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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 table 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.

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NameCountryOwnerPurposeRiverReservoir capacity (m3x106)Construction datesDimensionsVolumeFacingsPlacementCementitious material
StartFinishHeightLengthRCCTotalUpstreamDownstreamSpillwayLayersLiftsCementPozzolan
ProjectRCCRCCProject(m)(m)(m3x103)(m3x103)SlopeTypeSlopeTypeSlopeType(m)(m)(kg/m3)(kg/m3)
Zanja HondaColombiaIChenche - /97- /98- /99- /0024 75         750(-) -
Porce IIColombiaHPorce21111/9412/9609/0003/01123425130514450.10(14)0.35
0.75
(14)*0.75(13)300300132
120
88
80
(N)
Miel IColombiaHLa Miel56512/9704/0007/0210/0218834516691730V(4')0.75
1.00
(3')0.75
1.00
(12)30030085 to  1600(-) -
Porvenir II
[A-G]
ColombiaHNorth Samaná - /18- /22- /26- /27140548  V(3')0.50(3')*  300300   

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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

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Country: Colombia

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Irrigation

River: Chenche

Reservoir capacity: -

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/97

Start of RCC: -/97

End of RCC: -/99

End of Project: -/00

Specifications

Height: 24 metres

Length: -

Volume of RCC: 75 m3x103

Total volume: -

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
  
Downstream
SlopeType
  
Spillway
SlopeType
  

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
  

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
75
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
0No pozzolan used  -
  
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Details

Country: Colombia

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Porce

Reservoir capacity: 211 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 11/94

Start of RCC: 11/94

End of RCC: 09/00

End of Project: 03/01

Specifications

Height: 123 metres

Length: 425 metres

Volume of RCC: 1305 m3x103

Total volume: 1445 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
0.10Slip-formed/extruded facing elements
Downstream
SlopeType
0.35Slip-formed/extruded facing elements  [stepped face]
0.75 
Spillway
SlopeType
0.75Reinforced concrete cast against precast units or slip-formed facing elements

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
300300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
132
120
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
88Natural pozzolan (ASTM Class N)
80 
Porce II completed
Porce II completed

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: Colombia

Owner: -

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: La Miel

Reservoir capacity: 565 m3x106

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 12/97

Start of RCC: 12/97

End of RCC: 07/02

End of Project: 10/02

Specifications

Height: 188 metres

Length: 345 metres

Volume of RCC: 1669 m3x103

Total volume: 1730 m3x103

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
VerticalRCC against formwork with external geomembrane (GEVR/GE-RCC)
Downstream
SlopeType
0.75RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)
1.00 
Spillway
SlopeType
0.75Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement
1.00 

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
300300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
85  to
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
0No pozzolan used  -
  
Miel I completed
Miel I completed

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Country: Colombia

Owner: -

Type: Arch-Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: North Samaná

Reservoir capacity: -

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/18

Start of RCC: -/18

End of RCC: -/26

End of Project: -/27

Specifications

Height: 140 metres

Length: 548 metres

Volume of RCC: -

Total volume: -

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream
SlopeType
VerticalRCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)
Downstream
SlopeType
0.50RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)  [stepped face]
Spillway
SlopeType
  

Placement

Layers (mm)Lifts (mm)
300300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m3)
 
Pozzolan (kg/m3)Pozzolan Type
  
  
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