Board of Consultant Member

Camas can assist your project as an independent Board of Consultant (BOC) member for environmental regulatory compliance.  We have extensive knowledge of dams, environmental permitting, and overall regulatory expertise for dam and hydro projects.  Complex dam retrofit and rehabilitations greatly benefit from a BOC member in the regulatory realm.  We strategize to recommend cost effective solutions than can be both permitted and implemented in a timely manner, avoiding unnecessary project delays.

Public Safety Risk Assessments and Program Development

Camas has performed more than 25 public safety risk assessments, reports, and audit programs utilizing a risk scoring metric adopted by both the U.S. and Canadian government and private dam owners alike.[1]  The risk assessment process identifies the direct risks associated with the operations and management of a hydroelectric project and yields actionable measures to address risks unique to each dam component.  This process begins with interviewing project site personnel to understand day-to-day dam operations and the potential for public safety risks under present and future conditions.  We then review all current public safety barriers in place, assess their effectiveness, and recommend tailored measures to reduce the likelihood of public incident.  Camas will train onsite personnel to perform such assessments to ensure accountability and the ability to effectively reevaluate and address public risk as conditions change or as incidents occur.  Finally, we can assist you in building a prioritized capital budget that identifies cost effective risk reduction measures that will protect public safety without increasing your bottom line.