Picachos
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Picachos completed
Particulars
Owner: unknown
Designer: Intertechne
Contractor: Andrade Gutierrez
Statistics
Type: Gravity
Purpose(s): Irrigation / Water Supply
Reservoir capacity: 322 m3x106
Height: 85 metres
Length: 256 metres
Volume of RCC: 85 m3x103
Total volume: unknown
Construction Dates
Start of Project: 02/07 (February 2007)
Start of RCC: 09/07 (September 2007)
End of RCC: —/08 (— 2008)
End of Project: —/09 (— 2009)
Country: Mexico
River: Presidio
DMS Co-ordinates: 23˚28'51.45"N, 106˚12'18.47"W
DD Co-ordinates: 23.480959, -106.205132
Facings
Upstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| Vertical | Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement |
| 0.15 | Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement |
Downstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.85 | Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement |
Spillway
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.85 | Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement |
Placement
| Layers (mm) | Lifts (mm) |
|---|---|
| 300 | 3000 |
Cementitious material
| Cement (kg/m3) |
|---|
| 50 |
| Pozzolan (kg/m3) | Pozzolan Type |
|---|---|
| 45 | Ground-granulated blast-furnace slag |
