SERVICES

• Evaluation of Existing Condition
• Probable Maximum Flood and Spillway Adequacy
• Hydrologic Analysis
• Instrumentation and Monitoring Programs
• Geologic and Seismic Reports
• Geotechnical Investigations
• Stability Analysis
• Remediation Plans
• Failure Analysis and Inundation Mapping
• FERC-approved Inspectors (Part 12)
• Preparation of Reports and Other Required Regulatory Documents
• Emergency Action Plan Development

FERC Part 12 SERVICES

• Independent Consultants
• Part 12 Dam Safety Inspections
• Potential Failure Mode Analysis (PFMA) Facilitators
• Core Team Participants
• Supporting Technical Information Document (STID) Preparation
• Performance Monitoring Programs
• Board of Consultants
• Engineering Support Including
• Hydraulic and Hydrologic Analyses
• Dam Break Analyses
• Emergency Action Plans
• Geologic and Seismic Investigations
• Geotechnical and Instrumentation Design and Analysis
• Stability Analyses
• Radial Gate Analyses
• Remedial Design

Project Examples

Jocassee Project FERC Part 12 Safety Inspection

The fourth Five-Year Safety Inspection was required by FERC for the 610 MW Jocassee Pumped Storage Project for Duke Power. The project includes a 400-foot-high, 1,825-foot-long rockfill-earth core dam, two barrel-gate intakes, water conveyance tunnels, a gated spillway, two saddle dikes and a powerhouse with four reversible pump turbines. Read More...

Vermilion Dam FERC Part 12 Safety Inspection

Devine Tarbell & Associates, Inc.’s (DTA) staff completed the Sixth Five Year Safety Inspection of Vermilion Dam for Southern California Edison Company (SCE). The project includes a 165-foot-high, 4,234-foot-long zoned compacted earthfill dam, an adjacent radial gate service spillway, and an adjacent auxiliary spillway.   Read More...