERDC/ITL TR-14-1), USACE, 2014]]
{{Document Icon}} [[Design of Hydraulic Steel Structures (ETL 1110-2-584) | Design of Hydraulic Steel Structures (ETL 1110-2-584), USACE, 2014]]
{{Document Icon}} [[Expedient Evaluation of Alkali-Silica Reaction Susceptibility of Aggregates (ERDC/GSL TR-14-26) | Expedient Evaluation of Alkali-Silica Reaction Susceptibility of Aggregates (ERDC/GSL TR-14-26), USACE, 2014]]
{{Document Icon}} [[Concrete Manual: Part 2 | Concrete Manual: Part 2, USBR, 1992]]
{{Document Icon}} [[Concrete Manual: Part 1 | Concrete Manual: Part 1, USBR, 1988]]


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