Turnkey project consisting of rockfill dam, RCC intake tower, shaft, spillway, diversion tunnel, extensive foundation treatment, supply & erection of electro-mechanical equipment, project and approach roads, in Wadi-Al-Hira, Near Gharyan, Libya (North Africa).


  • Crest length : 325 M
  • Dam height : 85 M
  • Excavation : 1,838,000 cu m
  • Fills : 1,650.000 cu m
  • Drilling : 1*6,000 M
  • Concrete : 120,000 cu m
  • Reinforcement Steel : 2,300 MT
  • Grouting (Cement, Clay, Bentonite and Sillica Gel) : 25,000 MT
  • Intake Tower : 74 M high with intake gates at four levels
  • Tunnel : 9.5 M finished dia, 410 M long
  • Galleries : 870 M long (1.8 to 3.5 M dia)
  • Road : 14 KM long
  • Purpose : Jrrigation
  • Client : Secretariat of Agricultural Development and Land Reforms, Water and Soil Department, Socialist Peoples Libyan Arab Jamahiriya