Tannur

Particulars

Owner: unknown

Designer: Howard Humphreys

Contractor: Bec Frères S.A./Campenon Bernard SGE JV

Purpose(s): Irrigation

Reservoir capacity: 17 m³x10⁶

Height: 60 metres

Length: 270 metres

Volume of RCC: 250 m³x10³

Total volume: 250 m³x10³

Start of Project: 02/99 (February 1999)

Start of RCC: 12/99 (December 1999)

End of RCC: 12/00 (December 2000)

End of Project: 09/01 (September 2001)

Country: Jordan

DMS Co-ordinates: 30˚58'21.21"N, 35˚42'48.68"E

DD Co-ordinates: 30.972557, 35.713524

Slope	Type
Vertical	RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)
1.00

Slope	Type
0.80	RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC) [stepped face]

Slope	Type
0.80	RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC) [stepped face]

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	1200

Cement (kg/m³)
125
120

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