Ralco

Particulars

Owner: unknown

Designer: INGENDESA

Contractor: Febrag (JV of Fe Grande and Brotec of Chile) with ASI RCC

Purpose(s): Hydropower

Reservoir capacity: 1200 m³x10⁶

Height: 155 metres

Length: 360 metres

Volume of RCC: 1596 m³x10³

Total volume: 1640 m³x10³

Start of Project: 08/99 (August 1999)

Start of RCC: 01/02 (January 2002)

End of RCC: 09/03 (September 2003)

End of Project: 04/04 (April 2004)

Country: Chile

DMS Co-ordinates: 37˚59'57.12"S, 71˚31'10.56"W

DD Co-ordinates: -37.999199, -71.5196

Slope	Type
Vertical	RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)

Slope	Type
0.80	RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)

Slope	Type
0.80	Reinforced conventional concrete cast after RCC placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cement (kg/m³)
133
95 116

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type
57	Natural pozzolan (ASTM Class N)
50 41