Workshop and senior supervision of the construction of the Gavkhft Dam in Fereydounshahr County
Client: General Directorate of Nomadic Affairs of Isfahan Province
Contract start date: 2015-06-07
Brief description:
The Gavkhoft earthen dam is being built on the Gavkhoft valley and stream to provide water for the agricultural needs of the downstream farmlands. This dam plays an important role in the restoration and development of the downstream lands by providing water to the nomads of the region. It also attracts tourists and tourist attractions. Access to the project site is possible using the Fereydounshahr-Qale Sorkh asphalt road, then the Qale Sorkh-Tahligi dirt road (about 5 km) and a 3 km long dirt road. The implementation of this dam will begin in 2015 and end in 2020.
Project Technical Specifications:
Dam type: Homogeneous earth dam
Dam crest level: 2637.5 meters above sea level
Height from river bed: 18.5 meters
Slope of the body: 2.3H:1.0V
Slope of the body's foothills: 2.0H:1.0V
River bed elevation at the dam site: 2619 meters above sea level
Dam crest length: 507 meters
Dam crest width: 7 meters
Total body volume: 290,000 cubic meters
Normal reservoir volume: 1.2 m m m
Water diversion system conduit: 762 mm diameter steel pipe
Diversion system length: 110 m
Diversion system location: Right flank of the valley
Pipe diameter: 762 mm
Lower catchment and drain: 762 mm diameter steel pipe
Spillway type: stepped
Spillway width: 4 meters
Spillway length: 93 meters