dam building in harsh & remote areas
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PROJECTRosebery Tailings Dam UpgradeCLIENTMinerals and Metals Group (MMG)INFORMATIONIn 2016/17 Hazell Bros was engaged by MMG to upgrade the Rosebery Tailings Dam. Some of the works included:• 36 hectares of clearing and grubbing• 100,000m3 of topsoil stripping• 1,000,000m3 of excavation in rock • 2,500m3 of cement bentonite into a 600mm wide wall• Installation of 190,000m2 of flexible bitumen linerAwarded the Tasmanian Civil Contractors Federation Earth Award in 2018 - Category 5 Project value between $30M and $75M.
PROJECTConglomerate Dam UpgradeCLIENTTasWaterINFORMATIONBuilt in 1971 of earth and rockfill construction, Conglomerate Dam has a storage capacity of 53.1ML. In 2017 Hazell Bros was engaged by TasWater to undertake an upgrade of the dam.Some of the works included:• Installation of full height buttress filters and rockfill weighting berm• Demolition of existing & construction of the new high capacity spillway
1:10000• Raising the impervious level and crest level of the embankment• Installation of multi-level intake structure with centralised valve operation• Upgrading dam instrumentation and telemetry• 25000m3 of imported and placed rock buttress and filter materials
DAM BUILDING IN HARSH & REMOTE AREAS
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