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The following is a list of key publications prepared by Damwatch staff. Please contact the Damwatch office if you require any further details.

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Amos P.D.

Construction of Seepage Cutoff Walls under a Concrete Dam in New Zealand with a Full Reservoir, Dam Safety Association of Turkey, First National Symposium and Exposition on Dam Safety, 2007.

Specialist Dam Safety Instrumentation for Identifying and Monitoring Earthquake Damage at Aviemore Dam, New Zealand, Australian National Committee on Large Dams (ANCOLD) Annual Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2006.

Detection of Post-earthquake Seepage at an Active Fault Beneath Aviemore Dam , New Zealand, International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) Congress Barcelona, Spain, June 2006 (Q86 – R50)

Investigation of a Deteriorating Seepage Condition in Arapuni Dam Foundation, New Zealand. Australian National Committee on Large Dams (ANCOLD) Annual Conference, Hobart, Australia, 2003.

Grouting High Pressure Seepage at Arapuni Dam. NZ Society of Large Dams (NZSOLD) Symposium, Wellington New Zealand, August 2003.

Guidelines for Resource Consents for Dams. NZ Society of Large Dams (NZSOLD) Symposium, Wellington New Zealand, November 2000.

Monitoring of Clyde and Roxburgh Gravity Dams and Their Schist Foundations. International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) Congress Beijing, China, September 2000 (Q78 – R6).

Black J.C.

New Zealand's Clyde Power Station. Water Power and Dam Construction, December 1987, pp 15-20.

The Clyde Dam Spillway and Dewatering Sluice. Proceedings of IPENZ Annual Conference, February 1995 (Winner of IPENZ Furkert Award for 1995).

Clyde Power Station. New Zealand Concrete Construction, August/September 1995 (Winner of Commendation Award from NZ Concrete Society 1995)

Remediation Works at Whakamaru and Roxburgh Dams to Ensure the Seismic Safety of the Spillway Structures. International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) Congress, Montreal, Canada 2003 (Q83 – R12).

Campbell P.L.

“Emergency Action Plans for Dams” NZSOLD Symposium 2006.

“Benchmarking Deformation Surveys of Hydraulic Structures against International Practice” (co-author), NZSOLD /ANCOLD Conference on Dams, Auckland, NZ 2001.

“The Risk Analysis Process Applied to Surveillance” NZSOLD Symposium, Dams – Management and Best Practice, Wellington, NZ, 2000

“A New Zealand Dam Owner’s Policy on Testing Hydraulic Structure Gates and Valves” Waterpower’97 International Conference, Atlanta, USA. 1997.

“Towards Improved Regulatory Oversight of the Safety of Large Dams in New Zealand” (co-author),

NZSOLD Symposium Dams: New Issues You Need to Know About. 1997

“An Investigation into Piezometeric Lag at Tekapo Lake Control Structure” American Society of Dam Safety Officials Conference Seattle USA 1996.

“The Analysis of Dam Safety Surveillance Data” Joint NZSOLD/ANCOLD Symposium, Dams: The Implications of Ownership, Christchurch NZ 1995.

“Organising for Safe Operation of Dams” (co-author), The MWA International Conference of Dam Engineering, 1995 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

“Hydraulics of a Large Channel Paved with Boulders” (co-author) Journal of Hydraulics Research, 1979.

Connell N.A.

Connell N.A. (1967) Computer Analysis of Pipe Networks, Consulting Engineer

Connell N.A. and MacMurray H.L. (1991) Hydraulic and Morphological Computer Models for Design of Control Works on the Bah Bolon River, Indonesia. IPENZ Conference 1991.

Connell N.A. and MacMurray H.L. (1991) Control Works on the Bah Bolon River, Indonesia. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics, Hong Kong, 1991, pp 1411-1418

Gillon M.D.

Enabling Innovation to achieve a successful Dam Foundation Repair (In Press). VNCOLD Symposium, Vietnam May 2010.

Dams and Earthquakes in New Zealand. Symposium on Dam Safety. Vietnam, June 2009.

Dam Safety Management - Key Principles and Practices. PNCOLD Dam Safety Symposium, November 2007.

Dams and Earthquakes in New Zealand. Turkish Symposium on Dam Safety. May 2007.

Dam Safety Management Practices in New Zealand. Turkish Symposium on Dam Safety. May 2007.

Re-evaluation of internal erosion incidents at Matahina Dam, New Zealand. Internal erosion of Dams and their Foundations, Editors Robin Fell and Jean-Jacques Fry. Balkema, Leiden, The Netherlands (in press 2007).

Some Dam Monitoring Observations and Experiences from New Zealand. ANCOLD Speciality Symposium, Sydney, Australia November 2006.

Managing Dam Safety Deficiencies. NZSOLD Symposium, Wellington 10 August 2006.

A Contribution to Public Safety Studies - Failure Modes and Likelihood Analysis for a Tephra Dam on an Active Volcano. ANCOLD Conference, Perth, Australia, October 2006.

Seismic Evaluation of Dam on Active Surface Fault. Waterpower XIV, Austin Texas 2005.

Safety Assessment for Active Faulting within the Aviemore Dam Foundation and Reservoir, New Zealand. ANCOLD/NZSOLD 2004 Conference, Melbourne Australia. 2004.

Communicating Dam Safety Practices to the Community for a 60km Long Canal Development in New Zealand. ANCOLD/NZSOLD 2004 Conference, Melbourne Australia 2004.

Treatment of High Pressure Seepage, Water Power & Dam Construction Journal, Volume 56, No. 10, 2004.

Investigation of a Deteriorating Seepage Condition in Arapuni Dam Foundation, New Zealand. ANCOLD Annual Conference, Hobart 2003.

Grouting High Pressure Seepage at Arapuni Dam. NZSOLD Symposium, August 2003.

Seepage Evaluation and Remediation under Existing Dams. Proceedings of 21st Congress on Large Dams, Q82, R26, Montreal 2003.

ICOLD Bulletin 124. Reservoir Landslides - Investigation and Management. Primary author and Chairman of Committee.

High pressure seepage at Arapuni Dam, New Zealand - a case history of monitoring, exploration and remediation. USSD Annual Conference on Dams, June 2002.

Criteria for Developing Seismic Loads for the Safety Evaluation of Dams for Two NZ Owners. Joint NZSOLD/ANCOLD Conference on Dams, Auckland, November 2001.

Coliban Water Dams Improvement Project- The Decommissoning Option. Joint NZSOLD/ANCOLD Conference on Dams, Auckland, November 2001.

Current Trends in Assessing Dam Safety. NZSOLD Symposium on Dams, November 2000.

Using FMEA to enhance Dam Safety Programmes. ANCOLD Symposium on Dams, October 2000.

Matahina Dam- Fault Surface Displacement Design Criteria. 12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Auckland NZ February 2000.

Karapiro Dam- Stability Investigations and Enhancement Works. Proceedings ANCOLD Conference on Dams, Jindabyne, Australia October 1999.

Rehabilitation of the Matahina Dam for Foundation Fault Trace Displacements. Symposium on Rehabilitation of Dams, ICOLD Annual Meeting, New Dehli November 1998.

Changes in the ECNZ Dam Safety Assurance Programme. ANCOLD/NZSOLD Conference on Dams, Sydney September 1998.

Some ECNZ Perspectives on Dam Safety. Industry Symposium, Innovations in Dam Safety, Woodward Clyde Consultants Sydney March 1998.

An Owner’s Dam Safety Programme in a Competitive Market. CANCOLD/CDSA Conference, Montreal, October 1997.

Age and Failure Style of a Large Landslide Complex at Matahina Reservoir, NZ. Geological Society of America Journal, V29, No. 5, April 1997.

Design Criteria for Fault Rupture at the Matahina Dam New Zealand. International Journal on Hydro Power and Dams, May 1997.

Filling the Landslide Affected Clyde Dam Reservoir. ICOLD Congress, Florence, May 1997.

Lessons from Earthquake Damage at the Matahina Dam, New Zealand. ICOLD Symposium on Seismic and Environmental Aspects of Dam Design, Santiago, October 1996.

Planning and Design of the Second Manapouri Tailrace Tunnel Project. Australia-NZ Geomechanics Conference, Adelaide, July 1996.

Progress on an ICOLD Study of Reservoir Slope Stability. International Symposium on Landslides, Trondheim, June 1996.

The Performance of Landslide Stabilisation Measures, Clyde Power Project, New Zealand. International Symposium in Landslides, Trondheim, June 1996.

Stabilisation of the Cairnmuir Landslide, New Zealand. International Symposium in Landslides, Trondheim, June 1996.

Organising for Safe Operation of Dams. Dam Safety Conference, Kuala Lumpur August 1995.

Cairnmuir Landslide Infiltration Protection. IPENZ Conference February 1995.

Simulation of the Seismic Response of the Matahina Dam. Int. Journal of Hydropower and Dams, May 1994.

Risk Assessment : Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Floods and Dams in New Zealand. Seminar of Acceptable Risks for Future Events in the Planning and Design of Major Infrastructure, Sydney, April 1994.

Seismic Response of the Matahina Dam. Proc, 2nd Asian-Pacific Conference on Computational Mechanics, Sydney, August 1993.

A Review of Public Safety Aspects of the Clyde Dam. New Zealand Society of Large Dams Symposium, November 1993.

Landslide Stabilisation at the Clyde Power Project, New Zealand. Proceedings ASCE Speciality Conference in Geotechnical Practice in Dam Rehabilitation, Raleigh, USA, April 1993.

Mitigation of Reservoir Slope Hazards at the Clyde Project. Geotechnical News, April 1992.

Landslide Stabilisation at the Clyde Power Project : A Major Geotechnical Undertaking. NZ Engineering, April 1992.

Cromwell Gorge Landslides : A General Overview. Proceedings International Symposium on Landslides, Christchurch, New Zealand, February 1992.

Low Level Drainage Works at the Brewery Creek Slide. Proceedings International Symposium on Landslides, Christchurch, New Zealand, February 1992.

Movement History and Infiltration : Cairnmuir Landslide, Proceedings International Symposium on Landslides, Christchurch, New Zealand, February 1992.

Jackson Creek Landslide Stabilisation. Proceedings International Symposium on Landslides, Christchurch, New Zealand, February 1992.

Monitoring of the Cromwell Gorge Landslides. Proceedings International Symposium on Landslides, Christchurch, New Zealand, February 1992.

Stability Analysis Applications : Cromwell Gorge Landslides. Proceedings International Symposium on Landslides, Christchurch, New Zealand, February 1992.

Nature and Identification of Groundwater Systems of the Cromwell Gorge Landslides. Proceedings International Symposium on Landslides, Christchurch, New Zealand, February 1992.

Field Investigation of the Cromwell Gorge Landslides. Proceedings International Symposium on Landslides, Christchurch, New Zealand, February 1992.

Safe Operation of Hydro Reservoirs. IPENZ, Symposium on Operation of Dams, Wellington, November 1991.

Abutment Repairs at the Matahina Dam. ICOLD 17th Congress, Vienna 1991.

Earthquake Effects at the Matahina Dam, New Zealand. Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering Volume, Japanese Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, 1989.

Matahina Dam : The Initial Lake Filling Incident and the Long Term Performance of the Repair. Proceedings Australia - New Zealand Geomechanics Conference, Sydney, Australia, August 1988.

The Observed Seismic Performance of the Matahina Dam. Proceedings Second International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, St Louis, USA, June 1988.

A Dam Hazard and Inspection Classification for New Zealand. IPENZ, Symposium on Dam Safety, Rotorua, November 1987.

Logan T.C. & Logan N.E.

Logan T.C. & Logan N.E. “Thermal Resistivity of Soil and Backfill”, EEA Annual Conference, Auckland 1999

Logan T.C. & Logan N.E. “Design and Quality Control of Thermally Stable Backfill”, EEA Annual Conference, Auckland 2000

McInerney S.M.

"Design, Construction and Performance of Fullerton Pollan Dam and Reservoir, Co Donegal, Ireland" (co-author), Proceedings of British Dam Society Annual Conference, 2001.

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Arapuni Foundation Remediation Publications

Prevention of Foundation Piping at Arapuni Dam using Discrete Cutoff Walls, Peter Amos, Adam Fletcher, Marco Lucchi, Nick Wharmby, New Zealand Geotechnical Society 2008 Geotechnical Symposium, September 2008,

Verification of Cut-off Wall Success at Arapuni Dam, Michael Revis, Nigel Connell; Adam Fletcher, Marco Lucchi, Nick Wharmby, New Zealand Geotechnical Society 2008 Geotechnical Symposium, September 2008,

Prevention Of Foundation Erosion With Deep Cutoff Walls In An Operating Reservoir, Peter Amos, Marco Lucchi, Adam Fletcher, Nick Wharmby, International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) Annual Meeting Sofia Bulgaria, June 2008

Design And Construction Of Deep Secant Pile Seepage Cut-Off Walls Under The Arapuni Dam In New Zealand ,Peter D Amos, Donald A. Bruce, Marco Lucchi, Neil Watkins, Nick Wharmby, US Society of Dams Conference Portland Oregon USA, April 2008.

Extending Deep Cut-off Wall Technology - Construction of Seepage Cut-off Walls under Arapuni Dam in New Zealand with a Full Reservoir, P Amos, N Watkins, M Lucchi, N Wharmby, New Zealand Society of Large Dams (NZSOLD) and Australian Committee of Large Dams (ANCOLD) Conference Queenstown New Zealand, November 2007.

Arapuni Dam Foundation Enhancement Works , Nick Wharmby, Marco Lucchi, Tom Newson, Peter Amos, Australia and New Zealand Joint Geotechnical Conference, Brisbane Australia, October 2007.

Design And Construction Of Seepage Cut-Off Walls Under A Concrete Dam In New Zealand With A Full Reservoir Peter D Amos, Donald A. Bruce, Marco Lucchi, Tom Newson, Nick Wharmby, American Society of Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) Conference Austin Texas, USA, September 2007.

Construction Of Seepage Cutoff Walls Under A Concrete Dam In New Zealand With A Full Reservoir, Peter Amos, Tom Newson, Marco Lucchi, Nick Wharmby, First National Symposium on Dam Safety, Ankara Turkey, May 2007.

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