Balkusan
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Balkusan completed 

Particulars
Owner: unknown
Designer: Hidromark Eng. Cons. Inc.
Contractor: Limak Construction Co.
Statistics
Type: Gravity
Purpose(s): Hydropower
Reservoir capacity: 15 m3x106
Height: 48 metres
Length: 189 metres
Volume of RCC: 60 m3x103
Total volume: 76 m3x103
Construction Dates
Start of Project: —/09 (— 2009)
Start of RCC: —/10 (— 2010)
End of RCC: —/11 (— 2011)
End of Project: —/12 (— 2012)
Country: Turkey
River: Balkusan
DMS Co-ordinates: 36˚41'59.98"N, 32˚57'37.27"E
DD Co-ordinates: 36.699993, 32.960354
Facings
Upstream
| Slope | Type | 
|---|---|
| Vertical | Traditional concrete against formwork | 
Downstream
| Slope | Type | 
|---|---|
| 0.75 | Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face] | 
Spillway
| Slope | Type | 
|---|---|
| 0.75 | Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement | 
Placement
| Layers (mm) | Lifts (mm) | 
|---|---|
| 300 | 1200 | 
Cementitious material
| Cement (kg/m3) | 
|---|
| 75 | 
| Pozzolan (kg/m3) | Pozzolan Type | 
|---|---|
| 50 | |
