In September of 2008 new dam safety regulations went into effect in Virginia. Dams previously regulated by the Department of Conservation and Recreation Dam Safety Program must be evaluated under these revised regulations as part of their certification renewal. A new Hazard Potential Classification is required, and possibly mapping of the dam-break inundation flood zone below the dam.
Hurt & Proffitt, Inc. has a long history of dam design, evaluation, inspection, renovation, permitting, and certification renewal assistance. Each year, we assist dam owners with re-certification, many of these we have been re-certifying for decades. This experience gives us the expertise to perform all work required to assist dam owners in certification renewal under the new regulations.
We have recently submitted the Hazard Potential Classification and inundation zone mapping of two flood control dams owned by DCR. We have received approval of the Hazard Potential Classification and water modeling on another dam in Amherst County, and are in the process of re-certifying three other flood control dams for other owners. We are experienced in all aspects of dam work and are ready to assist owners in the design, evaluation, inspection, renovation, permitting, and certification renewal of their dams. Please call Shannon Cotulla, PE, at (434) 847-7796.