Modernizing Dam Safety – Digital Innovations for Proactive Monitoring and Mitigation Strategies

With a growing number of dams approaching their design service life, dam safety engineers are looking for ways to mitigate the risks related to public safety, aging infrastructure and rising maintenance costs. Modernizing dam monitoring and maintenance practices with digital advancements, including the latest automated condition monitoring solutions, drone-captured reality modeling and digital twins, are giving public sector dam operators tools to more safely and consistently protect the public and the environment from the effects of dam failure through surveillance and early identification.