The construction of Vietnam’s Son La RCC dam

  • M. Buchli, Dao The Hung, A. Dredge, D. Morris, M.R.H. Dunstan and Bui Phuong Nam
  • Vol. 17 - Issue 3, 2010

The RCC dam for the Son La hydro project requires slightly more than 3 x 106 m3 of RCC, out of a total of 5 x 106 m3 of concrete for the whole project. The RCC was placed in a number of stages to allow various other parts of the project, to be started in accordance with the overall programme. In addition there was a gap in the placement to allow for large flows to pass over part of the dam. This paper describes the stages of construction and the construction methodology which it is expected to enable the RCC to be completed four months ahead of schedule.

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  • Vol. 17 - Issue 3, 2010

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