- Reclamation
- Dam Safety & Infrastructure
- Asset Management
- Buildings & Structures Program
Buildings and Structures Program
The Bureau of Reclamation owns over 4,000 buildings and building-like structures, over 120 fish structure facilities, and over 1,200 water wells, many of which are operated and maintained in partnership with transferred works operating partners. Reclamation’s buildings portfolio features a wide variety of building types, including power plants, pumping plants, administrative offices, warehouses, service or “shop” buildings, visitor centers, dam tender houses, employee housing, fish hatcheries, and many more. Reclamation’s fish structure portfolio features fishways such as ladders, elevators, and bypasses, fish screens, fish hatcheries, fish barriers, and fish collection facilities.
Reclamation’s water wells portfolio features a variety of water wells for extraction, injection, and monitoring. These Reclamation owned structures are important to executing Reclamation’s mission and require routine inspections to identify and document any required recommendations to keep them functioning as designed. The Structures Program provides a consistent framework for inspecting and documenting maintenance needs for Reclamation’s structures, while conducting Reclamation-wide asset management practices, including maintaining comprehensive inventories, providing information for data calls, tracking inspections and reports, and providing policy guidance, resources, tools, and training related to Reclamation’s structures.
Hoover Dam Visitor Center, Nevada
Resources:
Publications:
- For more information, see Reclamation Manual D&S FAC 01-04, "Review of Operation and Maintenance (RO&M) Program Examination of Associated Facilities (Facilities Other Than High- and significant-Hazard Potential Dams).
Training:
Contact:
Mike Studiner, P.E. MStudiner@usbr.gov, 720-415-2794
