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Geotechnical, Water
Resources and Dam Safety Engineering
EMAIL: cfindlay@findlayengineering.com
70 Old Field Road, Yarmouth, ME 04096
Phone: (207) 846-1465
FAX: (207) 846-3434
FOR PROFILES OF
PROJECT EXPERIENCE AND PHOTOGRAPHS
CLICK ON
ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
1) FERC
Part 12 Inspection Experience
2) Dam Investigation, Analysis and Design Experience
3) Erosion and Sedimentation Experience
FEI Offers The Following Services:
> FERC Part 12,
Potential Failure Modes Analysis and Other Periodic Dam Inspections Independent Consultant and Facilitator Services
> Embankment Dam Slope
Stability (Limit Equilibrium Slope Stability
Analysis)
> Embankment Dam Earthquake
Analysis (FEM Static and Dynamic Stresses,
Liquefaction Triggering, Post-Earthquake Stability, and Seismic Deformation)
> Dam Instrumentation, Relief
Well, Drains (Installation, Assessment,
Maintenance Consultation)
> Concrete Gravity Dam
Analyses (Base Stress, Cracked Base,
Sliding, Overturning, 2D and 3D Static and Dynamic FEM, Pseudodynamic)
> 3D Concrete Arch Dam
and Slab and Buttress Dam Stress
Analysis (Static and Dynamic FEM; Response
Spectrum or Time History Analyses)
> Arch Dam Abutment Rock Slope
Stability (Block and Wedge Analyses,
including Arch Dam Thrust)
> Seepage And Dewatering Analyses (Steady State And Transient FEM and Finite Difference)
> 3D FEM Radial Gate Analyses of Trunnion Friction Effects
> Erosion and Sedimentation Studies, Consultation, Shoreline Stabilization Design
> Operational Effects on Erosion and Sedimentation
Findlay Engineering, Inc. (FEI) was formed
by Dr. R. Craig Findlay, P.E., G.E. in April, 1998 to provide dam safety and geotechnical
engineering services to the Hydroelectric and Water Resources Industry. In the
competitive world of electrical generation, it is necessary for power generators to get
the most for their money in all expenditures......and on the schedule that they need
it. FEI was formed with the idea of providing high quality hydro-related engineering
services, attentive to the clients needs and schedule, without the high overhead of
a large company. FEIs measure of success with a client is repeat business.
Dr. Findlay's Summary of Experience:
Dr. Findlay's
36 years in the dam safety, water resources and geotechnical engineering
profession includes a broad variety of consulting and project engineering
experience, over 29 years of which have included involvement with hydroelectric
projects. He has served as technical lead or lead geotechnical engineer on
hundreds of dam related projects. Dr. Findlay has worked on several greenfield
design and remediation projects which have given him broad experience with water
resources projects including earth dam and embankment design and
instrumentation; powerhouse, spillway and headworks foundations; stability,
liquefaction and deformation analysis; seepage and piping assessments; finite
element analysis of stresses in embankments, gravity dams, arch dams and radial
gates; finite element analysis of earthquake response of embankments, gravity
dams, and arch dams; unlined canal design; water retaining structure
remediations; cement-bentonite cutoffs and slurry walls; grouting; anchor
design; and dam safety inspections.
Dr. Findlay has been an Independent
Consultant for FERC Part 12 and Other Dam Safety Inspections/Analyses and
Potential Failure Modes Analyses for owners including:
AER NY Gen
Alabama Power Company (Southern Company
Generation)
Algonquin Power
American Electric
Power Company
Avista Corporation (formerly Washington
Water Power)
Brookfield Power New York
California Department of Water Resources
Central Nebraska
Public Service and Irrigation District
Central Vermont Public
Service
City of Danville, Virginia
Duke Power Company
EGE Fortuna SA (Republic of Panama)
Entergy-Arkansas, Inc.
Eugene Water and Electric
Board (EWEB)
Florida Power and Light (FPL Energy) Georgia Power Company (Southern Company
Generation) Henwood Energy Services, Inc.
Idaho Power Company
Manitoba Hydro
Nebraska Public Power District
New Hampshire DES - Water Division
Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation
North American Energy Mass
Northern Lights, Inc.
PacifiCorp
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
PowerSouth Energy
Cooperative
Reliant
Energy
SCANA
Southern California Edison Company
Sugar River Hydro
Synergics Energy Services
Utica Power Authority
Vista Irrigation District
We Energies
Craig
has presented and/or published several technical papers on dam seepage, dam remediation,
reservoir erosion and in situ soil property measurement for technical societies including
USCOLD, ASDSO, ASCE, the Canadian Geotechnical Society, American Society of Testing and
Materials (ASTM) and the Transportation Research Board.
Published
Papers Include:
Findlay, R.C., and Jensen, Mary C, (2011), “Noxon
Rapids Dam Sudden Seepage and Erratic Piezometer Behavior”, a paper
presented at the 2011 ASDSO Annual Convention, Washington, DC, September.
Findlay, R.C., and Pelletier, Michael, A,
(2011), “Abbott Brook Dike Seismic and Seepage
Rehabilitation”, a paper presented at the 2011 ASDSO Annual
Convention, Washington, DC, September.
Findlay, R.C.; Knarr,
Michael; Hawkins, G.E.; and Yen, J., (2010), “Mammoth
Pool Dam Fragility Analysis”, Proceedings of the Association of State
Dam Safety Officials Annual Convention, in Seattle, WA, September 25.
Findlay, R.C., (2009) “Fragility
Analysis of Mammoth Pool Dam - Status Report”, Presented at the
Western Forum, Bechtel Meeting Facilities, San Francisco, California,
Sponsored by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, California DSOD,
PG&E, Southern California Edison, USACOE, and USBR, January 15-16, 2009.
Findlay, R.C., Hawkins, G.E., and Yen, J.,
(2008), “Use of a Net Instead of a Line when Fishing
for Threshold Values for Deviant Piezometers”, Proceedings of the
Association of State Dam Safety Officials Annual Convention, in Indian
Wells, California, September 10.
Findlay, R.C., Pelletier, Michael A., (2006), "Rehabilitation
to Reduce Piping Potential in the Skelton Dam Artesian Pressure Drainage
System", Presented
at and Published in the Proceedings of the Association of State Dam Safety Officials
Annual Convention, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Findlay, R.C. and Rabasca, S.J.,
(2004) "Diversion Dam: Seismic
Stability and Seepage Assessment/Rehabilitation", Published in the Journal of Dam Safety, Association of State Dam Safety
Officials, Lexington, Kentucky.
Findlay,
R.C. and Rabasca, S.J., (2003) "Diversion
Dam - Seismic Stability Assessment and Rehabilitation", Presented at Waterpower XIII and published in the
conference proceedings, Buffalo, New York.
Rabasca,
S.J., and Findlay, R.C. (2003) "Seismic
and Seepage Remediation of Diversion Dam",
Presented at and published in the conference proceedings of the 2003 US Society on
Dams Annual Lecture, Charleston, South Carolina.
Findlay, R.C., Pelletier, Michael A., (2002), "Foundation Pressure Reduction and Monitoring at
Skelton Embankment Dam", Presented
at and Published in the Proceedings of the Association of State Dam Safety Officials
Annual Convention, in Tampa, Florida.
Findlay, R. C., And Millikan, D.L., (2000), "Arch Dam Abutment Stability at Big Creek Dam 4", Published in the ASDSO Newsletter, Nov./Dec.
2000, Vol.16, No.6.
Findlay, R.C., Hsu,
F.T., Tracy, L.T., and Viau, J.L., (2000), "Geotechnical Aspects of Schaghticoke Penstock Replacement", Presented at and Published in the
Proceedings of the Association of State Dam Safety Officials Annual Convention, in
Providence, Rhode Island.
ASCE (2000),
Guidelines for Instrumentation and Measurement
for Monitoring Dam Performance, Dr.
Findlay was the Chapter Leader for Chapter 11, Embankment Dams.
Findlay, R.C. and
Millikan, D.L., (1999), "Arch Dam
Abutment Stability at Big Creek Dams 4 and 5", Presented at and Published in the Proceedings of the Association of State
Dam Safety Officials Annual Convention, St. Louis, Missouri.
Findlay, R.C., Fry,
S. A., Swant, T, and Hall, N., (1999) "Clark Fork River Erosion and Sedimentation Issues", Presented at and Published in the Proceedings of
Waterpower 99, Los Vegas, Nevada
Rabasca, S.J.,
Findlay, R.C. and Hsu, F.T, (1999) "Comparison of Borehole Advancement Techniques on SPT N-Values", Published in Dealing with Aging Dams
and Presented at the USCOLD Annual Lecture, Atlanta, Georgia.
Findlay, R.C.,
(1996), "Use of Groundwater
Seepage Models for Evaluation of Dam Performance", Presented at and Published in the Proceedings of the Association of State
Dam Safety Officials Annual Convention, Seattle, Washington.
Findlay, R.C., and
Jones, A.J., (1996), "Lake
Blackshear Dam Breach Repair,"
Presented at and Published in the Proceedings of Innovation in Civil and Environmental
Engineering: An Inventory of Innovative Civil and Environmental Engineering Practices in
New England, 1996 Maine Section ASCE Technical Seminar, Portland, Maine.
Findlay, R.C.,
Northrop, J., Crisp, R., and Rentfrow, S. (1995), "Repair of Lake Blackshear Dam", Presented at and Published in the Proceedings of the Association of State
Dam Safety Officials Annual Convention, Atlanta, Georgia.
Findlay, R.C.,
Northrop, J., Crisp, R., and Rentfrow, S. (1995), "Effects of the Georgia Flood of 1994 on Lake Blackshear Dam," Presented at and Published in the
Proceedings of Waterpower '95, ASCE Conference, San Francisco, California.
Findlay, R.C.,
Tarbell, J., and Carrington, G., (1995), "Beaver River Project Shoreline Erosion Study," published in Sediment Management and Erosion Control,
and Presented at the 1995 USCOLD Annual Meeting and Lecture, San Francisco, California.
Benoit, J., Atwood,
M, Findlay, R.C., and Hillard, B., (1995), "Laboratory and Field Evaluation of Jetting Insertion Parameters for the
Self-Boring Pressuremeter in Soft Clays,"
Published in the Canadian Geotechnical Journal, February.
Findlay, R.C.,
(1994), "Geotechnical Aspects of
the Graham Lake Dam Remedial Measures Project," Presented and and Published in the Proceedings of the Association of
State Dam Safety Officials Annual Convention, September, Boston, Massachusetts.
Findlay, R.C.,
(1993), "Piping Security of
Glacial Till-Structure Interfaces,"
Presented at and Published in the Proceedings of Waterpower '93, ASCE Convention,
Nashville, Tennessee.
Jones, A.N., and
Findlay, R.C., (1993), "Graham
Lake Dam Remedial Measures Project,"
Published in Geotechnical Practice in Dam Rehabilitation, ASCE Geotechnical Special
Publication No. 35, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Findlay, R.C., and
Benoit, J., (1993), "Some Factors
Affecting In Situ Measurement Using the Cambridge Self-Boring Pressuremeter," Published in the ASTM Geotechnical Testing
Journal, Vol.16, No.2, June, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Findlay, R.C.,
(1991), "Use of the 9-Arm
Self-Boring Pressuremeter to Measure In Situ Horizontal Stress, Stress Anisotrophy, and
Stress Strain Behavior in Soft Clay,"
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of New
Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire.
Benoit, J.B.,
Nejame, L.A., Atwood, M.J., and Findlay, R.C., (1990), "Dilatometer Lateral Stress Measurements in Soft Sensitive Clays," Published in the Proceedings of the 69th
Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.
Findlay, R.C.,
(1988), "Hydrostatic Pressure at a
Soil-Structure Interface,"
Published in the Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Case Histories in
Geotechnical Engineering, sponsored by the University of Missouri Rolla, St. Louis,
Missouri.
Wardwell, R.E.,
Findlay, R.C., and Muzzy, M.W., (1988), "Seepage Effects on Sedimentation of Fly Ash Slurry," published in Hydraulic Fill Structures,
ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No. 21, Colorado State University, Fort Collins,
Colorado.
FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION AND PROJECT PHOTOGRAPHS, CLICK ON ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
1) FERC Part 12 Inspection Experience
2) Dam Investigation, Analysis and Design Experience
3) Erosion and Sedimentation Experience
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