Les Olivettes
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Les Olivettes completed

Particulars
Owner: unknown
Designer: Compagnie nationale d’Amenagement de la Region du Bas-Rhone et du Languedoc/Bec Freres SA
Contractor: Bec Frères SA
Statistics
Type: Gravity
Purpose(s): Flood Control
Reservoir capacity: 4 m3x106
Height: 36 metres
Length: 255 metres
Volume of RCC: 80 m3x103
Total volume: 85 m3x103
Construction Dates
Start of Project: 08/86 (August 1986)
Start of RCC: 12/86 (December 1986)
End of RCC: 10/87 (October 1987)
End of Project: 03/88 (March 1988)
Country: France
River: La Peyne
DMS Co-ordinates: 43˚33'31.65"N, 3˚17'51.73"E
DD Co-ordinates: 43.558792, 3.297703
Facings
Upstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| Vertical | Traditional concrete against formwork |
Downstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.75 | Mechanically compacted unformed face of RCC |
Spillway
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.75 | Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face] |
Placement
| Layers (mm) | Lifts (mm) |
|---|---|
| 300 | 300 |
Cementitious material
| Cement (kg/m3) |
|---|
| Pozzolan (kg/m3) | Pozzolan Type |
|---|---|
| 130 | ROLAC (mixture of flyash and slag with or without limestone fines) |
