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<channel><title>Site Visit - MD&#x00026;A - specialists in Roller Compacted Concrete Dams</title><link>https://rccdams.co.uk/news/categories/site-visit/</link><atom:link href=https://rccdams.co.uk/news/categories/site-visit/ rel=self type=application/rss+xml> <description></description> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 07:01:08 +0100</pubDate> <ttl>60</ttl> <item><title>Visit to Lower Churchill Project HEP</title><description></description><link>https://rccdams.co.uk/news/lower-churchill-falls/</link><guid>https://rccdams.co.uk/news/lower-churchill-falls/</guid> </item> <item><title>Middle Vaitarna dam</title><description></description><link>https://rccdams.co.uk/news/middle-vaitarna-dam/</link><guid>https://rccdams.co.uk/news/middle-vaitarna-dam/</guid> </item> <item><title>Visit to Lower Churchill Project HEP</title><description></description><link>https://rccdams.co.uk/news/visit-to-lower-churchill-falls-hep/</link><guid>https://rccdams.co.uk/news/visit-to-lower-churchill-falls-hep/</guid> 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aria-hidden=true></span></a><li><a href=/news/>News</a><li><a href=/news/categories/>Categories</a><li class=active>Site Visit</ol><div class=row><div class=col-sm-10><div id=main class="block no-author"><h3 class=posts-count>Post 1 to 10 of 31</h3><div class='posts posts-small'><div class=post-head><a class=num-comments-icon href=/news/lower-churchill-falls/#comments title='No comments yet'>0</a><h4 class=post-headline><a href=/news/lower-churchill-falls/>Visit to Lower Churchill Project HEP</a></h4><p class=post-byline><span class=author>Posted by <a href=/news/authors/rcc-dams/>RCC Dams</a></span> <span class=date> 25th August 2014</span></div><div class=post id=26433><div class=post-body><p class=post-small>Visit was made to St John's and the Muskrat Falls site for the Bidder's Contract&hellip; <a class=more href=/news/lower-churchill-falls/>View More</a></div></div><div class=post-head><a class=num-comments-icon href=/news/middle-vaitarna-dam/#comments title='No comments yet'>0</a><h4 class=post-headline><a href=/news/middle-vaitarna-dam/>Middle Vaitarna dam</a></h4><p class=post-byline><span class=author>Posted by <a href=/news/authors/rcc-dams/>RCC Dams</a></span> <span class=date> 18th August 2014</span></div><div class=post id=26457><div class=post-body><p class=post-small>The gated spillway overflowed for the first time after a very wet monsoon. To date the dam has performed extremely&hellip; <a class=more href=/news/middle-vaitarna-dam/>View More</a></div></div><div class=post-head><a class=num-comments-icon href=/news/visit-to-lower-churchill-falls-hep/#comments title='No comments yet'>0</a><h4 class=post-headline><a href=/news/visit-to-lower-churchill-falls-hep/>Visit to Lower Churchill Project HEP</a></h4><p class=post-byline><span class=author>Posted by <a href=/news/authors/rcc-dams/>RCC Dams</a></span> <span class=date> 6th August 2014</span></div><div class=post id=26473><div class=post-body><p class=post-small>Visit was made to St John's and to the Muskrat Falls site to review the work needed to be done prior to the Stage-1 Trial Mix&hellip; <a class=more href=/news/visit-to-lower-churchill-falls-hep/>View More</a></div></div><div class=post-head><a class=num-comments-icon href=/news/visit-to-upper-paung-laung-for-the-shwe-li-iii-hep/#comments title='No comments yet'>0</a><h4 class=post-headline><a href=/news/visit-to-upper-paung-laung-for-the-shwe-li-iii-hep/>Visit to Upper Paung Laung for the Shwe Li III HEP</a></h4><p class=post-byline><span class=author>Posted by <a href=/news/authors/rcc-dams/>RCC Dams</a></span> <span class=date> 27th January 2014</span></div><div class=post id=26474><div class=post-body><p class=post-small>Visit was made to the concrete laboratory at the Upper Paung Laung site for the Stage-1 Trial Mix Programme for Shwe Li III using the new granite&hellip; <a class=more href=/news/visit-to-upper-paung-laung-for-the-shwe-li-iii-hep/>View More</a></div></div><div class=post-head><a class=num-comments-icon href=/news/site-visit-to-lower-churchill-falls-hep/#comments title='No comments yet'>0</a><h4 class=post-headline><a href=/news/site-visit-to-lower-churchill-falls-hep/>Site visit to Lower Churchill Project HEP</a></h4><p class=post-byline><span class=author>Posted by <a href=/news/authors/rcc-dams/>RCC Dams</a></span> <span class=date> 13th January 2014</span></div><div class=post id=26477><div class=post-body><p class=post-small>Site visit was made to St John’s, Newfoundland and to the Muskrat Falls site to discuss the construction methodology of the RCC North&hellip; <a class=more href=/news/site-visit-to-lower-churchill-falls-hep/>View More</a></div></div><div class=post-head><a class=num-comments-icon href=/news/visit-to-delhi-for-ratle-dam/#comments title='No comments yet'>0</a><h4 class=post-headline><a href=/news/visit-to-delhi-for-ratle-dam/>Visit to Delhi for Ratle dam</a></h4><p class=post-byline><span class=author>Posted by <a href=/news/authors/rcc-dams/>RCC Dams</a></span> <span class=date> 10th December 2013</span></div><div class=post id=26483><div class=post-body><p class=post-small>Visit to Delhi to attend Progress Meeting for Ratle dam and to inspect Trial Mix&hellip; <a class=more href=/news/visit-to-delhi-for-ratle-dam/>View More</a></div></div><div class=post-head><a class=num-comments-icon href=/news/visit-to-lai-chau/#comments title='No comments yet'>0</a><h4 class=post-headline><a href=/news/visit-to-lai-chau/>Visit to Lai Chau</a></h4><p class=post-byline><span class=author>Posted by <a href=/news/authors/rcc-dams/>RCC Dams</a></span> <span class=date> 3rd December 2013</span></div><div class=post id=26484><div class=post-body><p class=post-small>Site visit was made to Lai Chau to review progress and to assess the performance of the RCC to&hellip; <a class=more href=/news/visit-to-lai-chau/>View More</a></div></div><div class=post-head><a class=num-comments-icon href=/news/visit-to-middle-vaitarna-dam/#comments title='No comments yet'>0</a><h4 class=post-headline><a href=/news/visit-to-middle-vaitarna-dam/>Visit to Middle Vaitarna dam</a></h4><p class=post-byline><span class=author>Posted by <a href=/news/authors/rcc-dams/>RCC Dams</a></span> <span class=date> 19th November 2013</span></div><div class=post id=26486><div class=post-body><p class=post-small>Site visit was made to the nearly-complete Middle Vaitarna dam at which the RCC had been completed for 18 months to assess the performance to date. Essentially there was very little seepage of any&hellip; <a class=more href=/news/visit-to-middle-vaitarna-dam/>View More</a></div></div><div class=post-head><a class=num-comments-icon href=/news/visit-to-the-ghatghar-lower-dam/#comments title='No comments yet'>0</a><h4 class=post-headline><a href=/news/visit-to-the-ghatghar-lower-dam/>Visit to the Ghatghar Lower dam</a></h4><p class=post-byline><span class=author>Posted by <a href=/news/authors/rcc-dams/>RCC Dams</a></span> <span class=date> 18th November 2013</span></div><div class=post id=26487><div class=post-body><p class=post-small>Site visit was made to the completed Lower dam at Ghatghar to review the performance of the dam some seven years after completion. It was found to be in excellent condition and all the galleries were bone dry as was the downstream&hellip; <a class=more href=/news/visit-to-the-ghatghar-lower-dam/>View More</a></div></div><div class=post-head><a class=num-comments-icon href=/news/visit-to-shahpurkandi/#comments title='No comments yet'>0</a><h4 class=post-headline><a href=/news/visit-to-shahpurkandi/>Visit to Shahpurkandi</a></h4><p class=post-byline><span class=author>Posted by <a href=/news/authors/rcc-dams/>RCC Dams</a></span> <span class=date> 30th August 2013</span></div><div class=post id=26492><div class=post-body><p class=post-small>Site visit to Shahpurkandi to review progress of the RCC&hellip; <a class=more href=/news/visit-to-shahpurkandi/>View More</a></div></div></div><ul class=MarkupPagerNav role=navigation aria-label='Pagination links'><li aria-label='Page 1, current page' class='MarkupPagerNavOn MarkupPagerNavFirst MarkupPagerNavFirstNum' aria-current=true><a href=/news/categories/site-visit/rss/><span>1</span></a><li aria-label='Page 2'><a href=/news/categories/site-visit/rss/page2><span>2</span></a><li aria-label='Page 3'><a href=/news/categories/site-visit/rss/page3><span>3</span></a><li aria-label='Page 4' class=MarkupPagerNavLastNum><a href=/news/categories/site-visit/rss/page4><span>4</span></a><li aria-label='Next page' class='MarkupPagerNavNext MarkupPagerNavLast'><a href=/news/categories/site-visit/rss/page2><span>Next</span></a></ul></div></div><div class=col-sm-2><div id =nav class=block><div id=top-nav><ul class='nav links no-mobile'><li class=on><a class=on href=/news/categories/>Categories</a><li><a href=/news/tags/>Tags</a><li><a href=/news/archives/>Archives</a></ul><form class=mobile><select class=nav><option value=./><option selected value=/news/categories/>Categories<option value=/news/tags/>Tags<option value=/news/archives/>Archives</select></form></div><div id=sub-nav><h4 class=nav-headline>Categories</h4><ul class='nav links no-mobile'><li><a href=/news/categories/award/>Award</a><li><a href=/news/categories/conference/>Conference</a><li><a href=/news/categories/contract/>Contract</a><li><a href=/news/categories/feasibility/>Feasibility</a><li><a href=/news/categories/keynote/>Keynote</a><li><a href=/news/categories/meeting/>Meeting</a><li><a href=/news/categories/presentation/>Presentation</a><li><a href=/news/categories/progress/>Progress</a><li><a href=/news/categories/rcc-placement/>RCC Placement</a><li class=on><a class=on href=/news/categories/site-visit/>Site Visit</a><li><a href=/news/categories/sponsorship/>Sponsorship</a><li><a href=/news/categories/symposium/>Symposium</a><li><a href=/news/categories/tour/>Tour</a><li><a href=/news/categories/trial/>Trial</a></ul><form class=mobile><select class=nav><option value=./><option value=/news/categories/award/>Award<option value=/news/categories/conference/>Conference<option value=/news/categories/contract/>Contract<option value=/news/categories/feasibility/>Feasibility<option value=/news/categories/keynote/>Keynote<option value=/news/categories/meeting/>Meeting<option value=/news/categories/presentation/>Presentation<option value=/news/categories/progress/>Progress<option value=/news/categories/rcc-placement/>RCC Placement<option selected value=/news/categories/site-visit/>Site Visit<option value=/news/categories/sponsorship/>Sponsorship<option value=/news/categories/symposium/>Symposium<option value=/news/categories/tour/>Tour<option value=/news/categories/trial/>Trial</select></form></div></div><div id=sidebar class=block><div id=recent-posts><h4>Recent Posts</h4><ul class='recent-posts links'><li><span class=date>10th November 2019</span><br> <a href=/news/rcc2019-symposium/>RCC2019 Symposium</a><li><span class=date>4th November 2019</span><br> <a href=/news/dasu-dam/>Dasu dam</a><li><span class=date>13th October 2019</span><br> <a href=/news/hydro2019-conference/>HYDRO2019 Conference</a></ul><p><a class=more href=/news/>More</a></div><div id=recent-comments><h4>Recent Comments</h4><p>No comments yet</div><div id=blogroll><h4>Blogroll</h4><p>No links yet.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></section><footer id=footer><div class=container><div class=row><div class=col-md-6><h4>Contact MD&amp;A</h4><div class=links><p><i class=material-icons>home</i>Hayford Hall, Buckfastleigh, Devon TQ11 0JQ, United Kingdom<p><i class=material-icons>phone</i>(+44) (0)136 464 3058<p><i class=material-icons>print</i>(+44) (0)136 464 3058<p><i class=material-icons>email</i><a href=mailto:mda@rccdams.co.uk>mda@rccdams.co.uk</a><br><a href=mailto:info@rccdams.co.uk>info@rccdams.co.uk</a></div></div><div class=col-md-6><h4>Visit MD&amp;A</h4><div class=links><p><i class=material-icons>directions_car</i>At the southern end of the M5 take the A38 Devon Expressway towards Plymouth. 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