The
Chagallu project involved the construction of a 40 meter high and 4 km
long earth dam with a 25 m high spillway. The project started in year
2007. Encardio-rite’s work included the geotechnical instrumentation for
the barrage, earth dam and canals.
Encardio-rite’s scope of work
included supply, installation and monitoring of the geotechnical
instrumentation. The instruments used included a piezometer, uplift pore
pressure meter, pressure cell, strain gage, temperature meter, joint
meter, vertical/horizontal movement devices, plumb lines, a portable
readout unit and an automatic data acquisition system.
