TOPIC: LCRA Updates
SPEAKER: Leo Liu Ph.D, P.E., S.E., LEED AP
SPONSOR: LCRA
ASCE Austin is excited to host Leo Liu, Ph.D, P.E., S.E., LEED AP, who will be presenting on behalf of LCRA.
Leo Liu is an experienced engineering professional currently serving as the Director of Engineering at LCRA since August 2016. Prior to this, Leo worked as Lead Structural Engineer at Jacobs from June 2012 to July 2016 and served as Vice President at Hitech Engineers from January 2006 to June 2012, focusing on project management. Leo Liu earned a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Structural Engineering from Tulane University in 2006.
Registration ends on Friday, November 14th; you may still attend by paying at the door (cash, check, paypal). As a non-profit, we operate on a budget that is highly dependent on revenue from sponsorships, membership fees, and event/program fees (such as this luncheon). To help ensure a meal headcount for our events we require registration in advance. At this time, we do not offer refunds. For any registration questions, please reach out to us at communications@austinasce.org and membership@austinasce.org.
NOTE: Time is allotted for lunch beginning at 11:30 AM. The meeting and speaker presentation will begin around 12 PM. A short period for questions & answers is reserved prior to 1 PM.
Wirtz Dam Floodgate Project background:
LCRA is renovating and modernizing Wirtz Dam to help ensure the dam continues to operate reliably and safely for years to come.
During the three-year, $76 million project, LCRA will remove each of the dam’s 10 floodgates and replace them with new, custom-made floodgates. Nine of the floodgates were installed when the dam was completed in 1951. The 10th was installed when the original Thomas C. Ferguson Power Plant was completed in 1974.
LCRA also will upgrade the machinery that lifts the floodgates, called hoists. Two hoists will be replaced and eight will be refurbished. The hoist bridge also will be removed and replaced one section at a time.
Wirtz Dam will remain capable of responding to floods and water supply needs throughout the project. The project is expected to be completed in 2025.
