Porce II
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Porce II completed
Particulars
Owner: unknown
Designer: INTEGRAL S.A.
Contractor: Dragados y Construcciones S.A. (following Astaldi S.p.A., CMC, Federici, Recchi, Topco J.V.)
Statistics
Type: Gravity
Purpose(s): Hydropower
Reservoir capacity: 211 m3x106
Height: 123 metres
Length: 425 metres
Volume of RCC: 1305 m3x103
Total volume: 1445 m3x103
Construction Dates
Start of Project: 11/94 (November 1994)
Start of RCC: 12/96 (December 1996)
End of RCC: 09/00 (September 2000)
End of Project: 03/01 (March 2001)
Country: Colombia
River: Porce
DMS Co-ordinates: 6˚48'21.25"N, 75˚08'53.13"W
DD Co-ordinates: 6.805903, -75.148094
Facings
Upstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.10 | Slip-formed/extruded facing elements |
Downstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.35 | Slip-formed/extruded facing elements [stepped face] |
| 0.75 |
Spillway
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.75 | Reinforced concrete cast against precast units or slip-formed facing elements |
Placement
| Layers (mm) | Lifts (mm) |
|---|---|
| 300 | 300 |
Cementitious material
| Cement (kg/m3) |
|---|
| 132 |
| 120 |
| Pozzolan (kg/m3) | Pozzolan Type |
|---|---|
| 88 | Natural pozzolan (ASTM Class N) |
| 80 |
