Eastmain River Dam—A case history of mass compaction in earth dam construction

• Published in: Canadian Geotechnical Journal
• Main Authors: Rosenberg, Peter, Paré, J.-Jacques
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1983
• Subjects: Civil and Structural Engineering; Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology; Eastmain; James Bay
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/t83-082; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/t83-082

The OA-11 dam on the Eastmain River in the James Bay Region of northern Quebec was designed without conventional cofferdams. The river section of the dam was constructed by end-dumping and dozer pushing of granular fill and achieving closure and diversion of the river through a spillway located in a...