Client:
Melbourne Water Corporation, Seymour Whyte
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Sixense provided geotechnical instrumentation services for the Upper Yarra Dam safety upgrade in Australia, designing and installing monitoring systems to assess embankment performance and support risk reduction measures. By deploying and upgrading instrumentation such as piezometers, inclinometers, and extensometers, the team enabled real-time monitoring to ensure the long-term stability and safety of the dam.
Dam safety upgrades
Melbourne Water Corporation requires the construction of safety upgrades to the Upper Yarra Dam to reduce the dam safety risk of the storage facility to acceptable levels in accordance with Australian National Committee on Large Dams (ANCOLD) guidelines.
The works reduce the key dam safety risk of embankment failure due to internal erosion and piping.
What We’ve Delivered
Sixense are designing, procuring and installing a range of instrumentation to support the dam safety upgrade works. This includes:
- Existing instrumentation which is located, protected and reinstated with upgraded datalogging systems
- New instrumentation to provide additional monitoring capabilities within the dam wall and it’s surrounds
Images of the project
Inclinometers
Extensometers
Piezometers
Weir monitors
Datalogging enclosures
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