Paradise (formerly Burnett River)

Particulars

Owner: unknown

Designer: Hydro Tasmania/SMEC

Contractor: Walter Construction Group, Macmahon Contractors and Wagners

Reservoir capacity: 300 m³x10⁶

Height: 50 metres

Length: 940 metres

Volume of RCC: 400 m³x10³

Total volume: 400 m³x10³

Start of Project: 11/03 (November 2003)

Start of RCC: 06/04 (June 2004)

End of RCC: 09/05 (September 2005)

End of Project: 11/05 (November 2005)

DMS Co-ordinates: 25˚20'58.21"S, 151˚55'06.07"E

DD Co-ordinates: -25.349503, 151.91835

Slope	Type
Vertical	RCC against precast concrete panels with geomembrane

Slope	Type
0.64	RCC against formwork [stepped face]

Slope	Type
0.64	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
310	310

Cement (kg/m³)
63

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