Murray Hydro Project?Structural Design
This paper will summarize design criteria, parameters, methods of analysis, and other relevant data that were used in the design process of the structural features of the Murray powerhouse...
Civil Design of Underground Hydro Power Projects
Various reasons exist for the development of underground schemes. Limited space at dam sites in deep and narrow river valleys makes it favourable to separate the power house from the dam...
OK Menga Hydroelectric Project, Papua New Guinea
The Ok Menga project, currently under construction, consists of a run-of-river intake underground concrete and steel lined power conduit surface powerhouse with two 25 MW units and a 132...
Isabella Project?Retrofit of Existing Tunnel
This paper explains conceptual methods of reinforcing and lining the section of the existing tunnel downstream of the three control gates to the exit portal and bifurcation for the power...
Bath County Tunnel System/Remedial Treatment Program
The Bath County Pumped Storage Project, owned jointly by Virginia Electric and Power Company and Allegheny Generating Company, is located 70 miles (112 km) north of Roanoke, Virginia....
Lake Tap?Crater Lake
The Crater Lake Phase of the Snettisham Hydroelectric Project has been designed and is currently under construction. This paper describes the design and construction of the lake tap which...
Geotechnical Exploration?Rio Bravo Hydro Project
In order for the Rio Bravo Hydroelectric Project to become a reality, a thorough evaluation of alternative project configurations was necessary. Various power canal shapes, sizes, and...
Estimating Hydroelectric Operation and Maintenance
To improve the estimating of operation and maintenance costs for new small hydroelectric projects, an estimating model was developed. This model listed all of the operation and maintenance...
Snowden Hydroelectric Facility Expansion and Improvements
A geotechnical investigation was undertaken in October 1983. The investigation included core drill samples at the powerhouse, along the proposed dike, at the retaining walls and headgate...
TBM Tunnel Friction Values for the Kerckhoff 2 Project
In the mid-1970's Pacific Gas and Electric Company began design of the Kerckhoff 2 Hydroelectric Project, which supplements the Kerckhoff 1 project built in 1919. The Kerckhoff...
Hydropower in the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
The Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project is unique in that it is the only energy project to be constructed in a National Wildlife refuge. A National Wildlife Refuge has few equals to blocking...
Small Hydrodevelopment: An Owners Perspective?El Vado, New Mexico Hydroelectric Project
The construction of the El Vado Hydroelectric Project posed several unique problems. The joint ownership of the dam between a Federal and State agency was unique to the region. The proposal...
Pyrites Hydroelectric Project, Canton, New York
This paper describes the Pyrites Hydroelectric Project in Canton, New York, an 8-MW project completed in December 1985. The key to its successful development was a team approach that included...
After L'Ambiance Plaza
In the aftermath of the tragic collapse of the L'Ambiance Plaza apartment building at Bridgeport, Conn., in April 1987, reforms are being proposed. In 1987 ASCE approved writing...
Grout Supports Brooklyn Tunneling
At the Red Hook project in Brooklyn, microfine cement grout was injected from the surface to support underground tunneling. The hand-dug tunnel was built to connect to sewer pipes. Subsurface...
Landmarks in Civil Engineering
Historic American engineering projects sampled in this article represent those documented in
Sewage Plant Engineered for Value
The Camden County (NJ) Municipal Utilities Authority was formed in 1972 to cope with suburban growth that had overloaded 34 primary treatment plants. By the early 1990s, the Authority...
A Station With a View
The Port Authority TransHudson Corp. (PATH) is renovating and expanding Exchange Place station, the first stop in New Jersey across the Hudson River from lower Manhattan. To be completed...
Building Bridges Faster
Guidelines are presented that tell how to write a contract that will lead to radical reductions in the time to build or rebuild a bridge. The article covers how to write an incentive/disincentive...
A Combined RCC and Reinforced Concrete Spillway
Stacy Dam features the latest evolution in the use of roller compacted concrete for construction of spillways. Because of unusual site conditions, RCC will be used in three different parts...
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