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Economic Factors in Roller Compacted Concrete Dam Construction

by John W. Parker,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Roller Compacted Concrete III

Abstract:

This paper deals with some of the economic factors that designers and contractors need to consider in the design and execution of an RCC dam. Costs for the RCC portion of the Upper Stillwater Dam are presented. Some reasons for the significant increase in the cost for the RCC portion of the work and the contractor's claim that resulted are discussed.

Subject Headings: Concrete dams | Economic factors | Roller-compacted concrete | Infrastructure construction | Contracts and subcontracts | Concrete construction | Construction costs

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