Tables & Figures
Foreword
1 Introduction
2 Visual inspections and special/ad hoc inspections
3 Checking and testing hydro-mechanical equipment
4 Monitoring parameters and devices
5 Automation
6 Maintenance and ageing of monitoring systems
7 Re-instrumentation of existing dams
8 Recent instrumentation developments and applications
9 Data management
10 Dam documentation management
11 Assessment of condition and behavior of dams
12 Assessment of dam safety monitoring programme
13 Prioritisation of maintenance, remedial and upgrading monitoring systems
14 Concluding remarks
Annexure
Biography
the Commission Internationale des Grands Barrages (CIGB) / International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) is a non-governmental International Organization which provides a forum for the exchange of knowledge and experience in dam engineering.
The Organization leads the profession in ensuring that dams are built safely, efficiently, economically, and without detrimental effects on the environment. Its original aim was to encourage advances in the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of large dams and their associated civil works, by collecting and disseminating relevant information and by studying related technical questions.
Since the late sixties, focus was put on subjects of current concern such as dam safety, monitoring of performance, reanalysis of older dams and spillways, effects of ageing and environmental impact. More recently, new subjects include cost studies at the planning and construction stages, harnessing international rivers, information for the public at large, and financing.
