The Colorado River was a fault line of near-tectonic political forces by the 1920s, as the seven states within its basin ...

Engineers clambered up steel staircases, squeezed through narrow passageways and fanned out across the concrete face of the ...

When the Oroville Dam spillway cracked open during a record storm, it exposed deep flaws in both design and oversight. This breakdown details how uplift forces, poorly anchored concrete ...

ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- Work to upgrade a dam in Albemarle County is nearing completion. The Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority says the work to the Sugar Hollow Dam is almost done.

“We’ve put in H-piles that are 15 metres deep to anchor some components of the dam, we’ve put in additional water seepage barriers, we’re anchoring the concrete down to the bedrock below ...

Then came the year 1872, when Switzerland laid the foundation for two important developments: the construction of the Gotthard Tunnel and, in the same year, the country’s first concrete dam.

The Sabo dam in Son La, which cost about 9 billion VND (348,000 USD), was built in September 2024, after the rainy season, under Japanese standards. It is a gap-type concrete dam with a length of ...

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This study explores the impact of incorporating recycled brick sand as a partial replacement for natural sand on the mechanical and transport properties of roller-compacted concrete (RCC) for dam ...