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Volume 21, Issue 2
June 2011
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Research Article| June 01 2011

Batu Hampar dam – design and construction of an RCC dam

Chris Wagner, MSc, FICE
Chris Wagner, MSc, FICE
Dams and RCC Consultant, Cambridge, UK
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1756-8404
Print ISSN: 1368-1494
ICE Publishing: All rights reserved
2011
Dams and Reservoirs (2011) 21 (2): 77–90.
https://doi.org/10.1680/dare.2011.21.2.77

This paper describes the design and construction of a roller compacted concrete (RCC) dam, Batu Hampar in Malaysia. The paper uses Batu Hampar as an example to highlight some of the key issues and decisions to be made in the use of RCC for dam construction.

Keywords: dams and reservoirs
ICE Publishing: All rights reserved
2011
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