Laúca

Particulars

Owner: unknown

Designer: Intertechne

Contractor: Construtora Norberto Odebrecht

Purpose(s): Hydropower

Reservoir capacity: 5482 m³x10⁶

Height: 132 metres

Length: 1075 metres

Volume of RCC: 2646 m³x10³

Total volume: 2766 m³x10³

Start of Project: 07/12 (July 2012)

Start of RCC: 09/14 (September 2014)

End of RCC: 03/17 (March 2017)

End of Project: 06/18 (June 2018)

Country: Angola

River: Kwanza

DMS Co-ordinates: 9˚44'32.17"S, 15˚07'33.03"E

DD Co-ordinates: -9.742269, 15.125842

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork
0.10

Slope	Type
0.85	Traditional concrete against formwork

Slope	Type
0.85	Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cement (kg/m³)
90

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type
0	No pozzolan used -