Energy & Mining
Project
A high-pressure water conveyance tunnel for a major hydroelectric facility in a high mountain range.
Pressure tunnel design and construction management for a new penstock route.
The alignment passed through competent crystalline rock with high cover, allowing a stiff support class and a lean, efficient excavation cycle.
Scope of work
- Tunnels & Underground Engineering
- Geotechnical Engineering
Project facts
- Type
- High pressure
- Rock
- Crystalline
- Cover
- High
- Completion
- 2010
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