CONTENTS FEATURES I DFI Graphic Design Faye Klein DFI Executive Committee President Dan Brown, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE Vice President Matthew Janes, P.Eng. Secretary Gianfranco Di Cicco Treasurer Michael H. Wysockey, Ph.D., P.E. Past President John R. Wolosick, P.E., D.GE Other Trustees Conrad Felice, Ph.D., P.E. Frank Haehnig Gerry Houlahan, P.E. James O. Johnson Mike Kelley K.S. Rama Krishna, Ph.D. Anne Lemnitzer, Ph.D., P.E. J. Erik Loehr, Ph.D., P.E. Matthew E. Meyer, P.E. David Paul, P.E. Howard Perko, Ph.D., P.E. Thomas D. Richards, P.E., D.GE Alan Roach Lori Simpson, P.E., G.E. Martin G. Taube , P.E., P.G. Stefano Valagussa 61 Risk Analysis Is Fundamentally Changing the 55 Member Profile — Morgan NeSmith: Honesty, Humor and a Tenacious Work Ethic SPECIAL ® Executive Director Theresa Engler, [email protected] Executive Editor Dr. Antonio Marinucci, M.B.A., P.E. [email protected] Managing Editor Emeritus Manuel A. Fine, P.E., [email protected] Managing Editor and Advertising Manager Karol Paltsios, [email protected] ISSUE : RISK Deep Foundations COVER STORY 14 Risk in Geoconstruction and Geoengineering Jerry A. DiMaggio, P.E., D.GE Risks and their impacts influence the objectives, decisions and behaviors of each stakeholder on a geoproject, from within the organization and throughout its supply chain. The author provides a high-level summary of risks and risk management related to their importance to the geoconstruction and geoengineering community, and stresses that by focusing only on the negative context of risk, the positive opportunities may be overlooked. NO INTERNAL EROSION NORMAL POOL YES Landscape of Dam Safety in the U.S. Jennifer L. Williams, P.E., and John W. France, P.E., D.GE, D.WRE INITIATION? YES NO CONTINUATION? YES NO PROGRESSION? YES NO UNSUCCESSFUL INTERVENTION? The authors describe how risk analysis has changed dam safety engineering practice in the U.S. – shifting from visual inspection evaluations and deterministic-based analyses to a more holistic approach using risk-based analyses to better prioritize risk reduction actions. Via strategic prioritization, owners and agencies are able to address the most critical structures first, which better utilizes their limited resources (financial and labor). YES BREACH? YES NO FLAW? NO DEEP FOUNDATIONS • JAN/FEB 2018 • 3 O T N A S D I N N S U T O I T F U E P T E E D
