BDS Evening Meeting – Monday 22nd November 2021 – Registration Required

Our next BDS evening meeting will be on Monday 22nd November 2021 at 6:00pm. The meeting titled “Hydropower Extension Projects at Tarbela Dam, Pakistan” will be presented by Brian B Darling, Mark D Gill and Gonzalo Montilla Castro (Mott MacDonald).

PLEASE NOTE: The ICE requires that attendees, either in person or online, register in advance of the event so that refreshments can be organised and so that online viewing links can be emailed in advance. 

Please use the following link to register

https://www.ice.org.uk/events/hydropower-extension-projects-tarbela-dam-london

Further details of this evening meeting can be found on the BDS Events Calendar

Tarbela Dam on the River Indus was commissioned in the mid-1970s primarily as a water resource reservoir for irrigation and was at that time the largest rock and earth-fill dam in the world.

During Tarbela’s subsequent operation, its role in providing hydropower generation has become more significant. As a result, successive hydropower stations have been added to the water release tunnels over the last few decades.

The presenters will discuss:

• The arrangement for the 5th Extension Hydropower Project
• Ongoing sediment management and how raised intakes are being adopted to extend the life of the reservoir
• Construction and commissioning of the T3 and T4 raised intakes plus the plans for the T5 raised intake
• Construction challenges and lessons learned from the 4th Extension Project and how these are being applied to the 5th Extension Project
• Physical and CFD models of the Dal Dara channel have been used conjunctively to confirm the operability of the tailrace culvert and canal system whilst ensuring the safety of the existing spillway plunge pools
• Recent photos from site showing the construction stage of the 5th Extension Project and comparing these to the 4th Extension Project

This meeting will be held live at the ICE (1 Great George Street, London) and also online. Refreshments will be served from 5.30pm, however, the ICE have not yet reopened the bar and therefore will be no bar facilities after the meeting.