WSP07325

• File Number: 8443.600
• Description: Narrows Unit - Studies
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 6/17/1977
• Author: Dames And Moore
• Title: Proposal Safety review of Foundation and Embankment Narrows Dam, South Platte River Fort Mortan, Colorado
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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ANDREW TCZAP
Water Resources Design Management

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ANDREW TCZAP, senior engineering design manager with Dames & Moore, has more than
seventeen years experience in project management, design and construction supervision of water
resource development projects. His responsibilities include preparation of project layout studies,
field investigation programs, design criteria, hydraulic and structural design, specit1cations, construc-
tion drawings, cost estimates, construction schedules and reports. He is also in charge of establishing
and supervising construction inspection activities for such projects as tailings disposal, water storage
facilities for municipal and industrial water supply, hydroelectric power generation, recreation,
irrigation and flood control, water conveyance systems and urban drainage improvement projects.

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At Dames & Moore, Mr. Tczap is manager of the water resources design group located in the
finn's Denver office. As design manager he is responsible for supervising the activities and reviewing
all work perfonned by the group.

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He also functions as project manager and is presently managing a tailings disposal project to
be constructed at a mine in the Rocky Mountain Region. This project consists of a 2SD-foot-high
conventionally constructed embankment dam to create a tailings storage reservoir, a perimeter canal
to control surface runoff, a slurry pumping station, a 3.5-mile slurry pipeline, and a decant barge
with return pipeline. In addition he has served as project manager on a river diversion scheme. This
project consisted of a 10D-foot-high embankment dam, gated outlet conduit, unlined emergency
spillway and a 13-foot diameter hard rock tunnel.

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Prior to joining Dames & Moore, Mr. Tczap was employed by Engineering Consultants, Inc.
of Denver, as Chief Civil Engineer. In that capacity he was responsible for the quality control of all
technical work perfonned by the civil engineering department. He functioned as project manager on
several multipurpose water resource projects. Typical of these is the Upper Pampanga River project
in the Philippines which consists of an embankment dam, combination gated and overflow chute
spillway, diversion tunnels, irrigation outlet works, power tunnels, 10D-megawatl powerhouse,
switchyard and electrical transmission line. As project manager he supervised a multidisciplinary
design team which prepared contract documents and fmal designs for the project and also provided
supervision of construction for the client.

Prior to his experience with Engineering Consultants, Inc" he was employed by Harza
Engineering Company in Chicago. He initially worked as a group leader in the Civil Division where
he supervised engineers and draftsmen in preparing designs and construction drawings for a variety
of hydraulic structures including tunnels, penstocks, intake structures, outlet works, canals, spill-
ways and hydroelectric powerhouses, .

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