Bui

Particulars

Owner: unknown

Designer: Tractebel (Coyne et Bellier)

Contractor: SinoHydro Co. Ltd.

Reservoir capacity: 12570 m³x10⁶

Height: 108 metres

Length: 493 metres

Volume of RCC: 830 m³x10³

Total volume: 900 m³x10³

Start of Project: 10/07 (October 2007)

Start of RCC: 02/09 (February 2009)

End of RCC: 05/12 (May 2012)

End of Project: 11/14 (November 2014)

Country: Ghana

River: Bui

DMS Co-ordinates: 8˚16'43.13"N, 2˚14'13.49"W

DD Co-ordinates: 8.278647, -2.237081

Slope	Type
Vertical	RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)

Slope	Type
0.75	RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)

Slope	Type
0.75	Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	3000

Cement (kg/m³)
45
61

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type
85	Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F)
91