The United States Society on Dams is offering four workshops in Oakland, California, on Nov. 2-4, 2015. The technical committees preparing the workshop and the workshop topics are:

• Committee on Construction and Rehabilitation – Risk Management and Construction Cost Estimating
• Committee on Monitoring of Dams and Their Foundations – Appropriate Instrumentation for Dams: Developing and Implementing Properly Focused, Cost-Effective Monitoring Programs
• Committee on Dam Decommissioning – Dam Decommissioning: New USSD Guidelines and Applications
• Committee on Levees – Update on National Levee Safety Initiative Implementation and Overview of Levee Technical Guidelines.

The three-day event will include networking opportunities and one-day field tours. Registration and hotel reservation information is online at www.ussdams.org.

The Canadian Dam Association and USSD have a cooperation agreement.