Gibe III

Particulars

Owner: unknown

Designer: unknown

Contractor: Salini - Impregilo SpA

Purpose(s): Hydropower

Reservoir capacity: 14690 m³x10⁶

Height: 246 metres

Length: 630 metres

Volume of RCC: 6200 m³x10³

Total volume: 6400 m³x10³

Start of Project: 04/08 (April 2008)

Start of RCC: 12/11 (December 2011)

End of RCC: 10/15 (October 2015)

End of Project: —/16 (— 2016)

Country: Ethiopia

River: Omo

DMS Co-ordinates: 6˚50'50"N, 37˚18'06.04"E

DD Co-ordinates: 6.847222, 37.301388

Slope	Type
0.25	RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)

Slope	Type
1.00	RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC) [stepped face]

Slope	Type
1.00	RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC) [stepped face]

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
400	400

Cement (kg/m³)
70 to

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type
45 to	Ground-granulated blast-furnace slag