In the early hours of December 14, 2005, high atop Proffit Mountain in the Missouri Ozarks, a triangular section on the northwest side of the Taum Sauk Dam Upper Reservoir failed, discharging 1 ...

...leveled for laydown and to fit offices, warehouses, mechanic shops, general storage, two RCC plants, a conventional concrete batch plant, parking for 600 cars and a 750,000-gallon reservoir for ...

Concrete-faced rockfill dams (CFRDs) represent a critical infrastructure element in modern water resource management and flood control. This dam type combines a robust rockfill body with an upstream ...

An independent analysis of the spillway failure at Oroville Dam concludes that extensive sections of the concrete structure disintegrated due to a series of design, construction and maintenance flaws ...

Oroville – Faulty design, construction and repairs of the main Oroville Dam spillway allowed water to seep under its floor and build up, lifting a concrete slab Feb. 7 into the water flowing down the ...

When construction was completed in 1936, the Hoover Dam was not only the world's largest concrete structure and the world's largest hydroelectric power-generating station; it was also the largest dam ...