Dr. Dave Sykora, Principal Engineer in the Civil Engineering practice will be presenting at the 2017 Dam Safety Conference. The event will be held in San Antonio, Texas on September 10 through September 14, 2017. Dam Safety 2017 is one of the leading conferences in the United States dedicated to dam and levee safety engineering and technology transfer.
On September 12, Dr. David Sykora will be part of a team presentation for a plenary session titled, 'Dam Safety and the Impacts of the 1977 Kelly Barnes Dam Failure.'
At about 1:30 am on the night of November 6, 1977 the Kelly Barnes Dam near Toccoa, Georgia failed. The break sent flood waters down a narrow mountain valley, over a 186 foot high waterfall, and into the campus of Toccoa Falls Bible College and the surrounding area. The flood waters killed 39 people and caused an estimated $2.8 million worth of damage. In the aftermath, a Federal Investigative Board (FIB) was assembled by the Jimmy Carter Administration to determine the probable cause(s) and technical details relating to the failure. The presentation will include firsthand accounts as well as a portion given by Joseph H 'Rogers, one of the original onsite investigators.
The failure of Kelly Barns Dam forever changed dam safety in the United States. This presentation will look at the setting, the timing and how this small dam impacted a nation. It will review the state of dam safety prior to the failure and how this failure impacted Dam Safety and laid the ground work for the creation of the Association of Dam State Dam Safety Officials.
Exponent will also be exhibiting at the event. Visit us at booth #312.
For more information, please visit the event website.
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