Dams

 

Site selection, Water resources, Feasibility study, Geological, geotechnical, hydrological, seismic and stability studies, Hydraulic calculation, Civil engineering design of the main body and all auxiliary works.

  • Site Selection
  • Water resources
  • Feasibility study
  • Geological, geotechnical, hydrological, seismic and stability studies
  • Hydraulic calculation
  • Civil engineering design of the main body and all auxiliary works
  • Electromechanical design and technical specifications of related equipment
  • Design of the downstream work components and irrigation network
  • Technical Specifications
  • Evaluation of the investment as well as operation and maintenance costs
  • Phasing and program of execution
  • Supervision of execution works

 

Project Detailed Design of Koudiat El Mahcha Dam and Detailed Design of the Transmission Line from the Treated Water from Annaba WWTP to Koudiat El Mahcha Dam in the Wilaya of Annaba Algeria
Project Duration 2017-Present
Client National Agency for Dams and Transfers (ANBT)
Project Description
  • The main project characteristics (that shall be updated and confirmed at the end of the study) are:
  • Dam type: backfill dam with clay center creating a reservoir of 13 Hm3 at a normal altitude of 116.00 m
  • Maximum height of 29.80 m from the foundation level
  • Crest length of 658 m with a width of 6.60m
  • Capacity of 10 Hm3
  • Transmission line length of 35 km from Annaba WWTP to the Dam.
Services Description
  • Mission 1 – Definition alternative for transmission, dam and program of investigations
  • Mission 2 – hydrological study
  • Mission 3 – geological, geotechnical and seismic studies
  • Mission 4 – Comparison between alternatives
  • Mission 5 – Detailed design of the adopted alternative and preparation of tender documents for the construction works
  • Mission 6 – Physical Hydraulic Model Study
  • Mission 7 – Risk analysis study at the downstream of the dam in case of dam failure
  • Mission 8 – Environmental impact assessment and water quality study
  • Mission 9 – Profitability study
  • Mission 10 – Water basin treatment study.

Project Design of a Medium Sized Hill Lake in Blaouza – Bcharri – North Lebanon Lebanon
Project Duration 2017-Present
Client Green Plan
Project Description
  • Medium sized hill lake in Blaouza (35,000 m3).
Services Description
  • Feasibility study including topographical survey, hydrological, geological and geotechnical studies
  • Detailed design including detailed geotechnical and geological investigations and studies
  • Tender documents and drawings.

Project Supervision of the Construction of Menjez Hill Lake – Akkar – Lebanon Lebanon
Project Duration 2017-Present
Client Green Plan
Project Description
  • Medium sized hill lake in Menjez (50,000 m3) including geomembrane. Dam Height 11 m; Dam Length 60 m.
Services Description
  • Supervision of construction works

Project Design and Supervision for the Construction of Hill Lakes and Irrigation Canals - Lebanon Lebanon
Project Duration 2016-Present c
Client Economic and Social Fund for Development (ESFD)
Project Description
  • Team Leader, Civil Engineer, Hydrologist, Geotechnical Engineer and Environmental Expert, Site Engineers
  • Medium sized hill lake in Beit Younes (50,000 m3
  • Medium sized hill lake in El Qaa (100,000 m3
  • Irrigation canals in Donniyeh with a total length of 6km
  • Rehabilitation of spring and reservoir structures and development of new irrigation scheme in Ain Ebel
  • Solar power pumping systems (30 KW and 60 KW) in Jbaa.
Services Description
  • Feasibility study including topographical survey, hydrological, geological and geotechnical studies
  • Detailed design including detailed geotechnical and geological investigations and studies
  • Tender documents and drawings
  • Supervision of construction works

Project Environmental Impact Assessment Study for the Mseilha Dam - Lebanon
Project Duration 2016-2018
Client Ministry of Environment
Project Description
  • Dam and reservoir
  • Type: Earthfill dam with a central core
  • Catchments’ total area: 189 km2
  • Volume of the reservoir: 7,500,000m3
  • Down and upstream slopes are: 2.5 /1 & 3/1 respectively
  • Volume of fill material: 1,150,000m3
  • Maximum height of the dam: 35 m
  • The project includes the execution of a water treatment plant with a capacity of 30,000 m3/day.
Services Description
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) including a description of the legal framework, the project at hand, the baseline data, the environmental impacts, the mitigation measures, the analysis of alternatives as well as the conduction of public participation meetings in the project area.
  • Flood Risk Analysis of the Mseilha Dam Break including flood inundation maps of the affected areas as well as an Emergency Action Plan
  • Environmental Offsetting Report outlining the approach, methods used and results of the biodiversity offset analysis undertaken by Libanconsult AGM for the Mseilha Dam Project. It was designed to clarify the objectives of and opportunities for the Offset, and facilitate agreement between the parties for finalisation in a binding agreement
  • Sediment Management Report clarifying the sedimentation issues, the patterns of sediment transport and deposition as well as the estimated sediment yield. Suitable Sediment Management Techniques are proposed within this report.
  • Catchment Management Plan

Project Design and Supervision of Medium-Sized Hill Lakes in Lebanon
Project Duration 2015-Present
Client Green Plan (Financed by the European Commission)
Project Description
  • Design of Two Hill Lakes to be used for irrigation
Services Description
  • Feasibility study including topographical survey, hydrological, geological and geotechnical studies
  • Initial environmental examination (IEE)
  • Detailed design including detailed geotechnical and geological investigations and studies
  • Tender documents and drawings
  • Supervision of construction works

Project Design and Supervision of Medium-Sized Hill Lakes in Lebanon
Project Duration 2015-Present
Client Green Plan (Financed by the European Commission)
Project Description
  • Design of Two Hill Lakes to be used for irrigation
Services Description
  • Feasibility study including topographical survey, hydrological, geological and geotechnical studies
  • Initial environmental examination (IEE)
  • Detailed design including detailed geotechnical and geological investigations and studies
  • Tender documents and drawings
  • Supervision of construction works

Project Design of Menjez and Karm El Mohr Hill Lakes in Akkar and Denniye - Lebanon
Project Duration  2015-2016
Client  Green Plan
Project Description
     
  • Design of Two Hill Lakes to be used for irrigation
Services Description
  • Feasibility study including topographical survey, hydrological, geological and geotechnical studies
  • Detailed design including detailed geotechnical and geological investigations and studies
  • Tender documents and drawings

Project Supervision of Qaissamani Dam and Potable Water Treatment Plant –
Lebanon
Project Duration 2014 - 2018
Client Council for Development and Reconstruction
Project Description
  • Dam with 1 million m3 reservoir.
  • Rock fill Dam, height of 15 m, length 620 m
  • Overflow (flow 50 m3/s),
  • Three water entrance channels.
  • Potable Water Treatment Plant: 12,000m3 / day.
Services Description
  • Supervision of the execution works.

Project Supervision of Mseilha Dam
Lebanon
Project Duration 2014 - Present
Client Ministry of Energy and Water
Project Description
  • Dam with 6 million m3 reservoir.
  • Rock fill Dam with an impervious core, height of 35 m, length 400 m
  • Overflow (flow 800 m3/s),
  • Water Intakes at 3 levels
  • Wash out structure
Services Description
  • Supervision of the execution works.

Project Wadis Rijma and Al-Zhimi dams
Sultanate of Oman
Project Duration 2012 – 2015
Client Ministry of regional municipalities and water resources
Project Description
  • Objective : Provide better protection for the areas affected by the floods caused by Wadis Rijma et Al Zyhimi in Wilayats of Shinas and Liwa 4 dams:
    1- R5 : Earth fill Dam, Length of 1,850, maximum height of 25 m
    2- R2a : Earth fill Dam, Length of 2,480 m, maximum height of 25 m
    3- Z1 : RCC Dam, Length of 261 m, maximum height of 43 m
    4- Z4c : Earth fill Dam, Length of 660 m, maximum height of 20 m
Services Description
  • Revision of the current feasibility studies
  • Selection of the dams sites
  • Implementation of the flood protection scenarios
  • Investigations and geotechnical studies
  • Environmental Impact assessment
  • Dams Detailed studies.
  • Tender documents.

Project Qaissamani Dam
Lebanon - Dahr el Baidar
Project Duration 1996-1998
Implementation in 2008
Client Ministry of Energy and Water
Project Description
  • Final detailed study of Qaissamani Dam with runoff catchment of 3 watersheds for a rock fill dam with a 30 m height, 200 mm length
  • and a reservoir capacity of 0.6 million m3
  • Updated in 2008 with a capacity of 1.05 million m3 for the new site location, with water outlet, washout and overflow.
Services Description
  • Feasibility Study
  • Detailed preliminary design
  • Geology, geotechnical, hydrology, Dam, slopes and structure stability.
  • Environmental Impact assessment
  • Technical specifications and Tender documents.

 

Project Damour Dam
Lebanon
Project Duration 2007 – 2009
Client Council for Development and Reconstruction
Project Description
  • Roller-Compacted Concrete (L = 260m, H = 95m),
  • Capacity: 40 million m³,
  • Drainage Bassin : 210 Km², Overflow (Flow: 800 m3/s),
  • Utilization: potable water.
Services Description
  • Feasibility Study
  • Topographical survey
  • Investigations
  • Geotechnical, hydrological, hydrogeological studies, Geophysics Investigations, etc…

Project Mseilha Dam
Lebanon - Batroun
Project Duration 2004-2008
Client Ministry of Energy and Water
Project Description
  • Reservoir : 8 million m3,
  • Rock fill dam, height of 43 m, length of 450 m,
  • Overflow (Flow: 800 m3/s),
  • Water intake at 3 levels,
  • Washout structure.
Services Description
  • Detailed study
  • Topographical survey
  • Geological, Geotechnical, hydrological, hydrogeological and seismic studies.
  • Economical and Feasibility study
  • Environmental Impact assessment
  • Tender Documents

Project Chabrouh Dam
Lebanon - Faraya
Project Duration 2003-2008
Client Ministry of Energy and Water
Project Description
  • Rock fill dam with a bituminous protection layer.
  • Bituminous protection layer, height of 63 m, crest length of 450m
  • Reservoir capacity: 8 million de m³
  • Utilization : Potable water
  • Overflow diameter of 11 m with a flow of 180m³/s,
  • Water Intakes tower, diameter of 7 m and height of 50 m,
  • Provisional Derivation Tunnel with 4.50 m diameter, length of 410 m used in washout and overflow (180 m3/s)
  • Concrete access gallery with a diameter of3 m and length of 240 m.
  • Water Intake on Nabaa El Laban-Distributor with a capacity of 5,500 m3- transfer Laban Chabrouh flow 1.5m3/s-Pipe with 1 m diameter and a total length of 5,200 passing through a 60 m well in a 3m diameter gallery and length of 670 m.
  • Potable Water Treatment Station with a capacity of 60,000m3/d.
Services Description
  • Supervision of the execution works.
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Project Azzibe Dam
Lebanon - Jezzine
Project Duration 1999
Client Ministry of Energy and Water
Project Description
  • Study done in 1979 and reevaluated in 1999
  • Rock fill dam
  • Utilization : Potable water and irrigation
  • Height: 39 m
  • Reservoir capacity: 0.35 million m3.
Services Description
  • Technical Study (Topographical survey, hydrological study, investigation works, geotechnical study)
  • Feasibility study.
  • Preliminary study.

Project Tannourine Dam
Lebanon - Tannourine
Project Duration 1992
Client N. Younes
Project Description
  • Rock fill dam :
  • H=22m,
  • Capacity = 200,000 m3
Services Description
  • Detailed study.
  • Supervision of the execution works.
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Project Chabrouh Dam
Lebanon - Faraya
Project Duration 1986-1990 2001-2002
Client Ministry of Energy and Water
Project Description
  • Rock fill dam with a bituminous protection layer,
  • Bituminous protection layer, height of 63 m, crest length of 450m
  • Reservoir capacity: 8 million de m³
  • Utilization : Potable water
  • Overflow diameter of 11 m with a flow of 180m³/s,
  • Water Intakes tower, diameter of 7 m and height of 50 m,
  • Provisional Derivation Tunnel with 4.50 m diameter, length of 410 m used in washout and overflow (180 m3/s)
  • Concrete access gallery with a diameter of3 m and length of 240 m.
  • Water Intake on Nabaa El Laban-Distributor with a capacity of 5,500 m3- transfer Laban Chabrouh flow 1.5m3/s-Pipe with 1 m diameter and a total length of 5,200 passing through a 60 m well in a 3m diameter gallery and length of 670 m.
  • Potable Water Treatment Station with a capacity of 60,000m3/d.
Services Description
  • Geotechnical, hydrological, slopes stability and structures seismic and stability studies.
  • Final detailed study.
  • Economic feasibility study.
  • Environmental Impact Assessment.
  • Technical specifications and tender documents.

Project Nahr Arqua Dam
Lebanon - Arqua
Project Duration 1986
Client Ministry of Energy and Water
Project Description
  • Mobile dam at Arqua with an intake at the river.
  • Feeding Pipe of an irrigation network (L = 6 Km, D = 900 mm, flow 1m³/s).
Services Description
  • Topographical and hydrological studies and geotechnical investigations.
  • Technical study and execution plans.
  • Detailed study.
  • Tender documents.

Project Tannourine Hill Lake
Caza of Batroun - Lebanon
Project Duration 2015
Client Green Plan
Project Description
  • Dam Height : 8 m
  • Reservoir Volume: 30,000 m³
  • Irrigation Lake
  • Installation of a 500 mg/m² geotextile membrane and
  • Geomembrane HDPE, thickness 2cm - Area 15,000m²
  • Outlet works (OD: 140 mm)
  • Two intake water channels
  • Spillway works
  • Miscellaneous networks
Services Description
    • Supervision of construction works.
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Project Aarouba Hill Lake
Lebanon - Caza of Hermel
Project Duration 2011 - 2012
Client Green Plan
Project Description
  • Earthworks: V= 195,000 m³
  • Dam Height: 15m
  • Reservoir Volume: 0.12 Million m³
  • Irrigation Lake
  • Waterproofing: 2 layers of clay 30 cm each
  • Outlet Works
  • Spillway works
  • Miscellaneous networks
Services Description
  • Supervision of construction works
Photos

Project Hill Lake of Mristi
Lebanon - Caza of Chouf
Project Duration 2012
Client Green Plan
Project Description
  • Maximum Water Level: 8m
  • Reservoir Volume: 50,000 m³
  • Irrigation Lake
  • Installation of a 500 mg/m² geotextile membrane and
  • Geomembrane HDPE, thickness 2cm - Area 15,000m²
  • Spillway works
  • Miscellaneous networks
Services Description
  • Supervision of construction works
Photos

Project Dimane Hill Lake
Lebanon - Caza of Bsharri
Project Duration 2012
Client Green Plan
Project Description
  • Earthworks : V= 190,000 m³
  • Dam Height : 15 m
  • Reservoir Volume: 0.12 Million m³
  • Irrigation Lake
  • Installation of a 500 mg/m² geotextile membrane and Geomembrane HDPE, thickness 2cm - Area 21,300m²
  • Outlet Works
  • Spillway works
  • Miscellaneous networks
Services Description
  • Supervision of construction works.
Photos

Project Detailed Studies for Aarouba Hill Lake
Lebanon - Caza of Hermel
Project Duration 2004
Client Green Plan
Project Description
  • Earthworks: V= 195,000 m³
  • Rockfill Dam de hauteur 15m
  • Reservoir Volume: 0.12 Million m³
  • Irrigation Lake
  • Waterproofing: 2 layers of clay 30 cm each
  • Outlet Works
  • Spillway works
  • Miscellaneous networks
  • Water course deviation for lake alimentation
Services Description
  • Detailed economic and feasibility study
  • Preliminary and detailed studies
  • Environmental Impact Assessment
  • Tender documents.

Project Mristi Hill Lake
Lebanon
Project Duration 2004
Client Green Plan
Project Description
  • Maximum Water Level: 8m
  • Reservoir Volume: 50,000 m³
  • Irrigation Lake
  • Installation of a 500 mg/m² geotextile membrane and
  • Geomembrane HDPE, thickness 2cm - Area 15,000m²
  • Spillway works
  • Miscellaneous networks
Services Description
  • Detailed economic and feasibility study
  • Preliminary and detailed studies
  • Environmental Impact Assessment
  • Tender documents.

Project Dimane Hill Lake
Lebanon - Caza of Bsharri
Project Duration 2012
Client Green Plan
Project Description
  • Earthworks : V= 190,000 m³
  • Dam Height : 15 m
  • Reservoir Volume: 0.12 Million m³
  • Irrigation Lake
  • Installation of a 500 mg/m² geotextile membrane and
  • Geomembrane HDPE, thickness 2cm - Area 21,300m²
  • Outlet Works
  • Spillway works
  • Miscellaneous networks
Services Description
  • Detailed economic and feasibility study
  • Preliminary and detailed studies
  • Environmental Impact Assessment
  • Tender documents.

Project Five Hill Lakes in different sites in Lebanon
Lebanon - Majdlaya, Qtali, Beit El Haje in Mont Lebanon, and Kfifane and Mathanet
Project Duration 1999
Study in 1979 and reevaluated in 1999
Client Ministry of energy and water
Project Description
  • Kfifane (Batroun), rockfill dam (H = 25m).
  • Beit El Hajj (Metn Nord), rockfill dam (H = 22m).
Services Description
  • Feasibility and Preliminary studies
  • Topographic works
  • Hydrology Study
  • Geological studies.

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