A Dam Conversation With...

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The Association of State Dam Safety Officials

14 episodes

1 week ago

This is an Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) podcast sharing the stories of leaders and innovators in the dam safety community. Your host for this episode is Brianna Crotty, P.E. In this episode, we welcome Dr. Craig Findlay, Principal at Findlay Engineering, Inc. With over 45 years of experience in dam safety and geotechnical engineering, Dr. Findlay has served as lead engineer and consultant on a wide variety of dam projects including: FERC Part 12 Inspections, forensi...

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Episodes (14/14)

A Dam Conversation With...

A Dam Conversation With…Craig Findlay

1 week ago

31 minutes

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Welcome to A Dam Conversation – With Doug Johnson

This is an Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) podcast sharing the stories of leaders and innovators in the dam safety community. Your host for this episode is Silas Sanderson. In this episode, we welcome Doug Johnson, Dam Safety and Water Resources Engineer at Schnabel Engineering. Doug is a civil engineer with over 40 years of professional experience. He recently retired as Regional Engineer for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Division of Dam Safety and Inspect...

1 month ago

41 minutes

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Welcome to A Dam Conversation – With Krey Price

This is an Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) podcast sharing the stories of leaders and innovators in the dam safety community. Your host for this episode is Matt Marquis. In this episode, we welcome Krey Price, Director of Surface Water Solutions. Krey is a civil engineer and project manager with international experience in water resources. Currently residing in Australia, Krey offers consulting services in computational modelling, engineering design, and project manage...

2 months ago

53 minutes

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Welcome to A Dam Conversation – With Bill Kappel

This is an Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) podcast sharing the stories of leaders and innovators in the dam safety community. Your host for this episode is Matt Marquis. In this episode, we welcome Bill Kappel, President and Chief Meteorologist of Applied Weather Associates. Prior to joining AWA in 2003, he served as an on-air meteorologist for 10 years at various television stations across the country. The focus of activity at AWA has been development of Probable Maxi...

4 months ago

42 minutes

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Welcome to A Dam Conversation – With David Griffin

This is an Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) podcast sharing the stories of leaders and innovators in the dam safety community. Your host for this episode is Matt Marquis. In this episode, we welcome David Griffin, Manager of the Safe Dams Program within the Georgia Environmental Protection Division. David joined the Program in 2014 after spending 15 years with the Georgia Department of Transportation, where he was responsible for highway design projects and maintenance,...

5 months ago

30 minutes

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Welcome to A Dam Conversation – With Paul Schweiger!

This is an Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) podcast sharing the stories of leaders and innovators in the dam safety community. Your host for this episode is Matt Marquis. In this episode, we welcome Paul Schweiger, Vice President and Manager of the Dams and Hydraulics Section at Gannett Fleming Inc. With 38 years of experience in water resources, Paul has a library of experience working on dam and flood control projects; coauthoring multiple technical publications that ...

6 months ago

42 minutes

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Welcome to A Dam Conversation – With Tony Nokovich!

This is an Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) podcast sharing the stories of leaders and innovators in the dam safety community. In this episode, we welcome Tony Nokovich, the Chief Dam Safety Engineer for American Water. With 30 years of experience in dam safety, Tony has known he wanted to work with dams from a young age. From consulting to owners engineer, he has had many success stories and learning moments. Tony, thank you for your stories and advice on career ...

7 months ago

31 minutes

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Welcome to A Dam Conversation - With John France!

This is an Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) podcast sharing the stories of leaders and innovators in the dam safety community. Your host for this episode is Brianna Crotty. In this episode, we welcome John France, an Independent Consultant at JWF Consulting, LLC. With over 45 years of experience in dam safety, John plays a key role in the forensic investigations of dam failures and incidents, especially where internal erosion and seepage are involved. He has written num...

8 months ago

42 minutes

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Welcome to A Dam Conversation - With Jeremy Franz!

This is an Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) podcast sharing the stories of leaders and innovators in the dam safety community. Your host for this episode is Brianna Crotty. In this episode, we welcome Jeremy Franz, a Dam Safety Design Review Engineer with the Colorado Division of Water Resources. With over 17 years of experience in dam safety, Jeremy plays a key role in the Dam Safety Toolbox, a vital resource for sharing design insights and best practices across the in...

9 months ago

35 minutes

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Welcome to A Dam Conversation - With Doug Boyer!

This is an Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) podcast sharing the stories of leaders and innovators in the dam safety community. On this episode, we welcome Doug Boyer, a civil engineer and engineering geologist with 35 years of experience in dam engineering and dam safety. He currently serves as the Chief, Risk-Informed Decision Making (RIDM) Branch of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Before joining FERC in 2016, he held positions with the US Army Corps of...

10 months ago

45 minutes

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Welcome to A Dam Conversation - With Mia Kannik!

This is an Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) podcast sharing the stories of leaders and innovators in the dam safety community. Today, we welcomed Mia Kannik, a Program Manager with the Ohio Dam Safety Program with over 26 years of experience. Mia, thank you for your stories and advice!Key Takeaways from This Episode7:00 – “Co-Ops can be great; they can also teach you what you don’t like as well”11:25 – Benefits of working for a state agency include work-life balance, an ...

11 months ago

27 minutes

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Welcome to A Dam Conversation - With Chris Goodell!

This is an Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) podcast sharing the stories of leaders and innovators in the dam safety community. Today, we welcomed Chris Goodell, a leader in HEC-RAS modeling, providing risk-based solutions to dam owners worldwide. Chris, thank you for your stories and advice!Key Takeaways from This Episode1:30 - Discussion on playing to your strengths: Civil Engineering is so broad! Find your own path - structural, hydraulic, geotechnical, mechanical, env...

1 year ago

32 minutes

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Welcome to A Dam Conversation - With Bill McCormick!

This is an Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) podcast sharing the stories of leaders and innovators in the dam safety community. Today, we welcomed Bill McCormick, Past president of ASDSO, former Chief of the Colorado Dam Safety Branch for ten years and now a consultant at Black and Veatch. Bill, thank you for your stories and advice!Key Takeaways from This Episode5:10 – “One of the good things I learned… was to not burn bridges”12:00 – Discusses importance of technical tr...

1 year ago

25 minutes

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Welcome to A Dam Conversation - With Amanda Hess!

This is an Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) podcast sharing the stories of leaders and innovators in the dam safety community. Today, we welcomed Amanda Hess, Hydrology and Hydraulics Group Member of Gannett Fleming with over 25 years of experience. Amanda, thank you for your stories and advice!Key Takeaways from This Episode1:25 – Amanda’s first experience with engineering was a High school trip to Carnegie Melon8:00 – Graduate level coursework in hydraulics required st...

1 year ago

31 minutes