ANCOLD Technical Working Groups
ANCOLD members may participate in the work of a variety of ANCOLD technical working groups. Technical working groups prepare reports and papers for publication by ANCOLD. They also assist ICOLD technical committees in preparing ICOLD Bulletins. Technical working group activities are summarised in the document below. Contact the convenor listed for more information about their work.
All current guidelines are available for purchase via the online shopping cart on the Guidelines page.
Below is a listing of the ANCOLD Working Groups respective convenors.
| Guideline | Convenor |
| Arch Dams | Marius Jonker |
| Consequence Categories for Dams (2012) | David Ryan |
| Dam break modelling and Consequence Assessment | David Stephens |
| Dam Instrumentation & Monitoring Systems (1983) | Cassandra Turner |
| Dam Safety Management (2003) | David Stewart |
| Dam Safety Emergency Plans and Emergency Management | Angus Paton |
| Design Criteria for Concrete Gravity Dams (2013) | David Ryan |
| Guidelines for Design of Dams and Appurtenant Structures for Earthquake (July 2019) | Steven O’Brien |
| Design, Construction, O&M of Retarding Basins | Richard Rodd |
| Guidelines For Geotechnical Investigations of Dams, Their Foundations And Appurtenant Structures (May 2020) | Robin Fell |
| Outlet Works for dams | Marius Jonker |
| Risk Assessment (2003) | Shane McGrath |
| Selection of Acceptable Flood Capacity (2000) | Peter Hill |
| Strengthening and Raising Concrete Gravity Dams (1992) | Richard Rodd |
| Guidelines on Tailings Dams – Planning, Design, Construction, Operation and Closure – REVISION 1 (July 2019) | Brett Stephens |
| Environmental Management of Dams (2001) | Vacant |
| Regulation and Practice for the Environmental Management of Dams in Australia (2014) | Vacant |
Working Group Convenors can be contacted via the secretariat;
ANCOLD Secretariat Address: 227 Collins Street, Hobart, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA, 7000 Phone: +61 3 6234 7844 Fax: +61 3 6234 5958 email: [email protected]The link below will take you to the 2020/21 Working Group Report Updates (extracted from the 2020/21 ANCOLD Annual Report).
ANCOLD Annual Report 2020-2021_Working Group Reports