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A large undertaking
05 December, 2016
IWP&DC provides an update on construction work being carried out or recently completed at selected large dam projects across the globe

Completing cut-off wall construction
05 January, 2016
Bauer Spezialtiefbau GmbH has successfully completed cut-off wall construction at the Bagatelle Dam in Mauritius

Positive energy acceleration
13 February, 2012
To help direct future investments into tidal energy extraction projects, greater understanding is required of how such schemes interact with one another. The Energy Technologies Institute in the UK is carrying out research into the subject to help stimulate positive energy acceleration

Webcasts expand education offering
30 November, 2011
With live webcasts of a selection of papers at Dam Safety 2011 in September, the ASDSO expanded its distance education offering, reports Patrick Reynolds

Cut-off wall construction at Peribonka dam
19 January, 2007
A plastic concrete cut-off wall, 115m deep, fully embedded in rock, was constructed at Peribonka dam in Québec, Canada, writes Sebouh Balian

Well protected - UK fights the floods
28 July, 2005
The UK-based Flood Protection Association (FPA) was developed to raise public awareness, promote best quality practices and develop appropriate standards in flood protection. Jon Last talked to FPA chairman Ron Whitehead about how the agency is hoping to achieve these aims

Defend or manage?
18 November, 2004
Karl Hall suggests there are difficult times ahead for the UK unless an efficient flood risk strategy is put into place

Design and construction of Chile’s Puclaro dam
10 September, 1999
Puclaro dam is founded on very pervious riverbed alluviums more than 100m deep. The design therefore included a vertical cut-off through the foundation, tied to the inclined upstream concrete face of the dam

How do they do that?
09 July, 1999
Bringing together Chinese and foreign contractors on the world’s largest construction site is a complex and demanding task. Adrian Greeman went to see how work at the Three Gorges site is organised

A cut above the rest
10 August, 1998
Michel Gavillet* explains how a cut-off wall will solve the problems of seepage and internal erosion being experienced by a flood dam in the US