El Guapo
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El Guapo completed
Particulars
Owner: unknown
Designer: MWH Energy and Infrastructure
Contractor: Camargo Correa-Barsanti J.V.
Statistics
Type: Gravity
Purpose(s): Flood Control / Irrigation / Water Supply
Reservoir capacity: 141 m3x106
Height: 50 metres
Length: 138 metres
Volume of RCC: 320 m3x103
Total volume: 342 m3x103
Construction Dates
Start of Project: 08/05 (August 2005)
Start of RCC: 04/06 (April 2006)
End of RCC: 12/06 (December 2006)
End of Project: 08/07 (August 2007)
Country: Venezuela
River: El Guapo
DMS Co-ordinates: 10˚06'23.42"N, 65˚58'58.16"W
DD Co-ordinates: 10.106506, -65.982819
Facings
Upstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.60 | Traditional concrete against formwork |
Downstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.85 | Unformed face of RCC |
Spillway
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 1.80 | Traditional concrete against formwork |
Placement
| Layers (mm) | Lifts (mm) |
|---|---|
| 300 | 300 |
Cementitious material
| Cement (kg/m3) |
|---|
| 75 |
| Pozzolan (kg/m3) | Pozzolan Type |
|---|---|
| 0 | No pozzolan used - |
