Dam construction

Fecon - Wed May 22, 2019

Hydroseeding Stabilizes Oroville Dam During, After Crisis

On Feb. 7, 2017, a 200-ft. pothole opened up in the main spillway of the Oroville Dam in northern California. With snowpack at 150 percent above normal in the Sierra mountains, and Lake Oroville still rising, officials reduced the amount of flow on the main spillway....

Edgar A. Browning – Special to CEG - Mon May 13, 2019

Looking Back — Clement Brothers Company Inc. Builds Carter Dam

Clement Brothers Company Inc. of Hickory, N.C., held a $15.4 million contract to construct the Corps of Engineers Carter Dam Project in Murry County, Ga. The dam is 445 ft. high, then the highest dam east of the Mississippi River, and 2,050 ft....

Rich Pedroncelli and Olga R. Rodriguez – Associated Press - Wed April 10, 2019

$1.1B Oroville Dam Spillway Repairs Put to Test

OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) An epic winter of rain and snow has refilled California's reservoirs and pressed into service a spillway at the nation's tallest dam on April 2, a $1 billion structure that drained excess water for the first time since it crumbled two years ago and drove hundreds of thousands to flee the threat of catastrophic flooding....

Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue April 09, 2019

Steinaker Dam Repairs Top $20M Following Landslide

Four years ago, a sharp-eyed fisherman first noticed something was wrong at Utah's Steinaker Dam and Reservoir in Northeastern Utah. Bureau of Reclamation managers wasted no time in checking it out....

Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed January 23, 2019

Ruhlin Replaces 178-Year-Old Dam

The $33 million construction of a new East Reservoir dam for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) in Portage Lakes State Park in Coventry Township, Summit County started last December and is expected to be completed this spring....

Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed January 16, 2019

Work Begins on $1.5B Shasta Dam Raising

Twenty million dollars of pre-construction work is under way at the Shasta Dam and reservoir in advance of a $1.5 billion project to raise the dam 18.5 ft. Shasta Dam is the largest reservoir in California and second largest in the United States after Grand Cooley....

Jacob Wirtschafter - The Washington Times - Fri January 04, 2019

Egypt Water Anxiety Grows Over Ethiopia Dam on Nile

CAIRO (AP) -- It's an ancient worry facing a modern challenge. Anxiety over water is growing in Egypt as Ethiopian leaders press forward with plans to build a massive dam that officials fear will block the flow of the Blue Nile....

CEG - Thu December 06, 2018

D'Amato Construction Refaces Shepaug Dam in Waterbury

Resurfacing a dam that is 450 ft. long with 100 ft. of main spillway might be a daunting task to some. But D'Amato Construction is up to the challenge. Shepaug Dam, which is owned by the city of Waterbury, Conn., was constructed in the 1930s....

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation - Wed November 07, 2018

BRC Awards $44M Contract for Bull Lake Dam Project

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $446 million contract on Sept. 20, 2018 to Malcolm International LLC, of Rancho Cordova, Calif., for construction services at Bull Lake Dam in Fremont County, Wyo. Safety of Dams construction activity began in the fall of 2018 and end in the summer of 2021....