122 - St Marys Spillwater

St. Mary's Dam Spillway Replacement Project

Construction of a new dam spillway and SH505 bridge:

  • Bulk excavation
  • Road detours
  • 270,000 m³ of rock blasting
  • Rock anchors
  • Shotcrete
  • Consolidation and curtain grouting
  • Spillway chute under slab drainage system
  • 42,000 m³ of cast-in-place concrete-spillway approach walls
  • Headworks (pier and end monoliths) chute
  • Flip bucket and apron
  • Piers and abutments for the new SH505 bridge
  • Four radial gates
  • Hoists and stop logs
  • Precast pre-stressed concrete girders for the bridge and headworks access deck
  • Deck enclosure structure
  • Access building and control building
  • Mechanical and electrical for buildings and drainage gallery
  • Geotechnical and structural instrumentation.

NAC self-performed all major project trade work, earthworks, concrete, mechanical, and bridge construction.

Project Owner:

  • Alberta Public Works Supply and Service

Project Consultant:

  • AGRA Earth & Environmental

Year of Completion:

1999