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SANCOLD 2025

The SANCOLD 2025 Annual Conference, took place in Johannesburg, South Africa on 5 and 6 November and covered the very relevant topic “Investing in the future through Dams”.
ARQ Dams was again well presented, as Chairperson, Secretariat, Review Panel and as presenters of six papers. These papers were presented by Ryan Cassells, Nelodi Geldenhuys and Francois Smit, and can be found under Publications on the website:

• RO Cassells- Numerical Modelling for Design of a Side Spillway Concrete Infill Structure at Yusufeli Dam
• N Geldenhuys- Resolving Drainage Design conflicts in a Dam Raising Project
• F Smit- Stability analysis of Katse Dam foundation wedges under static and seismic conditions
• RO Cassells- Dynamic calibration of the Finite Element Model of Katse Dam
• RO Cassells- Calibration of the finite element model of Katse Dam
• RO Cassells- Unravelling the Mysteries of the Katse Dam Seismic Belt and Preformed Joint