daniel aguirre, pe senior vice president. site conditions
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Daniel Aguirre, PESenior Vice President
Site Conditions
A Word From My Sponsor
Site Conditions
Field Exploration
• 39 Exploratory Borings (plus or minus 200 foot center)
• 4.5 to 18 feet in depth• Down-Hole Packer Permeability Tests
Performed• 15 Tests in 7 Locations• 3 Infiltration Pads
Results
• Packers Tests – 34 feet per year to 933 feet per year– Average = 374 feet
per year
• Infiltration Tests 100 to 300 minutes per inch– Average = 215
minutes per inch
Foundation Treatment
Conduits Through Dam
And Something More
Conduits
Conduits
8 x 8 Inlet
8x8 Inlet
8x8 Inlet
8x8 Inlet
8x8 Inlet
8x8 Inlet
Secondary Principal Spillway
Secondary Principal Spillway
Dan – Photos you may want to use
Primary Principal Spillway
Primary Principal Spillway
Lessons Learned
• You Cannot Have Enough Borings• If you think you know
where the Basalt is…Your Probably Wrong• Basalt comes in many
Shapes and Hardnesses‘• Basalt Rock is not Uniform
2004 Sketch
2014 Complete
Spillway
Users
Questions?
Daniel Aguirre, PE, CFMSenior Vice President
www.wilsonco.com