Dams and hydraulic Engineering (Dams and dykes)
- Client: Municipality of Cenne-Monestiés
- Assignment: Assistance to the project management
- Completion date: 2012 – 2017
- Total cost of the assignment: 60 k €
PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND CHARACTERISTICS
The Cenne-Monestiés dam is a masonry weight dam created in 1883 to meet the water needs of the textile industry. Today the dam is used to supply drinking water to the village. The dam is the property of the commune of Cenne-Monestiés. The site is located in the department of Aude south of the Montagne Noire, about twenty kilometers north-west of Carcassonne, downstream of the Lampy dam and on the river of the same name.
The Cenne-Monestiés dam presents a slight curvature in plan (radius of curvature of 250 m). Its ridge length is 95 m. The height above the natural ground is 22 m for a normal holding volume of 95’500 m3.
ASSIGNMENT
- Monitoring and biannual reports
- Monitoring and analysis of auscultation data
- Drafting of biennial auscultation reports
- Advanced Technical Visits
- Underwater exam supervision
- Security review
- Hazards study
- Hydrological and drainage studies
- Stability study with three-dimensional modeling of the dam
