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A Review of the Stability Acceptance Criteria of Concrete Gravity Dams

  SANCOLD 2024 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 6-7 November 2024  By Ryan Cassells, ARQ Dams Pty Ltd -co-author M Blaeser, ARQ Dams Pty Ltd, South Africa.   The various guidelines for concrete gravity dam design, as provided by different dam engineering bodies, indicates that published dam design criteria of the various bodies are not necessarily the same […]


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Validated Finite Element Modelling of the Thermodynamic Operating State of KATSE DAM

SANCOLD 2024 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 6-7 November 2024  By Ryan Cassells, ARQ Dams Pty Ltd -co-author L Hattingh, Hatting Anderson Associates CC, Woodhill, South Africa -co-author Prof P Moyo Department of Civil Engineering, University of Cape Town, South Africa. The structural response of large concrete arch dams under operating conditions, are significantly influenced by the seasonal […]


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Calibrated numerical modelling of the stress-strain response of the 275 m high Yusufeli concrete arch dam during first filling

92nd  ICOLD ANNUAL MEETING & INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM 29 Sep- 03 Oct 2024  By Ryan Cassells, ARQ Dams Pty Ltd -co-author Q.H.W. Shaw ARQ Consulting Engineers Limited, Mauritius -F.V. Ҫevik Limak Inşaat A.Ş., Ankara, Turkey D. Aydoğan General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works, Ankara, Turkey With a significant increase in computing capacity over the past two decades, substantial […]


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Best International Project Award to ARQ Consulting Engineers

ARQ Consulting Engineers are the winners of the 2023 CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Award for best International Project -Yusufeli Dam for DSI: Artvin Province, Turkey. 2023 CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards finalists showcase quality and sustainable ingenuity. 


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The CESA Engineering Excellence Awards

The CESA engineering Excellence Awards take place this evening in Midrand and ARQ staff attending. The awards will be broadcast on the youtube link below. ARQ is honored that Yusufeli Dam is nominated for the prize category of best international project. Good luck to all the finalists. In the category of Best International Projects the finalists […]


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