Dams and reservoirs

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  • Halcrow produced Guide to Reservoir Safety - front cover
  • Clywedog Dam, Wales - completed in 1967 to supply the Midlands with water
  • Treig Dam in flood, Scotland
  • Calf Hey Dam, UK - inspecting engineer services
  • Gaunless, UK - flood storage reservoir
  • Chew Valley Lake Spillway, Bristol - hydraulic structures
  • Mathematical modelling
  • Laggan Dam, Scotland - Alcan reservoirs flood assessment
  • Lullingstone Castle, Kent - alterations to the weir crest
  • Physical modelling
  • Messochora concrete-faced rockfill dam, Greece
  • Assess effect of potential collapse of Itaipú and Yacyretá dams, Brazil

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Image 1 of 12 Halcrow produced Guide to Reservoir Safety - front cover

Projects

  • Bengoh, Malaysia - technical support for a 62m high water supply dam
  • Bristol Water Reservoir Safety, UK
  • Sego, Ethiopia - feasibility design of a 73m high arch dam
  • Shadala, Iraq - feasibility review for a 45m high embankment dam
  • Inspections and remedial / improvement works for many UK dams
  • UK government-funded reservoir safety research

Halcrow has a long history of dam-building for water supply, irrigation and groundwater recharge.

Since the development of some of the earliest Scottish hydroelectric dams, Halcrow has established a fine reputation in dam engineering both in the UK and internationally over the last 100 years. Our experience covers design, construction supervision, inspection and remedial works. In the UK our Reservoir Inspection Unit has been active for at least 35 years, with our reservoir panel engineers providing services for many hundreds of UK reservoirs over this time.

Halcrow provides expert dam engineering services to a wide range of clients across the world, covering both the public and private sectors. We have completed dam engineering services in more than thirty countries over the last ten years covering:

  • Masterplans and feasibility studies
  • Detailed dam design and construction supervision
  • Finite element thermal and structural analysis
  • Flood and seismic safety assessments
  • Hydraulic structures and model testing
  • Dam safety inspections and due diligence studies
  • Quantitative risk analysis
  • Dambreak analysis and emergency planning
  • Dam remedial works
  • Dam instrumentation and monitoring reviews

We have experts in dam engineering in several of our international offices, supported by key supporting specialists which enable us to deliver dam engineering services throughout the world.

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Contact details

Alan Warren

United Kingdom

t: +44 (0)1793 812479