The Three Gorges Dam was built on the Yangtze River and is known as the most powerful dam by hydroelectric capacity to date.

Concrete dam engineering involves a multidisciplinary approach to ensure structural integrity, durability and safety. Recent advancements have focused on understanding the complex interplay between ...

China begins construction of a mega dam on the Yarlung Zangbo River: a colossal project that is raising fears downstream in ...

As the authors explain, the benefits of using BIM for hydropower and dams were observed from project conception to the ...

The Salmon Creek Dam is receiving some much-deserved recognition as the first constant angle concrete arch dam in the country. It is now being dedicated as a National Historic Civil Engineering ...

Click here if you are unable to view this gallery on a mobile device. OROVILLE — The American Society of Civil Engineers has recognized the Oroville Dam rebuild as one of 10 outstanding civil ...

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Federal engineers are raising alarms that a “significant flood event” could compromise the spillway of Southern California’s aging Prado Dam and potentially inundate dozens of Orange County ...

Oklahoma City’s Overholser Dam suffers from floodgates that won't open, concrete buttresses that are cracked and support beams that are crumbling. If the dam failed during a record rainstorm, the ...