Bill Forsmark

Bill has more than four decades of experience with dams, Great Lakes breakwaters, and water resources structures. He is a Federal Energy Regulation Commission (FERC)-approved independent consultant for dam-safety inspections and has led potential-failure-mode analysis exercises and facilitated risk assessments for high-hazard dam projects. His design experience includes new dams and levees, as well as dam-rehabilitation and -reconstruction projects. He has served as the engineer of record for dam-safety design projects, including spillway repairs and replacements, gate and penstock replacements, hydropower development, foundation seepage improvements, and embankment-dam filter-drain designs.  

Bill has also provided structural, civil, geotechnical, and water-resources engineering services for clients in the mining, power, and public sector, including experience managing engineering civil works contracts for a variety of federal agencies. His permitting and licensing efforts for dam- and mining-related projects include FERC hydropower licensing studies and license applications, dam-safety permitting, and permit-to-mine applications.