Resume: Expert in Spillway Failures from Hydraulic Jacking - joints, cracks in spillway…
Points of note underlined in this particular resume. Mr. John Trojanowski (expert in Stagnation Pressure "hydraulic jacking" failures/design issues in dam spillways).
They already know what was wrong - so do other dam owners around the world too by now..
Seems that Mr. Trojanowski (a cool name that brings me back to the city of my youth where seemingly everybody’s last name ended in “ski”, “sky”, or “ovich”) has the right background for this situation.
I noticed that John France has worked on 3 dams with which I am remotely familiar - Wolf Creek in Kentucky, and Center Hill and Chilhowee dams, both in Tennessee. While the scope of those jobs are certainly different (Wolf Creek required a complete “Grout Curtain” at the base of the concrete dam to deal with erosion and piping issues that had plagued the dam since construction in the early 1950s), I’m sure that he brings some share of experiential expertise also.
This entire episode has been quite educational and intriguing. If I wasn’t late in my career already, I’d be considering moving into this area.