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Pacific Northwest Floating Bulkhead

Ayres provided engineering design, plans and specifications, and shop drawing review for a floating bulkhead that Steel-Fab used to fabricate a floating bulkhead for a Pacific Northwest dam. Ayres also prepared an installation and maintenance manual that is used during installation.

Brokopond Floating Bulkead

The Afobaka Dam was completed in 1964 as part of the Brokopondo hydroelectric plant. The dam generates 180 megawatts, providing power to about 70% of the small country of Suriname. The Afobaka Dam creates an approximately 602-square-mile (1,559.2-square-kilometer) reservoir that stores water during the rainy season and releases it throughout the year for power production.… Read More »

Leesville Floating Bulkhead

Appalachian Power is required to complete a fully open gate test on all four of its spillway gates. A fully open gate causes downstream flooding, and a bulkhead was needed to test the gates without causing downstream flooding. Appalachian Power had a bulkhead system, but it required weeks to install and was very costly. Ayres… Read More »