Dams and Levees

Water Resource Design

Freese and Nichols’ expertise in water resources covers the complete project life cycle – from planning, design and construction management to operation, maintenance and regulatory compliance for heavy civil infrastructure such as dams and reservoirs, levees, canals and flood protection systems. Our team integrates multiple engineering disciplines to fully support your needs, including geotechnical, structural, hydrology and hydraulics, civil design, coastal, mechanical, electrical and emergency management.

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Specific Services

Planning and Analysis

Water supply and flood control feasibility assessments
Geological and geotechnical investigations
Seepage, settlement and foundation modeling
Hydrologic modeling, including flood and PMF studies
Hydraulic modeling, including breach analyses and inundation mapping
Risk management and risk-based decision making
Gate and reservoir operation plans

Design Services

Dams: earthen, concrete gravity, slab-and-buttress, masonry
Levees: embankments, floodwalls, closure sections, interior drainage
Embankments: foundation remediation, seepage, stability
Spillways: uncontrolled, gates and hoists, labyrinth and piano key, outlet works
Rivers and canals: water control structures, drop structures, armoring
Specialty services: dewatering systems, terminal storage reservoirs, anchoring, reservoir dredging, dam decommissioning
Instrumentation and monitoring programs