DAMS: GEOTECHNICAL SUPPORT

Dams and related features serve a critical role in providing potable and irrigation water supply, hydropower, flood control, recreation, and other benefits. Ecora provides a broad range of services including:

• Dam safety inspections
• Engineering analysis
• Hydraulic modeling
• Environmental assessment
• Design and construction site review

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Haslam Lake Dam (City of Powell River, BC) – Dam safety review incorporating structure stability analysis and piping assessments, hydrology, flood routing and reporting.

Aishihik generating station, Whitehorse Rapids generating station, Mayo generating station (Yukon Energy Corporation) – Completion of audit style dam safety reviews on three generating stations owned and operated by Yukon Energy Corporation. DSR include review of eight stuctures of a variety of dam types including concrete, rockfill and earth embankments.

Cannell Lake Dam (City of Abbotsford, BC) – Detailed design and construction services for the remediation of Cannell Lake Dam including re-design of a spilway, and procurement and contract administration services.

Okanagan Lake Dam, Skaha Lake Dam, McIntyre Dam (Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations & Rural Development) – Comprehensive Dam Safety Review oncorporating dam break analysis and inundation mapping, consequence classification review, structural stability analysis of concrete gravity dams, reporting. Includes condition assessment of vertical drop structures, drainage and dike works. Preparation of dam emergency plan and operation, maintenance & surveillance manual.

Kwotlenemo Lake Dam / Neskonlith Lake Dam / Calling Lake Dam (Xaxli’p First Nation / Neslonlith Indian Band / Cook’s Ferry Indian Band / Indigenous Services Canada) – Dam safety reviews incorporating dam break analysis and inundation mapping, consequences classification review, geotechnical stability and piping assessments of embankment dams, reporting. Preparation of dam emergency plan and operation, maintenance & surveillance manual.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Michael J. Laws, P.Eng.

Michael.Laws@ecora.ca

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