Patuca 3

Particulars

Designer: Power China

Contractor: SinoHydro Co. Ltd. (11th Construction Bureau)

Purpose(s): Hydropower

Reservoir capacity: 208 m³x10⁶

Height: 54 metres

Length: 160 metres

Volume of RCC: 120 m³x10³

Total volume: 160 m³x10³

Start of Project: —/12 (— 2012)

Start of RCC: —/16 (— 2016)

End of RCC: 02/17 (February 2017)

End of Project: 12/20 (December 2020)

Country: Honduras

River: Patuca

DMS Co-ordinates: 14˚26'39.71"N, 85˚57'57.24"W

DD Co-ordinates: 14.444364, -85.965897

Slope	Type
0.20	Traditional concrete against formwork

Slope	Type
0.75	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Slope	Type
0.75	Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	3000

Cement (kg/m³)
107

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type
57	Natural pozzolan (ASTM Class N)