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CV Bandula Kendaragama CV of Bandula Kendaragama, Chief Technical Principal, BIDSCO, Melbourne, Australia, ABN 93 559 565 253, Page 1 of 27 Bandula Kendaragama B.Sc. Eng. (Hons) Sri Lanka, M.Eng. (AIT, Structural Engineering & Construction), MASCE, MIE Aust, CPEng NER, APEC Engineer, IntPE (Aus). Chief Technical Principal (Dam Safety) and Instrumentation Specialist, Freelance Dam Safety Consultant, Melbourne, Australia Mobile: 0403204066 (Australia), +61403204066 (In all other countries) Email: [email protected] Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bandula-kendaragama-07a75147/ Business Name: Bandula International Dam Safety Consultant (Trading as BIDSCO) Website: www. https://www.internationaldamsafetyconsultants.com/ ABN: 93 559 565 253 CURRICULUM VITAE NAME: Bandula KENDARAGAMA DATE OF BIRTH: 25 February 1954 PROFESSION: Dam Safety Engineer. YEARS WITH THE FIRM (1) 25-Years of the service with SMEC (www.smec.com) in Australia. (2) New working as a Freelancer, International Dam Safety Consultancy firm opened on 23 January 2021. NATIONALITY Dual Citizen of Sri Lanka and Australia. POSITION IN THE FIRM Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Principal Dam Safety Consultant, 12 Jolimont Place, Dingley Village, VIC 3172, Australia. KEY QUALIFICATIONS Bandula Kendaragama, B.Sc. Eng. (Hons) Sri Lanka, M.Eng. (Structural Engineering & Construction) AIT, MASCE, MIE Aust, CPEng NER, APEC Engineer, IntPE (Aus). • 2-years: Post Graduate Studies (Master of Engineering Degree at AIT, Bangkok, Thailand). • 9-years: Construction supervision of major projects (Kothmale CFRD and Nilambe Hydropower Project). • 31-years: Design, geotechnical investigations, numerical analysis, condition assessment of dam / dam safety inspections, dam safety, instrumentation, dam safety emergency management plans and dam upgrade projects. Dam safety engineer with experience in geotechnical and structural engineering. 42-years of experience in dam engineering, primarily in geotechnical investigations, design, supervision of construction, technical assessment, instrumentation, dam safety (surveillance, dam safety inspections / assessments, dam safety emergency management plans etc.,) associated with water supply, irrigation and hydropower projects. Worked in many water engineering projects including construction supervision of 96m high Kothmale concrete face rockfill dam (1980-1984, Sri Lanka), Nilambe Hydro-Power Project (1985-1989, Sri Lanka) and many dam rehabilitation and dam safety projects (January 1990 to January 2021 in Australia, Sudan, Botswana, China, Nigeria, Malawi, British Guyana, Uganda, Kazakhstan and Malaysia. 1) Engaged in dam safety in Australia (since 1990); Involved in annual dam safety inspections of over 75 dams in Australia. 2) Served as a member of the ANCOLD committee set-up in December 2010 for revision of “Guidelines for the Design of Dams and Appurtenant Structures for Earthquakes”. 3) Experience in numerical modelling (slope stability using Slope/W and seismic analysis using Quake/W), ground response analysis (SHAKE) and deformation analysis (FLAC, static and dynamic, Sigma/W). For further information, please contact Bandula Kendaragama. Email: [email protected] www.internationaldamsafetyconsultants.com Mobile +61403204066 (International) WhatsApp is preferred. CV of Bandula Kendaragama, Chief Technical Principal, BIDSCO, Melbourne, Australia, ABN 93 559 565 253, Page 2 of 27 4) Extensive experience in embankment instrumentation (design, installation and monitoring). 5) Involved in Roseires dam (Sudan) in monitoring during the impoundment, Lotsane Dam (Botswana). Summary I have 42 years' experience in dam engineering in supervision of construction, design, technical assessment, instrumentation, surveillance, dam safety inspections, dam safety emergency management plans (DSEMP), Training (Face-to-face training courses and Webinars (International) on Dam Safety, Instrumentation, Dam Safety Institutional Strengthening, dam safety regulations etc., in water supply, irrigation and hydropower projects in Sri Lanka, Australia, Sudan, South Sudan, Botswana, Guyana, China, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda, Kazakhstan and Malaysia. I am a member of several leading professional organisations such as American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), British Dam Society (BDS), Canadian Dam Safety Association (CDA), Association of State Dam Safety Officials in USA (ASDSO), United States Society of Dams (USSD) and Australian National Committee on Large Dams (ANCOLD). Some of my showcase projects include construction supervision of the 96m high Kothmale concrete face rockfill dam (CFRD), refurbishment of instrumentation systems in Kainji and Jebba dams in Nigeria, construction of the Isimba dam in Uganda where I have served as a member of the Expert Review Panel (ERP), and instrumentation of Thwake Concrete Face Rockfill Dam (CFRD). I was a member of the committee appointed for revision of Earthquake Guidelines of the Australian National Committee of Large Dams (ANCOLD), Member of the Technical Committee B (Seismic Aspects of Dam Design of the International Commission of Large Dams (ICOLD) and engaged in industry research projects at the RMIT university and the University of Wollongong. Recent relevant assignments include: Instrumentation Specialist, Thwake Concrete Face Rockfill Dam (CFRD), 2019 to date Kenya. Member of the project team of comprehensive dam safety inspection of March 2020 to January 2021 Sugarloaf (Winneke) dam project. Member of the project team, Safety Review of Batang Ai Hydro-Electric September – December, 2018 Scheme, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. Reviewer, Second Irrigation and Drainage Improvement Project (IDIP2), 2016 - 2018 Kazakhstan. Design Engineer (Instrumentation), Thwake CFRD, 80m high, 1,500m long) 2016 – January 2021 Member of the Panel of Experts (PoE), Dam Safety, Geotechnical and January to May 2016 Foundation Specialist, Isimba Dam and Hydro-Power Project, Uganda Dam Safety Engineer, Kamuzu Dams I and II, Lilongwe, Malawi ((World 2015-2016 Bank funded project) Dam Instrumentation Expert, Kainji and Jebba dams, Nigeria (World Bank 2013 - 2015 funded project). Kainji Dam is included in the 200 outstanding projects list published in July 2018 by the Institution of Civil Engineers (London)1. Review of slope stability for increased FSL, Sans Souci in Mauritius January 2013 Instrumentation and dam safety services during the first filling, after 10m September – December, 2012 raising, of Roseires dam in Blue-Nile in Sudan. Lotsane Dam, Botswana (Instrumentation and Dam Safety Specialist) June 2010 – July 2012 Dam safety surveillance of North-East Water dams 2016 Dam safety surveillance of ACT Government dams November 2010 – January 2021 Dam safety surveillance of NCA’s Scrivener Dam, Canberra November 2010 – January 2021 Dam safety surveillance of Southern Rural Water dams 1990 – January 2021 Dam safety surveillance of Grampians Wimmerra Mallee Water dams 1990 – January 2021 Dam safety surveillance of Parks Victoria dams 2002 – 2013 Roseires Dam Heightening Project, Sudan 2008 – 2014 1 https://www.hydroworld.com/articles/2018/07/institution-of-civil-engineers-includes-dams-hydro-marine-projects-in-its-200-outstanding-projects-list.html For further information, please contact Bandula Kendaragama. Email: [email protected] www.internationaldamsafetyconsultants.com Mobile +61403204066 (International) WhatsApp is preferred. CV of Bandula Kendaragama, Chief Technical Principal, BIDSCO, Melbourne, Australia, ABN 93 559 565 253, Page 3 of 27 EDUCATION 1) Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) with honours, University of Sri Lanka, Katubedde Campus, 1977. 2) Master of Engineering (Division of Structural Engineering & Construction, Major field Construction Engineering and Management), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand, 1980. TRAINING COURSES 1) Seminar on “Post-Tensioned Anchors for Dams”, 20 February 2020. 2) A short course on “Internal Erosion and Piping of Dams and their Foundations”, organised by Australian National Committee on Large Dams (ANCOLD), 17 October 2013. 3) A short course on Safety Evaluation of Existing Dams (SEED), organised by ANCOLD and conducted by staff members of the United States Bureau of Reclamations (USBR), April 2012, Perth, Australia. 4) Advanced PLAXIS course, Griffith University, Gold Coast, November 21-25, 2011. 5) A short course in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, presented by Prof. Ikuo Towhata (currently in University of Tokyo, Japan), April 2006, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. 6) A Short course on “Geotechnical Engineering of Dams”, 9-13, August 1999, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. 7) Earthquake Engineering Short Course ‘94, 25-26 July 1994, The University of Melbourne, Australia. 8) International Training Course on “Environmental Impacts of Reservoirs and Its Assessments”, 20 February – 20 April 1987, Hehai University, Nanjing, China. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS 1) Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (M. ASCE); Joined ASCE in 1981 (No. 200646). 2) Member of the Institute of Engineers, Australia (MIE.Aust), C. PEng. Membership No. 130112. 3) Member of the South African National Committee on Large Dams, SANCOLD (No. 2-143). 4) Associate Member of the Australian National Committee on Large Dams (ANCOLD); Membership No 273. 5) Member of the Canadian Dam Safety Association (CDA). 6) Member of the British Dam Society (BDS). 7) Member of the United States Dam Society (USSD). 8) Member of the Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO)
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