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LAKE LOS TACARIGUA REINFORCED-CONCRETE DIKE

Raising and structural strengthening of the reinforced-concrete dike at Lake Los Tacarigua.
PROJECt DETAILS
Category:

Structural Strengthening, Hydraulic Engineering

Location:

La Punta Sector
Los Tacarigua Lake
Aragua State.

Design Team:

Structural Pathology Eng. 
Germán Lozano.
Ph.D. in Geology
Antonio Ughi.

Scope of Work: Construction of a retaining wall and structural strengthening of the reinforced-concrete dike using foundations and isolated piles arranged as a dolphin-type structural system.

Technical Specifications:

  • Raising of the reinforced-concrete dike front walls.
  • Construction of two tie foundations for the isolated-pile dolphin system, connected to horizontal and vertical reinforced-concrete diaphragms forming part of the structural-strengthening load-transfer system.
LOCATION

La Punta Sector, Los Tacarigua Lake, Aragua State.

Type of work

Structural Strengthening, Hydraulic Engineering

Specifications
  • Raising of the reinforced-concrete dike front walls.
  • Construction of two tie foundations for the isolated-pile dolphin system, connected to horizontal and vertical reinforced-concrete diaphragms forming part of the structural-strengthening load-transfer system.