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EL Calvario Rehabilitation and Structural Reinforcement 

Rehabilitation and restoration of the El Calvario water storage system.
PROJECt DETAILS
Category:

Architecture, Structural Reinforcement, Hydraulics

Location:

El Calvario Sector, Libertador Municipality, Caracas, Capital District.

Designers:

Structural Forensic Eng. 
Germán Lozano.
Architect and Urban Planner
Ender Urdaneta.

Before & After
Before & After
Before & After
Before & After
  • Work Description:
    Rehabilitation and construction of a roofed canal-type pond.
    Roofed channel 390 meters long, nine meters wide and 3.50 meters high water.
    Containment capacity: 11.5 million liters.
  • Rehabilitation of twin tanks.
    Rectangular structure of concrete walls 38 meters long by 18 meters wide and 4.50 meters high.
    Containment capacity of the two cells: three million liters.
  • Rehabilitation of post-tensioned tank.
    Cylindrical structure of post-tensioned reinforced concrete of 25 meters in diameter and 30 meters in height.
    Containment capacity: 30 million liters of water.
  • Restoration of facades and enclosure of the pond; Architecture National Heritage.
    Intervened length of façades 550 meters, following the architectural parameters of refraction of standards in National Heritage works.
  • Projected concrete screen.
    Shotcrete and passive anchors on a natural slope, located in the lateral area of the canal.
    Area: 2,720 square meters.
LOCATION

El Calvario Sector, Libertador Municipality, Caracas, Capital District.

Type of work

Hydraulic, Architectural, Structural Retrofitting

Technical

Rehabilitation and construction of a roofed canal-type pond.
Rehabilitation of twin tanks.
Rehabilitation of post-tensioned tank.
Restoration of facades and enclosure of the pond; Architecture National Heritage.
Projected concrete screen.

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