Representatives on ICOLD Technical Committees
ICOLD has 20 technical committees which review technology in specific areas, such as analysis and design, seismicity, environment, safety, hydraulics, design flood, materials for concrete and fill dams, construction methods, performance monitoring, reservoir sedimentation, ageing, tailings dams, and trans-national rivers. Many international experts participate actively in this work.
As the result of the work on its technical committees, ICOLD publishes between two and ten reports (known as bulletins) yearly; over 150 bulletins are now available. These bulletins represent the state of the art at the time of their publication. Other publications include the World Register of Dams, the World Register of Mine and Industrial Tailings Dams, a six-language Technical Dictionary, abstracts, biographical books, reports and technical documents.
ANCOLD was originally formed as the Australian National Committee of the International Commission on Large Dams in 1937 and has active in the international committee ever since. ANCOLD’s contribution to the work of ICOLD has disproportionate to Australia’s small population. For example ANCOLD is currently represented on 17 of the 22 ICOLD Technical Committees currently in operation. ANCOLD values its membership of, and relationship with, ICOLD. This relationship provides a network whereby members of ANCOLD can readily keep abreast of the latest developments in knowledge of dams internationally.
ANCOLD representatives on ICOLD Technical Committees
| ICOLD COMMITTEE | REPRESENTATIVE |
| Computational Aspects of Analysis and Design of Dams | Mr Francisco Lopez |
| Concrete Dams | Mr Brian Forbes |
| Dam Decommissioning | Mr Stephen Newman |
| Dam Safety | Mr Shane McGrath |
| Dam Surveillance | Mr I. Landon-Jones (Corresponding Member) |
| Embankment Dams | Mr Michael Marley |
| Engineering Activities with the Planning Process for Water Resources Projects | Mr Richard Herweynen |
| Environment | Mr Steven Fox |
| Flood Evaluation and Dam Safety | Dr Rory Nathan |
| Global Climate Change and Dams, Reservoirs and the Associated Water Resources | Mr David Stewart |
| Hydraulics for Dams | Mr Robert Wark |
| Operation, Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Dams | Mr Neil Blaikie |
| Public Safety around Dams | Mr Angus Swindon |
| Dams and River Basin Management | Mr Brian Shannon |
| Seismic Aspects of Dam Design | Mr Ian Landon-Jones |
| Tailings Dams and Waste Lagoons | Mr David Brett |
| World Register of Dams and Documentation | Mr Robert Wark (Observer Status) |