Committee on Construction and Rehabilitation

Terms of Reference

The USSD Committee on Construction and Rehabilitation will, in collaboration with other USSD and ICOLD committees and the water resources community at large, address the role of construction management and construction activities in building and maintaining dams and dam related infrastructure.

Specific areas of focus include the following:

• Methods of dam construction and removal
• Effectiveness of construction in the reduction of risk
• Effectiveness of construction in maintaining infrastructure assets
• Effectiveness of construction in improved operations and maintenance
• Effectiveness of construction in the mitigation of the effects of aging
• Life-cycle costs and benefits of construction projects
• Effectiveness of measures to mitigate environmental impacts associated with construction

Committee activities include the following:

• Assistance in the activities of the ICOLD Committee on Cost of Dams through the USSD representative on that committee
• Assistance in the activities of the ICOLD Committee on Rehabilitation of Dams through the USSD representative on that committee.
• Co-sponsorship or sponsorship of seminars, specialty conferences, or annual lectures related to the committee areas of focus
• Preparation of bulletins related to the areas of focus

Further information may be obtained by contacting the Committee Chairperson: