Consultancy services for dams safety inspection in hydropower stations in kenya

The services provided by the Consultant focused on the assessment of dam safety for the following hydroprojects, owned by the Kenya Generating Company in: (a) Upper Tana basin, (b) Lower Tana basin and (c) some isolated stations. The safety assessments concerned dam safety, that is the safety of the water retaining structures themselves, as well as any appurtenant structures related to the safety of the dams themselves, such as spillways, bottom outlets, etc. Dams and their appurtenant structures were inspected by highly experienced engineers, based on detailed checklists for (a) the crest area, (b) the downstream slope, (c) the upstream slope, (d) the installed instrumentation, (e) the downstream area, (f) the spillway and (g) the galleries [for seepage, inspection, access, etc] and bottom outlet chambers of each dam. Training workshops were organized in Nairobi including presentation and training on key issues related to dam safety and, finally, presentation of the particular characteristics, safety issues and monitoring demands of the Ken Gen dams.