JSW Steel Earth Dam
JSW steel plant-built earth dam to develop reservoir for the water for steel plant without affecting water supply to the citizens. The reservoir was filled with water through around a 20 km water pipeline. The reservoirs with 0.3 TMC capacity had hills on one side and on the other side, a 30 m high earth dam was built.
Encardio-rite was awarded the sub-contract for supply as well as installation of safety monitoring instrumentation for the project. The instrumentation included:
- Piezometers - foundation and embankment
- In-place inclinometer to monitor lateral movement
- Earth pressure cells
Online monitoring was done using advanced dataloggers and a web-based data management system. The online data was available online through our web-based data management system to the Contractor, Client as well as Consultant on their desktops, laptops, and mobiles. The database management software has the provision to give alarms by SMS/email in case any data crosses the pre-set review and alert levels. The near-real-time data helped in the smooth and cost-effective progress of construction works.