ASCE Austin - November Branch Meeting
ASCE Austin is excited to host Leo Liu, Ph.D, P.E., S.E., LEED AP, who will be presenting on the Wirtz Dam Floodgate Project with LCRA.
Dr. Liu is a professional engineer licensed in Civil and Structural engineering. He has over 25 years of experience in analyzing, designing, and assessing a wide variety of major projects including dam floodgates, levees, pump stations, bridges, roadways, heavy industrial facilities, commercial buildings, educational facilities, health care facilities, water/wastewater treatment plants, tanks, retaining walls, temporary and permanent sheet piling walls, bank protections, slope stabilization, marine and port facilities, on-shore and off-shore oil and gas production and process facilities. Dr. Liu possesses extensive knowledge of steel structure fabrication and construction. He has successfully led many multiple million-dollar projects from conceptual study, through detailed design and construction.
Wirtz Dam Floodgate Project background:
LCRA is renovating and modernizing Wirtz Dam to help ensure the dam continues to operate reliably and safely for years to come.
During the three-year, $76 million project, LCRA will remove each of the dam’s 10 floodgates and replace them with new, custom-made floodgates. Nine of the floodgates were installed when the dam was completed in 1951. The 10th was installed when the original Thomas C. Ferguson Power Plant was completed in 1974.
LCRA also will upgrade the machinery that lifts the floodgates, called hoists. Two hoists will be replaced and eight will be refurbished. The hoist bridge also will be removed and replaced one section at a time.
Wirtz Dam will remain capable of responding to floods and water supply needs throughout the project. The project is expected to be completed in 2025.
NOTE: Time is allotted for lunch beginning at 11:30 AM. The meeting and speaker presentation will begin around 12 PM. A short period for questions & answers is reserved prior to 1 PM.
Registration ends on Friday, November 14th; you may still attend by paying at the door (cash, check, paypal). As a non-profit, we operate on a budget that is highly dependent on revenue from sponsorships, membership fees, and event/program fees (such as this luncheon). To help ensure a meal headcount for our events we require registration in advance. At this time, we do not offer refunds.
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Thank you to this month's sponsor, LCRA!
