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<br /> According to Hansen, the Gales- (3.3)
<br /> ville Dam near Azalea, Ore., is the •
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<br /> most impressive RCC project under
<br /> construction. "Work started on (122), - - .„••■"•May 30," he says. "It was over 100
<br /> feet high when we visited the site on •• I*" •1-... ~ "
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<br /> June 28. It was going up at the rate 0
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<br /> of 4 feet a day — an 'instant' dam." 0)) (70 s) (61.0) (II 4) (1210) 1-�'Ge;
<br /> Venture Construction, Inc., Au- - °AM ME!GMT IN FEET (METERS) +
<br /> burn, Wash., is building this con- --•
<br /> crete gravity dam with conventional COMPARISON OF RCC AND MASS CONCRETE COSTS
<br /> concrete upstream, unformed down- (1984 DOLLARS)
<br /> stream. It involves 223,000 cubic
<br /> yards of RCC. 2 175 1 - - - _- i
<br /> Elswhere, Tyger Construction a (229) 1 I
<br /> Co., Inc., Spartanburg, S.C., re-
<br /> ceived a $60.1 million contract from u (196) I- I I 1 [11
<br /> the Bureau of Reclamation for Up-
<br /> per Stillwater Dam, which is under 125 -.— I `
<br /> construction near Dusehene, Ut. a
<br /> � I1J I ft USER, Denver, Colo., is the engi- u too — -
<br /> neerin firm. . (131) I CONVENTIONAL MASS Thi massive project includes con- _ oA �oo $RETE GRAV)TY
<br /> struction of a dam 2,700 feet long at 19B) r .ZMI1flit, crest, with a maximum height of '� Lfti ° I l i
<br /> 275 feet and crest width of 30 feet. o 50 p p • .The front end rear faces of the z (65) Cc G AVITY DAMS o of r I structure will be of conventional LL . JJi
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<br /> concrete, slipformed in a stairstep 0
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<br /> fashion. Upper Stillwater Dam will o - 0 I I II1iUii 1 I 1 111111 1 ' 1 111 Ll]
<br /> feature 1.3 million cubic yards of C
<br /> RCC., 10.000 100.000 1.000.000 10.000.000
<br /> S.]. Groves & Sons, Minneapolis, (7.645) (76.450) (746.500) (7.465.000)
<br /> Mn., received a contract in early QUANTITY OF MASS CONCRETE AND RCC IN CU. YD. (CU M.)
<br /> 1984 to build the Monksville Water
<br /> Reservoir Dam on the Wanaque . Dam in southwest Oregon. The According to Kenneth Hansen,
<br /> River in Ringwood, N.J. The 1,900- main dam is scheduled for a spring RCC has many applications. For
<br /> foot-long, 154-foot-high dam will 1986 award, pending release of gov- water control projects, its uses are
<br /> contain 289,000 cubic yards of RCC ernment funds. Elk Creek Dam will separated into three categories:
<br /> plus 22,000 cubic yards of concrete have a maximum height of 249 feet gravity dams; overflow structures
<br /> facing. . and have a maximum crest length of and spillways, and miscellaneous
<br /> Another large water control proj- 2,580 feet. The volume of concrete applications.
<br /> ect will take place at the Elk Creek will be 1.1 million cubic yards. continued
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