Risk Cadre
In 1998 a team of five individuals was formed at the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Technical Service Center to further the development and implementation of risk analysis processes for dam safety. This team is called the Risk Cadre and is located in Denver, Colorado.The cadre has concentrated its efforts in the following areas of work:
- Facilitating risk analyses
- Developing a consistent risk analysis methodology
- Developing toolboxes to the methodology to address specific areas of specialization
- Work with other Reclamation personnel in the development of other toolboxes in the areas of loading probability and consequences
- Work with Reclamation’s decision makers to further the development of risk assessment processes
- Train others to facilitate risk analyses
- Consult with other public agencies in risk analysis processes
- Continually improve Reclamation’s risk analysis process
Members of the Risk Cadre have general expertise in facilitating risk analyses utilizing Reclamation’s risk analysis methodology. They also have certain areas of specialization with-respect-to risk analysis. The risk cadre members are listed as follows along with their areas of specialization.
Contact information for Risk Cadre members:
Phoebe Percell
Specializations: Structural/Civil Engineering
Concrete Dams
Structural Analysis
Soil/Structure Interaction
PPercell@usbr.gov
Dave Rees Gillette
Specialization: Geotechnical Engineering
Embankment Dams
Seismic Geotechnics
Risk Methodology
DGillette@usbr.gov
Dom Galic
Specialization: Geotechnical Engineering and Rock Mechanics
Mathematical/statistical basis of risk analysis
DGalic@usbr.gov
Bruce Feinberg
Specialization: Consequences Estimation (Life Loss From Dam Failure)
Inundation Modeling/Mapping
Downstream Hazard Classification
BFeinberg@usbr.gov