Alentejo, Portugal
Alvito Dam is characterized by a concrete arch dam of 90m high with a flood spillway built into the body. The underground hydraulic circuit cover a distance of 3.7. It comprises an underground powerhouse station with a reversible generator system, upstream the hydraulic circuit.
• Geological and geotechnical design studies of the hydraulic circuit;
• Geological studies of the road accesses to hydraulic circuit elements;
• Geotechnical and geological modelling of underground and open pit excavation;
• Elaboration of instrumentation design Stabilization design of excavated slopes.