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The British
Dam Society is an Associated Society of the Institution
of Civil Engineers. It consists of individual and corporate
members. It is open to anyone wanting to share experience or
knowledge of all aspects of dams and reservoirs.
BDS exists to advance the education
of the public and the profession in technical subjects relating
to planning, design, construction, maintenance, operation, safety,
environmental and social issues. At a National level BDS organises:
- Programme of London and regional meetings
- BDS Conference and Geoffrey Binnie Lecture, held biennially
- Dams & Reservoirs, the journal of the British Dam
Society published three times a year
- The BDS prize for young engineers, held biennially
- The Supervising Engineers Forum, held biennially
- Bateman Award for written paper, held annually
At an international level BDS:
- acts as the United Kingdom National Committee of ICOLD
(UKCOLD) and is active in:
1. Technical committees producing bulletins
2. ICOLD Congress every three years
3. ICOLD Annual meetings
At a European level BDS is active
on most of the European Working Groups
BDS strives to achieve the aims and objectives set out above through implementation of a wide range of activities and actions. The logic and approach for undertaking these actions is presented in the BDS Strategy Document.This latest version of the BDS strategy was revised in 2007.
The British Section of ICOLD (International
Commission on Large Dams) was formed in 1967, comprising both
individual and corporate members, who elected the British National
Committee of the British Section of the International Commission
on Large Dams (BNCOLD). Prior to then, the British National
Committee comprised representatives from the Institution of
Civil Engineers, the Institution of Water Engineers, the Association
of Consulting Engineers, the Federation of Civil Engineering
Contractors and others. The British Dam Society was formed in
1990 reflecting the changing activities and interests of the
members.
BDS is governed by a main committee
that consists of elected and nominated members. The committee
consists of:
- Chairman - elected for two years
- Vice-chairman - elected for two years and to take over
as Chairman
- Up to 12 elected members elected for three years, 4 replaced
each year
- Up to 6 nominated by the BDS chairman
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Since 1982, a BDS conference has been
held once every two years. An Organising sub-committee is appointed
by the Main Committee two years before the date for the conference.
The conferences have formed some of the most successful events
of BDS with approximately 150 participants at recent conferences.
They have been held using University accommodation to keep costs
low and have generally taken place over two and half days with
one afternoon being used for a visits to dams. The conference
proceedings has been published by Thomas Telford since 1990
and are available from the ICE Bookshop. The conference proceedings
are significantly cheaper when purchased at the conference.
Summary of Conferences
| 1st |
1975 |
Newcastle |
9th |
1996 |
York |
| 2nd |
1982 |
Keele |
10th |
1998 |
Bangor |
| 3rd |
1984 |
Cardiff |
11th |
2000 |
Bath |
| 4th |
1986 |
Edinburgh |
12th |
2002 |
Dublin |
| 5th |
1988 |
Manchester |
13th |
2004 |
Canterbury |
| 6th |
1990 |
Nottingham |
14th |
2006 |
Durham |
| 7th |
1992 |
Stirling |
15th |
2008 |
Warwick |
| 8th |
1994 |
Exeter |
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Geoffrey Binnie Lecture
This is the premier lecture of BDS and was formerly known
as the BNCOLD lecture. It was renamed as the "Geoffrey
Binnie Lecture" as it was endowed by Binnie and Partners.
The lecture is presented at the BDS conference. The choice
of lecturer is the responsibility of the Main Committee.
| BNCOLD lecturers |
| 1984 |
NJ Cochrane |
Insidious threats to dams and reservoirs |
| 1986 |
FG Johnson |
Experience with the concrete dams
of the North of Scotland Hydro Electric Board |
| 1988 |
DJ Coats |
The concerns of a dam engineer |
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| Geoffrey Binnie
lecturers |
| 1990 |
PA Back |
The ultimate dam |
| 1992 |
W Pircher |
36000 large dams ? and still more
needed |
| 1994 |
MF Kennard |
Four decades of development of British
embankment dams |
| 1996 |
TPC van Robbroeck |
Reservoirs - Bane or boon |
| 1998 |
JA Charles |
The lives of embankment dams - Construction
to old age. |
| 2000 |
TA Johnston |
Taken for granted |
| 2002 |
GP Sims |
The challenge for british dam engineers |
| 2004 |
RE Coxon |
Matters related to adverse incidents
associated with dams and the role of Review-Boards |
| 2006 |
CJA Binnie |
Dams, responding to society's needs |
In 1984, the BNCOLD decided to make
funds available from time to time for the purpose of making
awards for papers on topics in the field of dam engineering
relating to experience in research, design, construction or
supervision of dams. The BDS prize competition is directed at
young engineers and to be eligible they should be under the
age of 35 years in the year of the competition. It is not expected
that all the papers will describe original work, but papers
should not have been previously published and there must be
only one author. The first prize is £200 |
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