Project category

Energy

Location

Laval, QC

Value($)

1 300 000

Customer

Hydro-Québec

Year

2009-2010

 

Additional informations

Civil engineering works (earthwork, sheetpiling and piling) at the 54 MW Rivière-des-Prairies hydroelectric plant

Main Work Performed

• First phase work of the future Rivière-des-Prairies powerplant station
• Construction of a retaining wall composed of a series of drilled piles and connected together by steel sheet piles retained by a row of 44 rock drilled Dywidag anchors
• Excavation work and soil disposal located between the new and old retaining wall
• Demolition of an existing 6 m x 75 m prefab concrete blocks retaining wall
• Pillars for the control building and drainage work and associated earthwork