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Awoonga Dam Project
The Awoonga Dam raising and infrastructure project is located outside Gladstone in the Boyne Valley, Central Queensland. This $106 million project will increase the capacity of the dam to 800,000 mega liters from its existing capacity of 283,000 megalitres. The dam supplies the Gladstone area with both domestic drinking water...
Tags: Smorgon Steel Group, dam, industry
Case studies
Summary of USSD white paper on Dam Safety Risk Assessment
"This White Paper represents the consensus position of a diverse group of US Society on Dams members and other dam safety professionals. It was prepared for the dam engineering profession in the US by a Working Group established by the USSD Committee on Dam Safety CODS in response to...
Tags: risk assessment
White papers 2003-01-01
Architectural Considerations In Digital Asset Management
What is the proper foundation for an enterprise-scale Digital Asset Management DAM system? How much of that system should be part of an organization's shared infrastructure and how much should be tailor-made to a specific application? There is no single answer to these questions, but changes in the technology industry...
Tags: Operational planning, IBM Corp., digital asset management, benefit
White papers 2004-10-01
Stress and Thermal Analysis of the Muela Dam, Lesotho
LUSAS civil & structural analysis software has been used by consulting engineers Mott MacDonald in conjunction with FEA's consultancy services department to prove the stability and optimum curvature and profile of the 'Muela Dam, part of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. The 55m high dam with a crest length of...
Tags: LUSAS, dam, consulting, analysis
Case studies
Research Work on the Koyna Dam, India
In 1967, the 103 meters high Koyna mass concrete dam in India was subjected to a magnitude 6.5 earthquake. Due to the availability of field data the dam has been the subject of a number of studies in recent years. The aim of the study was to derive a concrete...
Tags: LUSAS, dam, India
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Small Hydro Consulting
Small hydro generation is an economically and environmentally attractive energy-supply alternative for new developments in remote communities and retrofit installations on water-control dams. This mini-hydro station at Kennebec Falls on the Serpent River First Nation was a cooperative project between Ontario Hydro and the local community. The Town of Blind...
Tags: dam
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Case Study: Cordova Dam
Cordova Dam is located at Cordova Mines, Ontario. The project was put up for public tender, a process in which APS Algonquin Power Systems was chosen. This project was created at an old fish hatchery with an existing Ministry of Natural Resources MNR dam. The land and waterpower are on...
Tags: Project, Generator, Site, Cordova Dam
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Case Study: Almonte Upper Dam
Almonte Upper Dam is located at Almonte, Ontario. This location had an existing structure and dam. These items where re-used in the new construction. The existing turbines/generators were removed and replaced with new units. The aim of the project was to build a small hydroelectric site and supply electricity to...
Tags: dam, kW, turbine
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Digital Asset Management
As traditional media and entertainment companies evolve into multimedia entities and begin to reach the consumer through several media forms, they are increasingly turning to digital asset management DAM solutions to provide them with better control and use of their assets. Digital assets often include rich media such as: video,...
Tags: Operational planning, Cisco Systems Inc., digital asset management, multimedia, asset, rich media, digital media, entertainment, graphics, environment, video
White papers 2004-05-07
Staying Competitive at WGBH, Boston Artesia on Sun Expedites Asset Management
WGBH is a diversified nonprofit educational media company in Boston, Massachusetts. In September 2000, WGBH began the deployment of an enterprise-wide Asset Management system. The company investigated a Digital Asset Management DAM systems project to organize and coordinate its media assets. Working with Sun Microsystems WGBH evaluated different DAM systems...
Tags: Operational planning, Financial accounting, digital asset management, asset management, financial application, Sun Microsystems Inc., asset, financial, team, Web site, server
White papers 2001-10-01
Nuclear Energy
TVA Nuclear operates two different types of nuclear power plants, one using pressurized water and the other boiling water. A nuclear plant works in much the same way that a TVA dam or fossil-fuel plant does, in that large turbine blades are used to operate a generator to produce electricity....
Tags: Telecom & Utilities, turbine, dam, steam, nuclear energy, nuclear power plant, blade
White papers
Dam Safety Decision-Making: Combining Engineering Assessments With Risk Information
A decision recommendation justification matrix is proposed as an effective tool for presenting decision justifications to decision makers. The matrix comprises ratings to summarize the outcomes of traditional engineering assessments and risk assessments. The approach can be adapted to any dam owner's unique decision context. Three decision types are addressed:...
Tags: Tools & Techniques, Utah State University, risk assessment, matrix, decision-making, tool
White papers 2003-01-30
Business Hacks Poll: In-Flight Tech Etiquette
The dam has broken. Yesterday, Emirates passengers were allowed to use their cellphones on a plane specially outfitted to protect its electronic signals. Soon, passengers will be able to use the internet, text and talk every time they take to the skies. But just because we can do it, does...
Tags: David Goldenberg
Blog posts 2008-03-21
California Electricity 2004 Supply/Demand Outlook
This paper presents the solutions to the Energy crises in form of presentation. The paper briefs about the energy in the form of Reservoirs, wind energy and the hydro power. California reservoir level is presently at 85% of normal, 75% in the Pacific Northwest. State and Federal dam managers began...
Tags: California Energy Commission, reservoir, wind energy
White papers 2004-05-27
Digital Assest Management
This paper explores digital asset management in the archival, retrieval, tracking, manipulation, re-purposing, interaction with, and transaction of all types of digital media - Text Documents, illustrations, Images, Audio, and Video files. DAM solutions cover the process of creation, manipulation, distribution, and access/ retrieval of digital assets, as an end-to-end...
Tags: Cognizant Technology Solutions, digital asset management, digital media, asset, video
White papers 2001-05-22
Protect Your Home Against Damage From Freezing Weather
An ice dam is an accumulation of ice at the lower edge of a sloped roof, usually at the gutter. When interior heat melts the snow on the roof, the water will run down and refreeze at the roof's edge, where temperatures are much cooler. Eventually, the ice builds up...
Tags: Construction, ice, wall
White papers 2002-10-28
Digital Asset Management: The Art of Archiving
A Digital Asset Management application is simply a tool for organizing digital media assets for storage and retrieval. When searching for a digital asset management system, the first thing to identify is your objective. The marketplace offers a broad range of solutions, ranging from individual workstations to enterprise-wide solutions. Desktop...
Tags: Operational planning, digital asset management, archiving, digital media, workstation, asset, storage, desktop, tool
White papers 1999-09-01
Clarification as a Pre-Treatment to Membrane Systems
There are eutrophic waters on the west side that contain pathogens like Cryptosporidium and Gardia as well as Algae. Specific pre-treatment and clarification systems have to be utilized prior to treatment with membrane systems. The paper describes the clarification process that has been successfully applied on large-scale plants and which...
Tags: Reed Elsevier Inc., clarification
White papers 2004-02-20
Managing the Flood of Media: Is Digital Asset Management the Solution
This paper provides information on digital asset management. The film library is working with Convera, which hosts the system, although that process is evolving to an in-house infrastructure. White explains that thanks to its DAM system, National Geographic Television is also expanding its holdings to include control of complementary archives...
Tags: Operational planning, Deloitte & Touche, digital asset management, board, TV
White papers 2004-01-07
Fly Ash Concrete
Fly ash is a fine, glass-like powder recovered from gases created by coal-fired electric power generation. U.S. power plants produce millions of tons of fly ash annually, which is usually dumped in landfills. Fly ash is an inexpensive replacement for portland cement used in concrete, while it actually improves strength,...
Tags: NAHB Research Center, ash, cement, power generation, U.S.
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