Workshops

Shaping the industry’s future direction

Wednesday, 10 Nov 2021 | 0830 – 1700

Each session will provide an opportunity for workshop attendees to provide commentary / inputs.

Session 1: Guidelines for the outlet works for dams
The safety and operational risks associated with outlet works for dams are often hard to estimate. This session will consist of a workshop where key issues to be addressed in the draft guidelines on outlet works for dams will be presented by the ANCOLD working group. Topics will include:

• Evaluating the risks associated with outlet works in the context of life safety and business risks, estimating failure modes and consequences, completing risk analyses, and estimating risk reduction and mitigation strategies.
• A discussion on “human factors”, how they influence the entire life cycle of outlet works during design, build, operation, and maintenance and how to account for them.
• Inspection and testing including; determining the inspection regime based on the dam criticality / consequence category, types of testing and the planning, processes and procedures to be considered for testing.

Session 2: Regulator’s session
This session will provide an interactive update from Dam Safety Regulators across Australia.

Session 3:
Details TBA

Current practice in a rapidly changing industry

Wednesday, 10 Nov 2021 | 0830 – 1700

The understanding and implementation of all aspects of the tailings industry from design, operation, management and governance is evolving rapidly as a result of new standards, guidelines and improvement in the technologies and methodology we utilise to achieve safe tailings management. This workshop will present updates, insights and points for discussion across several key aspects of tailings management:

• Dam break and consequence assessments
• Soil mechanics
• Risk assessments
• Engineer of Record and Independent Technical Review Boards

This full-day workshop will also present updates from various industry bodies and initiatives.