For our nations’ first engineering force, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, dams and the massive reservoirs of fresh water they preserve, have become an essential element of its overall mission. Allen ...

Water Power Magazine has reported that a new guide has been published addressing the impact of earthquakes on concrete dams. According to the article, Earthquake Engineering for Concrete Dams shows ...

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Syphon Reservoir, located in Irvine, Calif., will undergo a significant capital improvement upgrade with engineers COWI and GFT securing a $25M contract for construction management. The Irvine Ranch ...

This fascinating video explores the design and construction of the Hoover Dam, one of the most ambitious engineering projects ...

Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the U.S., has made national headlines recently. The reservoir which lies across Nevada and Arizona is formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River. And its water ...

When the Platte and Missouri river systems could not drain the rain and ice from the "bomb cyclone" weather event in northeast Nebraska in March 2019, the Spencer Dam on the Niobrara River was swept ...

Study by civil engineers finds that the history of the Jagersfontein dam deviates from best engineering practice. On 11 September 2022, a diamond mine waste storage facility, known as a tailings dam, ...

Back when it first happened, we covered the Oroville Dam near-disaster. Heavier-than-expected rainfall in California back in early 2017 led to running the dam’s primary spillway at much ...

Engineers inspecting Park Lake dam before work begins to bring it into compliance with federal and state regulations discovered a "minor crack" Wednesday. That prompted law enforcement officials to go ...

Nearly three months after the Edenville Dam failed, a group of Michigan engineers have named erosion as a major concern for the property. On July 24, TRC Engineers Michigan Inc. — the local branch of ...

Join us as we dive deep into the hidden secrets of the Hoover Dam, one of America's most iconic engineering marvels. Discover the fascinating history and intricate design behind this colossal ...