Functional Area: Engineering and Design Services
Action Item 16
Analyze Reclamation’s engineering standards; both the appropriateness of them and how they are applied internally and externally.
Team Lead: Gerald Kelso, Area Manager, Upper Columbia Area Office, Pacific Northwest Region
Team Members:
- Bruce Barrett, Area Manager, Provo Area Office, Upper Colorado Region
- Bill Bruninga, Deputy Area Manager, Hoover Dam Facility Manager, Lower Colorado Region
- Larry Hieb, O&M Technical Services Manager, Snake River Area Office, Pacific Northwest Region
- Lowell Pimley, Chief, Civil Engineering Services Division, Technical Service Center
- Larry Schoessler, Supervisor, Construction Services, Great Plains Region
- Jim Zeiger, Manager, Electrical Design Group, Infrastructure Services Division, Technical Service Center
Objectives:
- Determine the appropriateness, effectiveness, and application of Reclamation’s existing engineering standards.
Tasks:
- Identify and review Reclamation practices for internal and external designs with focus on matching standards to risk.
- Collect and review internal policies and reports.
- Review external/industry design standards, risk, guidelines, and liabilities.
- Meet with external entities to assess design practices.
- Make recommendations on best practices.
Milestones:
- July 2006: Work will begin.
- Oct 2006: Meet with external private and federal entities to assess design practices.
- Dec 2006: Report summarizing analysis of Reclamation’s existing engineering standards will be available.
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Last Updated:
January 10, 2007