Murwani Dam Project

Murwani Dam Project

Client              : Ministry of Water and Electricity (MOWE)
Location         : Murwani
Start                : 2004
Completion    : 2010

Project Description

Asphalt rock fill type dam construction with asphalt core in the middle. The crest length 560 m and height from the foundation 91 m. Total of 6 million m3 embankment with 450.000 m3 rock-fill and 28,300 m3 asphaltic core were performed. Construction of uncontrolled overflow type spillway with 160 m crest length. Construction of horse shoe shape 542 m long diversion tunnel with 7 m diameter. Construction of 2.5 m diameter, 137 m long access gallery. Hydromechanics work: Butterfly and Howell Bunger Valves, 160 m long line with 2.5 m Diameter Penstock. Construction of 5 m wide, 3.5 km long asphalt road; construction of 19,800 m2 slurry trench; construction of US and DS cofferdams; grouting works and 29,000 m drilling for grouting.

Damad Dam Project

Damad Dam Project

Client              : Ministry of Water and Electricity (MOWE)
Location         : Damad, Jizan
Start                : 2006
Completion    : 2010

Project Description

The main objectives of this dam was to protect people in the region from the floods, supply raw water for drinking and agricultural purposes. Dam was built with a capacity of 55.5 million cubic meters per day and with an uncontrolled overflow spillway of 4,800 m³/sec capacity. It was a rock compacted concreted (RCC) type dam. Its height was 52 meters and crest length 610 m. Total quantity of concrete used was 384,000m3.

Baysh Dam Project

Baysh Dam Project

Client              : Ministry of Water and Electricity (MOWE)
Location         : Jizan
Start                : 2003
Completion    : 2009

Project Description

Baysh Dam is located in Baysh Valley, which has a road distance of 113 km to the City of Jizan, Saudi Arabia. The purpose of the dam was flood control and supply water to the downstream farmlands for irrigation. The type of the dam was concrete gravity and its storage capacity was 192 million m³. Volume of concrete used was 670,000 m³. The height from the foundation was 106 m where the crest length was 340 m. The dam had an uncontrolled overflow ogee type spillway of 8,200 m³/sec capacity and equipped with 4 units of bottom outlets.