Detailed engineering design and tender documents for the construction of vrachos dam, kastoria prefecture, north greece

The scope of the contract was the detailed design for the construction of the irrigation dam “Vrachos” in Kastoria Perfecture, northwest Greece. Vrachos dam was designed as an earthfill dam with a clay core and its basic technical characteristics are: – River Basin upstream of the dam: 9.20 km². – Elevation at the dam’s axis: +920 m in the river valley, +959 m at dam’s crest, +955 at dam’s a.s.l. – Total capacity of the dam: 1,948,500 m³, usefull capacity of the dam: 1,733,000 m³. – Dam’s height (at the axis): 48 m. – Dam’s crest width 7.0 m, crest length 250.0 m. – Irrigation area (downstream): 465 ha. Construction of dam was delayed due to expropriation issues and was ended in 2007. Now it is in full operational mode.
The scope of the contract was the detailed design for the construction of the irrigation dam “Vrachos” in northwest Greece. It was designed as an earthfill dam with a clay core. The river basin upstream of the dam is 9.20 km². The total and useful capacity of the dam is 1,948,500 m³ and 1,733,000 m³ respectively. The dam’s height is 48 m and the irrigation area served is 465 ha.Construction of dam was ended in 2007. Now it is in full operational mode.