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Making way for Australian spillway upgrades
20 July, 2015
Spillway upgrades are taking place all over the world, with a particular drive in Australia. Bob Evans and Dr Gamini Adikari from SMEC give an insight into several spillway and dam upgrades the company has been working on.

A stainless solution
30 November, 2011
A Finnish energy company is rebuilding rapid channels used in hydropower generation with sluice and flood gates fabricated from Outokumpu’s lean duplex LDX 2101

Taking on the challenges
04 January, 2010
Australian company DecoTEC has overcome a range of logistical and engineering challenges to successfully complete the structural modification of a remote hydroelectric dam in Colombia

Spillway inadequacy remediation in the US
06 November, 2009
Hasan T Kocahan, Russell Wyckoff and Martin Wosnik describe the US’ experience with the Fusegate spillway control system to bring dams with undersized spillways up to current safety standards

Behind the gate
10 December, 2008
IWP&DC presents a roundup of developments in water control gate technology

They might be giants - Terminus dam's new Fusegates
16 February, 2004
Construction of a Fusegate system has been completed on a major project that provides additional water use whilst greatly enhancing flood protection in Tulare County, California, US

Defusing the situation
04 October, 2002
Rubber dam failure at Lake Lyell in Australia prompted the search for a safe and reliable method of reinstating reservoir storage capacity.

Update on Zimbabwe
15 January, 2001
The president of the Zimbabwe Committee on Large Dams explains how, despite economic problems, some water projects are still progressing