Alberta Purchasing #AB-2026-01104

Award for Small Dam Breach Calculation Research Initiative

This award notice details a contract from the City of Calgary to the Governors of the University of Alberta for a research initiative on small dam breach calculations. - Government Buyer: - City of Calgary - Awardee: - Governors of the University of Alberta - Scope of Work: - Research services to refine and improve calculation methods for dam breaches involving relatively small dams - Development of improved methodologies for estimating the consequences of small dam failures - Approach to be reviewed by the Canadian Dam Association and the Government of Alberta - Potential for the methodology to become a standard for dam safety analysis across North America - Award Details: - Non-competitive award under the NWPTA exception - Contract value: $117,600 - No OEMs or commercial product vendors are involved - No products or part numbers are requested; the contract is exclusively for research services

Description

This is a research initiative to refine calculations of dam breaches for relatively small dams. The project focuses on developing improved methods to estimate the consequence failure of small dams. The approach will be vetted by the dam safety community including the Canadian Dam Association and the Government of Alberta. If endorsed, it could become a standard approach for analyzing dam safety of smaller dams in North America.

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