Peñas Blancas

Particulars

Owner: unknown

Designer: ICE (Ing. William Porras)

Contractor: ICE (Ing. Irene Zúñiga)

Purpose(s): Hydropower

Reservoir capacity: 2 m³x10⁶

Height: 48 metres

Length: 211 metres

Volume of RCC: 120 m³x10³

Total volume: 170 m³x10³

Start of Project: 04/00 (April 2000)

Start of RCC: 07/01 (July 2001)

End of RCC: 01/02 (January 2002)

End of Project: 07/02 (July 2002)

DMS Co-ordinates: unknown

DD Co-ordinates: ,

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork

Slope	Type
0.80	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Slope	Type
0.80	Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cement (kg/m³)
90

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type
35	Natural pozzolan (ASTM Class N)