Plants and Materials

 

Serre-Ponçon: shovels and lorries being loaded in the borrow area

Since the beginning of the XXth century, important progress has been made in our knowledge of the materials used for dams, as well as their execution.

It is such an evolution that has allowed us to build structures that are increasingly high (in excess of 300 metres) and of ever increasing safety...

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Soils and rockfill
Published on 30 January 2008
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Steels and metal sheet
Published on 30 January 2008
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Cranes and cableways
Published on 30 January 2008
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