Technical Service Center | Bureau of Reclamation

Technical Capabilities

The Technical Service Center's areas of expertise by subject matter and TSC group (86-6XXXX):

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Subject Matter

@Risk operators
Accessibility Compliance & Evaluations
Acoustics
Adjustable Speed Drives
Aerial Photography
Air Admission Piping Systems & Equipment
Air Conditioning Equipment
Amphibian Studies & Surveys
Analysis of Existing Structures
Ancillary Service Monitoring
Applied Research in Water & Wastewater Technologies
Appraisal Level Cost Estimates
Aquatic Ecology & Habitat Analysis
Aquatic Research
Aquatic Restoration & Systems
Aquifers / Streams
Arc Flash Analysis
ArcGIS
Architectural Design
Architectural Models
Assessment of Water Chemical Composition
Auger Bore Trenchless Pipe Design
Automated Data Acquisition Systems
Automation, Irrigation
Automation, Powerplant, & Generation Control
Avian Studies, Surveys, & Research

Basin Studies (Appraisal Level Planning Studies)
Bathymetric Surveys
Battery Testing
Bearing Capacity Analysis
Bearing Cooling Systems
Becker Penetration Tests (BPT)
Bench Testing Programs
Biocontrol
Biologic Assessments
Blasting Evaluations Analysis
Borescope Inspections
BORGIS - GIS Data & Maps
Borrow Area Evaluations
Borrow Investigations
Borrow, Bridge, & Building Investigations
Bridge & Building Foundations, Geologic Analysis
Bridge Design & Inspections
Bridge Load Ratings
Building Additions, Modifications, Rehabilitation, & Design
Building Earthquake Risk Analysis, Safety Analysis, Seismic Analysis, &
Structural Analysis
Bulkheads & Stoplogs

Cable Testing
Cable, Low, Medium, & High Voltage
Canal Design & Investigations
Canal Lining & Embankment Design
Canal Structures
Canal System Modeling
Cathodic Protection
Cavitation Detection
Certified Crane Inspection
Change Management
Chemical Inventories
Chemical Storage & Safety Systems
Chemistry for Hazardous Waste Products
Circuit Breaker Testing
Civil Site Layout for Road Design
Civil Site Work for Hydraulic Structures
Clean Water Act Compliance
Client Liaisons
Client Support
Closed Circuit TV (CCTV) Inspections, Field Work
Closed Circuit TV (CCTV) Evaluations & Documentation
Coatings Testing, Inspections, & Evaluations
Cofferdam Design
Commercial Source Material Investigations
Commissioning
Communication System Design
Composite Materials
Comprehensive Dam Safety Evaluations Analysis
Comprehensive Facility Reviews (CFR)
Compressed Air Systems
Concrete Inspections & Mix Design
Concrete, Precast
Concrete, Reinforced
Concrete Dams Foundation Design
Concrete Dams & Concrete Structure Inspections
Concrete Dams Seismic Analysis
Concrete Pipe Design & Investigations
Cone Penetration Tests (CPT)
Consequence Analysis
Construction Coordination With Field Offices (Submittals,
Requests for Information, & Modifications)
Construction Cost Estimates (CCE)
Construction Cost Trends (CCT)
Construction Geologic Mapping
Construction Quality Assurance / Materials Testing
Construction Support
Contractual Issues Advice
Control System Design
Conveyors
Core Recovery
Corrosion Field Inspections
Corrosion & Protective Coatings School
Corrosion Protection System Design, Installation, Inspection, & Monitoring
Corrosivity Testing of Soils & Waters
Cosmogenic Radionuclide Dating
Cost Allocations
Cost Effectiveness Economic Feasibility Analysis
Cost Risk Analysis
Cranes & Hoists
Culvert & Drainage Design
Cured-In-Place Pipe (CIPP) Design
Cutoff Wall Mix Design
Cutoff Wall Quality Control / Quality Assurance Testing
Cyclic Softening Analysis

Dam Operator Taining
Dam Removal Design (Embankment Dams)
Dam Safety & Operations & Maintenance
Dam Safety Advisory Team & Team Members
Dam Safety Comprehensive Reviews (CR)
Dam Safety Inspections, Field Work
Dam Safety Research, Hydraulic Models
Dams, Breach Modeling & Overtopping Protection
Dams, Decommissioning Planning, Removal, or Modification
Dams, Downstream Hazard Classification
Dams Instrumentation Database
Data Acquisition Systems for Condition Monitoring
Data Science Analytics & Visualization
Debris Control
Decision Support for Flood Studies, & Planning Studies
Deep Foundation Design
Deflection & Settlement Monitoring
Demonstration Testing Programs
Design for Electrical Equipment Rated at 480V & Above
Design of Concrete Dams
Design Planning Studies
Develop & Coordinate Specifications With Field & Designers
Develop Budgets & Schedules
Dewatering
Dewatering & Unwatering Systems Design
Differential Water Controls
Direct Charge Service Agreements, Processing / Clarification
Dispersive Soil
Dispersive Soil Characterization
Dissolved Gas Analysis
Dive Inspections
DNA Analysis
DOBLE
Document Development, Composition, & Publishing
Document Templates Development & Maintenance
Dozer Trench Mapping
Draft Tube Gates
Drain Flow Measurements
Dredges
Drilling Specifications & Format
Drought Analysis Planning Studies
Dynamic Numerical Modeling Analysis

Earned Value
Earth School
Earthquakes
Earthwork Construction Control & Materials Testing
Economic Comparisons of Design Alternatives
Economic Cost Benefit Economic Feasibility Analysis
Editing (Technical, Plain Language, Content / Copy Editing)
Electromagnetic Fields Measurement
Elevators
Embankment Dams Design (Zoning, Freeboard, Crest, Slopes)
Emergency Field Services, Mechanical
Emergency Response, Field Work
Endangered Species
Endangered Species Act (ESA) & National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) Consultation
Engineering Geology
Environmental Compliance & Management
Environmental DNA (eDNA)
Environmental Hydraulics
Environmental Impact Remediation & Restoration
Environmental Site Assessments / Impact Statements
Environmental Studies
Erosion Protection Design
Evaluation of Existing Concrete Dams, Outlet Works, & Spillways
Evaluation of Instrumentation Data
Examination of Inaccessible Features With Remote Equipment
Excitation System Design
Existing Water Treatment Processes Optimization
Exploration Plans, Field Work

Facilitate Constructability Reviews & Specifications Reviews
Facilities Instructions, Standards, & Techniques (FIST) Manual
Factory Inspections of Electrical Equipment
Fatigue Failure Evaluations
Fault Activity Assessments & Mapping
Feasibility Level Cost Estimates
Field Exploration, Drilling, & Sampling
Field Sampling of Soil & Rock
Field Sampling Protocol, Geologic
Field Verification of Wiring Diagrams for Large Projects
Filter & Drain Design
Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
Fire Suppression Systems
Fish & Wildlife, Fish & Wildlife Population Analysis
Fish Facilities Civil Work
Fish Hatchery Evaluations
Fish Moss Screens, Equipment, & Ladders
Fish Passage Structures & Fish Screen Structures
Fish Screens
Fish Structure Hydraulic Analysis
Flow Meters Application & Operation
Fluvial Geomorphology
Formatting and Desktop Publishing
Foundation Approvals, Field Work
Foundation Materials Testing & Research
Fracture Flow Seepage Modeling Analysis
Full-Scale Testing Programs
Funding Agreements, Processing / Clarification
Fuse Plugs Design

Gate & Valve Testing
Generator Air Coolers
Generator Controls - Design, Development, Testing, Diagnostics, &
     Tuning for: Excitation Systems, Voltage Regulators, Power System
     Stabilizers, & Speed Governors
Generator Rewind / Uprates
Generator Stability Modeling & Power System Reliability Studies
     (NERC/WECC)
Generator Step-Up Transformers
Generator / Motor Mechanical Design
Geomorphic Assessments of River Planform Trends
Geomorphology
Geophysics & Seismotectonics
Geospatial Data Management
Geosynthetic Materials & Geomembranes
Geosynthetics Design
Geotechnical Integrator (gINT), Geologic Log Software
Geotechnical Testing
Governor Alignments
Governor System Controls
Graphic Design, Graphics & Illustrations
Gravity, Micro-Gravity Measurements
Ground Improvement Design
Ground Motions & Ground-Penetrating Radar
Grounding, Plant & Personal Protective
Groundwater Banking, Data Acquisition-Piezometers, Flow Models,
     & Recharge
Groundwater Investigation, Analysis & Modeling Planning Studies
Groundwater Modeling Analysis
Grouting - Cement, Chemical, Compaction, Mix Design, & Permeation
Grouting Design & Foundation, Geologic Analysis
Grouting Design & Construction Support
Guide Specifications
Guided Boring

Habitat Suitability Analysis
Hazardous Materials Testing & Management
Headcut Erosion Modeling
Heating Equipment
HEC-RAS Modeling
Herpetological Studies
Historic Preservation Considerations & Evaluations
Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) Design
Hydraulic Analysis, Flood Routings, & Water Surface Profiles
Hydraulic Investigations & Laboratory Services
Hydraulic Laboratory & Modeling
Hydraulic Modeling
Hydraulic Transient Analysis
Hydro-Acoustic Surveys
Hydroclimatology Flood Studies & Planning Studies
Hydroelectric Research
Hydrographic & Topographic River Surveys
Hydrometeorology Flood Studies & Planning Studies

Inclinometers
Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCE) &
IGCE Contract Modifications
Infrared Inspection Program
In-Place Density Testing for Soil & Rock
Installation of Instrumentation
Instrumentation & Inspections, & Instrumentation Design
Insulation High Voltage Testing & Diagnostics
Interior Building Design
Inundation Modeling, Analysis, & Mapping
Invasive Species Research & Management
Irrigation Ability-to-Pay Financial Feasibility
Irrigation Payment Capacity Financial Feasibility

Kinematic (Rock Mechanics) Analysis

Laboratory Models, Tours, & Shops
Laboratory Testing of Soil & Rock
Laboratory Testing Programs, Field Work
Landslide Mitigation Design
Landslides Geology & Register
Lateral Earth Pressure Analysis
LiDAR Acquisition & Processing
Life-Cycle Cost Estimates
Life Safety Compliance & Evaluations
Lighting Systems
Limnological Studies
Liquefaction Analysis
Loss of Life Estimates (Flood)
Low Head Diversion Structures
Low Voltage (480V & Below) Power & Control Panels
Low Voltage Switchgears
Lubricating Oil Systems

M&I Ability to Pay Financial Feasibility
Machine Condition Monitoring
Maintenance of Instrumentation
Masonry
Masonry Structures
Mechanical System Troubleshooting
Medium Voltage Switchgears
Metal Enclosed Bus
Metallic Pipe, Corrosion of Metallic Pipe
Metals & Metallurgy
Metalwork
Metrology (FARO) Inspections
Microtunneling
Motor Control Centers
Motors (Electric), Starters, Adjustable Speed Drives

Non-Destructive Examinations (UT)
Non-Destructive Testing of Materials
Nonlinear Structural Analysis
Numerical Modeling Planning Studies
Numerical Modeling-Fluid Flow

Oil Piping Systems & Equipment
Oil Purification & Lubrication Systems
Operation, Maintenance, & Replacement (OM&R) Cost Estimates
Operator Interface Terminal Selection & Specifications
Outdoor Instrument Transformers
Outdoor Power Circuit Breakers
Outlet Works Piping Systems & Equipment

Paints & Protective Coatings
Paleoflood Hydraulic Modeling
Paleoflood Hydrology
Paleohydrology Flood Studies & Planning Studies
Particle Imaging Velocimetry
Penstock & Pipe Inspections (Rope Access Certified)
Penstock Piping Systems & Equipment
Percent Final Design Level Cost Estimates
Performance & Operational Testing
Petrography of Soil & Rock
Photogeologic Mapping
Photogrammetry
Physical Hydraulic Models
Physical Hydrology for Flood Studies, & Planning Studies
Piezometers
Pilot Testing Programs
Pipe Jacking Trenchless Design
Pipeline & Bridge Scour Analysis
Pipeline Design & Investigations
Pipeline Rehabilitation
Pipeline Structures
Pipeline Trench Design
Piping Systems & Equipment for:
     Compressed Air Building Services
     Delivery Systems
     Plumbing, Drainage, & Sewage Building Services
     Pumping Plants, Powerplants, & Dams
     Service Water Building Services
     Tanks & Water Conveyance Systems, Potable & Nonpotable
     Water Treatment Plants, Including Process & Chemical Systems
Piping Systems for Propane & Diesel Engines / Generators
Plant Control & Automation
Plant Foundations, Investigations & Analysis
Plants, Seismic Analysis
Plastics & Polymeric Materials
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permits
Population At Risk (Floods)
Power System Analysis Studies, Load Flow & Short Circuit
Powerplant & Pumping Plant Layouts
Prepare Government Construction Schedules
Pressure Vessel Testing & Inspections
Prestressed Concrete Cylinder Pipe, Corrosion of Prestressed Concrete
     Cylinder Pipe
Prestressed Concrete Cylinder Pipe Electromagnetic Inspections
PreValidation Level Cost Estimates
Principles, Requirements, & Guidelines (PR&G) & Agency Specific
     Procedures (ASP) Economic Feasibility Analysis
Preliminary Level Cost Estimates
Probability Analysis
Programmable Logic Controller Selection & Specifications
Project Cost Estimates (PCE)
Project Management, Project Management Plans (PMP) & Change Orders
Protection & Annunciation System Design
Protective Relay Settings & Protective Relay Setting Reviews
Pump & Turbine Rehabilitation
Pump Design

Quagga Mussels
Quaternary Geology

Radio Path Studies
Rainfall Runoff Modeling Flood Studies
Real-Time Control & Data Acquisition Software
Reclamation Relay Database Management
Recreation Site Landscaping
Reduced Voltage Starters
Regulatory Compliance Consulting
Rehabilitation of Existing Structures / Buildings
Reinforced Concrete, Civil Structures
Reinforced Concrete, Plant Structures
Remote Camera Inspections
Remote Sensing for Flood Studies, & Planning Studies
Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) (Custom Programmable)
Repair of Instrumentation
Research, Technology Development, & Applied Science Tools
Flood Studies & Planning Studies
Reservoir & River Systems Planning Studies
Reservoir Current Measurements & Selective Withdrawals
Reservoir Exceedance Curves
Reservoir Sedimentation Management & Operations Studies
Reservoir Sedimentation Surveys & Area-Capacity Analysis
Resistivity
Retaining Structures (MSE, Gravity) Design
Retaining Wall Design
Retrofit of Existing Structures / Buildings
Revegetation Research, Planning, & Design
Review Construction Claims
Review Contractor Construction Schedules
Riparian Surveys, & Riparian & Wetland Studies
Riparian Vegetation Modeling
Risk Analysis, Assessment, & Reduction Dams Analysis
Risk Analysis Facilitators
Risk-Informed Profiling Analysis
River & Reservoir Temperature Modeling
River Migration Modeling & Bank Protection Design
Road Design
Rock Borehole Dilatometer Field Testing
Rock Cut Slope Design & Slope Stabilization Design
Rock Map Classifications
Rock Mechanics & Blasting Design (Geologic Analysis)
Rock Mechanics Testing & Research
Rope Access

Safe Drinking Water Act Compliance
Safety of Dams (SOD) Inspections
Satellite Network
Scale Models
Security Systems Design
Sediment Chemical Testing for Reservoir Dredging
Sediment Data Collection & Monitoring in Rivers & Reservoirs
Sediment Transport & River Hydraulics Numerical Modeling
Seepage, Cutoff Walls Design
Seepage, Erodibility Analysis & Modeling Analysis
Seepage, Measurements
Seepage Studies, Geologic Analysis
Seismic & Seismological Studies
Seismic Evaluation of Buildings
Seismotectonic Mapping & Studies
Selective Withdrawal Structures Power & Pumping Plants
Senior Engineers for Comprehensive Reviews
Service Agreements and Funding Agreements,
     Processing / Clarification
Settlement Evaluations Analysis
Shallow Foundation Design
Shear Wave Velocity
Site Characterization
Site Selection & Layout for Hydraulic Structures (Dams, Outlet
     Works, Spillways)
Site Selection Layout Design, Powerplants & Pumping Plants
Socioeconomic Analysis, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Socioeconomic Analysis, Regional Impacts (Jobs, Income, Sales)
Software & Computing for Flood Studies, & Planning Studies
Soil & Rock Sampling / In-situ Testing
Soil Cement Mix Design
Soil Classification
Soil Cut Slope Design (Shored, Reinforced)
Soil Dating
Soil Modification, Amendment, & Treatment
Soil Testing & Research
Soil-Structure Interaction Modeling
Specifications & Drawings
Specifications for Concrete & Cementitious Materials
Spill Prevention, Control, & Countermeasures (SPCC) Plans
Spillway Design
Spray-In-Place Pipe (SIPP) Design
SPT Energy Measurement
Stability, Two- & Three-Dimensional Limit Equilibrium Analysis
Standard Penetration Tests (SPT)
Station Service Transformers
Statistical Analysis Flood Studies & Planning Studies
Steel Tanks
Stochastic Modeling for Flood Studies
Stream Gauging
Stream Restoration Design & Evaluations
Streamside Infrastructure Hydraulics & Sediment Transport Analysis
Streamside Infrastructure Modeling & Design
Strength Characterization Analysis
Stress Measurement
Strong Motion Monitoring & Instrumentation
Structural Analysis & Evaluation of Concrete Dams
Structural Analysis, Evaluation, & Design of:
     Adv. Linear/Non-Linear Finite Element Analysis of Concrete Dams
     Concrete Dams
     Gates Under Hydrodynamic Loading
     Outlet Works
     Spillways
Structural & Hydraulic Analysis, Evaluation, & Design of
     Appurtenant Structures
Structural Behavior & Instrumentation
Structural Modeling
Structural Steel
Structural Steel Design
Subsurface Exploration & Sampling
Sump Pumps
Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition (SCADA) Design & Modernization
Surface Flow Erodibility Analysis
Sustainability Design
Switchyards & Substations Civil Structural Engineering Design & Layout
Synchronous Motor Starting & Testing
System Commissioning Services
System Optimization Planning Studies

Tailwater Studies
Technical Assistance to Tribes for River Restoration & Water Supply
Technical Climbing Services for Dams, Spillways, & Powerplants (Rope
Access Team)
Technical Construction Support, Field Work
Technical Presentations & Visual Information
Technical Review of A/E Cost Estimates
Technical Writing, Editing, Formatting
Tectonic Settings of Features
Temperature Control / Selective Withdrawal Structures
Tessel Web Maps
Testing & Inspections of Gates
Testing Machine Calibration
Timber Structures
Tomography
Trashracks & Trash Rakes
Tunnel Communications
Tunnel Investigations & Inspections
Tunnel Mapping
Tunneling & Trenchless Technology
Tunnels & Shafts Design
Turbine Design

Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS), Drones
Underground Geologic Mapping & Methods
Underground Stress Analysis
Underwater Blast Analysis
Undisturbed Sampling
Unit Alignment & Balancing
Unit Circuit Breakers
Unit Cooling Water Piping Systems & Equipment
Unlined Spillway Erosion Modeling
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)
Unsaturated Seepage Flow Analysis
Uplift Pressure Measurements

Value Planning & Value Engineering Cost Estimates
Valves
Vane Shear Testing (VST)
Vault Design
Vegetation Surveys, Mapping, & Monitoring
Ventilating Equipment
Vibration Analysis
Visitor Centers & Office Buildings
Visual Identity & Section 508 Accessibility Compliance

Waste Minimization & Pollution Prevention
Wastewater Treatment Design for Agricultural Drainage, Industrial
     Processes, Mining Water, & Municipal Water Supply
Wastewater Treatment Plant Design
Water Conservation Research
Water Conveyance Structure Foundations, Geologic
Water Demand Assessment Planning Studies
Water Hammer Analysis
Water Management Analysis Planning Studies
Water Measurement Consulting & Training
Water Quality Analysis & Water Quality Analysis to Determine
     Appropriate Treatment Strategies
Water Quality Biological Parameter Analysis &
     Physical Characteristic Analysis
Water Quality Planning Studies
Water Quality Studies
Water Resources, Hydraulic
Water Supply Assessment Planning Studies
Water Treatment Design for Agricultural Drainage, Industrial Processes,
     Mining, Water, & Municipal Water Supply
Water Treatment Infrastructure Planning & Evaluations
Watershed Sedimentation Analysis
Website Design, Modification, & Maintenance
Welding Procedures
Wells & Well Fields Design
Wetlands & Passive Treatment System Design
Wetlands & Site Landscape Design
Wetlands Delineation
Wildfire Sedimentation Analysis
Wildlife & Fisheries Studies
Wireless Instrumentation

Zebra Mussels & Corbicula Control

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