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Wolf Creek Dam Foundation Remediation Project

Foundation Flaws Make Kentucky’s Wolf Creek Dam a High-Risk Priority

March 19, 2012 rockman Comments Off

If Wolf Creek Dam in Kentucky fails, $6 billion in flood damage is projected to occur downstream. A dam foundation remediation project at Wolf Creek Dam to fix seepage and Karst solutioning problems is a […]

Rock anchor used to anchor Bluestone dam to bedrock

Bluestone Dam in West Virginia gets massive anchors into bedrock

November 28, 2010 rockman Comments Off

After 60 years, the design flood for the Bluestone dam changed requiring a modest raise and a number of other improvements totaling some $130 million thus far and another estimated $200 million in improvements still […]