The dam will be the highest arch dam in the world outside China.
ARQ’s involvement in the project includes all aspects under the role of arch dam specialists/designers, the detailed final structural and thermal design analyses, etc, while also assisting the contractor, Limak with the construction plant design and specification as well as assisting DSI with the dam concrete mix designs, the arch dam specialist aspects and quality control during construction.
Hannes Taljaard, Geotechnical Engineer and Thomas O’Brien, Director: ARQ Geotech (Pty) Ltd. recently published “Reinstating Abel Erasmus” in South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) Magazine. South-eastern Limpopo provides spectacular landscapes, ranging from mountains and deep valleys to the well-known bushveld. The Abel Erasmus Mountain Pass, on the R36 between Ohrigstad and Hoedspruit, boasts just such […]
Marie Basson, Geotechnical Director: ARQ Mauritius (Pty) Ltd; Coert van Dyk, Geotechnical Engineer, ARQ Geotech (Pty) Ltd; Alan Parrock, Specialist Geotechnical Engineer, ARQ Geotech (Pty) Ltd recently published “Port Louis Ring Road – Construction of a post-failure stabilisation design for a mechanically stabilised earth wall” in South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) Magazine. For Phase 1 of the Ring […]
The Yusufeli HEPP is the largest scheme in the Çoruh River hydropower development and is being constructed to generate 540 MW of hydropower to meet the rapidly growing electricity demand in Turkey.
The impoundment for the Yusufeli HEPP will be created by a 275 m high, double-curvature conventional concrete arch dam, which will comprise approximately 2.80 million m3 of concrete. By March 2016, the river diversion was in operation and foundation excavations were progressing, while additional geotechnical investigations were underway and analyses for the arch structure were well advanced.
We are proud to announce that Dr. Quentin Shaw, Director Dams & Hydro of ARQ Consulting Engineers, was awarded one of the four prestigious ICOLD INNOVATION AWARDS 2018! Title: “The Establishment of Stress‐relaxation Creep as an Important Materials Property in RCC Dam Design” The Jury’s recognition of innovation: Innovative methods for improvement of safety of RCC Dams
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