Luichart Dam Structural Repairs
Alec Rae
01/07/25
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In addition taking 150mm diameter cores in the Spillway apron slab for pressure relief.
Also cores for petrographic and 2 year expansion tests by CRL Surveys and reporting.
These ongoing works demonstrate CRL Scotland’s continued commitment to supporting SSE with high-quality, specialist structural maintenance. By combining technical expertise with innovative repair solutions, we’re helping to preserve the long-term integrity and performance of critical infrastructure like Luichart Dam.
Also cores for petrographic and 2 year expansion tests by CRL Surveys and reporting.
These ongoing works demonstrate CRL Scotland’s continued commitment to supporting SSE with high-quality, specialist structural maintenance. By combining technical expertise with innovative repair solutions, we’re helping to preserve the long-term integrity and performance of critical infrastructure like Luichart Dam.
Luichart Dam is situated 26 miles north of Inverness near Contin. It consists of 27 buttress piers with infill dam wall sections and an over spanning bridge. Stored water is fed into Luichart Power Station.
CRL Scotland have been engaged with SSE since 2016 covering minor & major structural maintenance to various SSE assets including dams, bridges, aqueducts, tunnels & power stations, utilising a wide variety of CRL specialist services & solutions.
The CRL team at Scotland are carrying out concrete repairs to the next 9 bays out of the 27 total to pier heads, parapet copes, kerb upstands, and deck joints. This involved manufacture, install and dismantle of complex curved form work and mixing/pouring of proprietary repair concrete finished to falls.
CRL Scotland have been engaged with SSE since 2016 covering minor & major structural maintenance to various SSE assets including dams, bridges, aqueducts, tunnels & power stations, utilising a wide variety of CRL specialist services & solutions.
The CRL team at Scotland are carrying out concrete repairs to the next 9 bays out of the 27 total to pier heads, parapet copes, kerb upstands, and deck joints. This involved manufacture, install and dismantle of complex curved form work and mixing/pouring of proprietary repair concrete finished to falls.