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NameCountryOwnerPurposeRiverReservoir capacity (m3x106)Construction datesDimensionsVolumeFacingsPlacementCementitious material
StartFinishHeightLengthRCCTotalUpstreamDownstreamSpillwayLayersLiftsCementPozzolan
ProjectRCCRCCProject(m)(m)(m3x103)(m3x103)SlopeTypeSlopeTypeSlopeType(m)(m)(kg/m3)(kg/m3)
PangueChileHBio-Bio17501/9201/9502/9612/96113410670740V(1)0.80(3)*0.80(12)30030080100(N)
RalcoChileHBio-Bio120008/9901/0209/0304/0415536015961640V(3')0.80(3')0.80(12)300300133
95  116
57
50  41
(N)

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Please note: only dams ≥ 15m which have been completed, are under construction, or due to begin RCC placement in the current year are included in the list below.

Results are sorted in the following order: Finish of RCC, Start of RCC, Finish of Project, Start of Project, Height and alphabetical by Dam Name.

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: Chile

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Bio-Bio

Reservoir capacity: 175 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 01/92

Start of RCC: 01/92

End of RCC: 02/96

End of Project: 12/96

Specifications

Height: 113 metres

Length: 410 metres

Volume of RCC: 670 m3x103

Total volume: 740 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
VerticalTraditional concrete against formwork
Downstream
SlopeType
0.80RCC against formwork  [stepped face]
Spillway
SlopeType
0.80Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
300300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
80
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
100Natural pozzolan (ASTM Class N)
  
Pangue completed
Pangue completed

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Details

Country: Chile

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Bio-Bio

Reservoir capacity: 1200 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 08/99

Start of RCC: 08/99

End of RCC: 09/03

End of Project: 04/04

Specifications

Height: 155 metres

Length: 360 metres

Volume of RCC: 1596 m3x103

Total volume: 1640 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
VerticalRCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)
Downstream
SlopeType
0.80RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)
Spillway
SlopeType
0.80Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
300300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
133
95  116
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
57Natural pozzolan (ASTM Class N)
50  41 
Ralco completed
Ralco completed

 

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