- Date
- 11 July 2022
- Time
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Overview
The UK is an active member of the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD), contributing to the development of bulletins via the various ICOLD Technical Committees. This evening event will consist of a series of short presentations from the UK representatives of these technical committees. These talks will provide updates on recent developments with a brief overview of any new or emerging ICOLD bulletins.
Programme
| Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|
| David Littlemore | Recent changes to the ICOLD Board Current technical committee vacancies Future ICOLD events |
| Viktor Pavlov Costain | Committee C: Hydraulics for Dams Introduction to Bulletin 176 (‘Blockage of reservoir outlets by floating debris’) and updates on a new bulletin on the structural design of spillway chutes. |
| Jonathan Simm HR Wallingford Adrian Rushworth Environment Agency | Committee LE: Levees Overview of draft bulletins on ‘Levees around the world’ and ‘Comparison of dams and levees’. |
| Andrew Pepper Independent | Committee O: World Register on Dams Update on the register and recent developments |
| Ian Hope Severn Trent | Committee Q: Dam SurveillanceUpdate on latest committee activities and testing by Vattenfall / Lulea University of a new dam in Sweden. |
| Alan Warren Mott MacDonald | Committee S: Flood Evaluation & Dam Safety Update on three bulletins at varying stages of development. |
| Kyle McLean Mott MacDonald | Committee ZX2: Young Engineers Update on current initiatives and recent activities. |
Speakers
David Littlemore
Tredegar House reservoir
Principal designer
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David Littlemore
David Littlemore was the principal designer on Tredegar House reservoir which was a listed structure and heritage landscape. David is a supervising engineer under the Reservoirs Act 1975.
Viktor Pavlov
Costain Group
Principal Civil Structural Engineer
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Viktor Pavlov
Viktor Pavlov is a Principal Civil/Structural Engineer at Costain Group Limited.
After graduating as a civil engineer with specialization in hydropower and dams, he worked on a number of embankment dam and small hydropower projects in Algeria and Bulgaria. He also spent two years at the Laboratory of Hydraulic Constructions at EPFL, Switzerland, where he obtained an MSc degree in Energy Systems.
Viktor has been involved in the design of several impounding reservoir spillways and flood risk management schemes in the UK. He has been serving as a UK representative on the ICOLD Technical Committee on Hydraulics for Dams since 2018.
Viktor is the author of several water industry publications including a recently published paper on ‘Flow-induced vibration effects on reservoir spillways’ and a ‘Spillway design guide’ commissioned by the Environment Agency of England.
Adrian Rushworth
Environment Agency
fcrm manager
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Adrian Rushworth
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