Anderson Consulting Engineers has performed all aspects of analysis, design, and permitting of low-head dams. Anderson Consulting Engineers’ analytical dam experience includes: Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) and Flood (PMF) development; Spillway Evaluations and Sizing; Incremental Damage Assessments (IDAs); Breach Analyses; Inundation Mapping; and Hazard Class Determination. ACE supports its clients through all the design phases including: initial sighting investigations; alternative evaluations; concept and preliminary design; and final design/permitting.
To complete dam facility designs, ACE works with a multi-disciplinary team of specialists with expertise in geotechnical and structural engineering to name a few. Typically our projects have to: address multiple objectives, meet various design criteria, and adhere to numerous overlapping jurisdictional regulations. Anderson Consulting Engineers’ core services in the areas of hydraulic/hydrologic engineering and floodplain mapping provide the foundation for developing accurate inundation mapping and preparing thorough Emergency Action Plans (EAPs) for the facility’s owner and the state regulatory agencies.
A sample of ACE’s analytical dam engineering projects includes:
- Hodgson-Harris Reservoir Dam-Break Analysis, Superior, Colorado
- Cornish Plains Reservoir Dam Hazard Classification, Weld County, Colorado
- Hydrologic Adequacy for Smith Irrigation Dam, Brighton, Colorado
- Hydrologic Adequacy of Kenneys Run Detention Dams, Golden, Colorado
- Dam-Break Analysis Detention Dam for Jefferson at Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Erickson Dam Hydrologic and Hydraulic Analysis, Greeley, Colorado
- Sand Lake Dam Break Analysis, Arlington, Wyoming
- Warren Lake Dam – Outlet Rehabilitation and Dam Break Inundation Mapping, Fort Collins, Colorado
The following projects exhibit ACE’s capabilities to complete dam and reservoir planning and designs:
- Final Design for Rehabilitation of Robert Benson Reservoir Dam, Fort Collins, Colorado
- Preliminary Design of Smith Irrigation Dam Emergency Spillway, Brighton, Colorado
- Hidden Valley Re-Regulation Dam and Reservoir Feasibility, Riverton, Wyoming
- Midvale Irrigation District Sand Gulch Re-Regulation Dam and Reservoir Hazard Classification and Permitting Assessment, Riverton, Wyoming
- Terry Lake Neighborhood Regional Detention Pond Design, Longmont, Colorado
- Hanna Reclamation Project: Standpipe Draw Detention Pond, Hanna, Wyoming
- Horse Creek Re-Regulating Reservoir, Torrington, Wyoming