Waba Dam Instrumentation Rehabilitation & Upgrades
Project Overview
Location: Arnprior, ON
Client: Pennecon for OPG
Services: Engineering, Geotechnical & Dam Engineering
Sector: Energy
Project Description
At a water-storage dam founded on sensitive clays, TULLOCH completed rehabilitation and modernization of the geotechnical instrumentation system. The retrofit replaced legacy instruments and introduced new monitoring technologies connected to a wireless cellular system for real-time data collection.
More than 50 instruments were decommissioned or replaced, including piezometers, inclinometers, and settlement monuments. TULLOCH also completed drilling, installation, calibration, maintenance-program development, and data onboarding in coordination with the Owner, General Contractor, and Owner's Engineer.
Scope of Services
- Decommissioning and replacement of more than 50 geotechnical instruments
- Drilling, installation, and retrofitting of instrumentation
- Wireless cellular monitoring-system integration
- Calibration of installed instrumentation
- Instrumentation maintenance-program development
- Data onboarding and handover to the Owner
- Field execution in coordination with the Owner, General Contractor, and Owner's Engineer
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