Construction information

Author and Main Designer: Aleksandar Bozovic, BSc (civil eng.)
Main Designers of individual stages: structure: Tricko Trickovic, BSc (civil eng.), geology: Ljubinko Ubavic, BSc (geology, machine part: Zoran Ivanovic, BSc (mech. eng.), electrical part: Fran Bratusa, BSc (electr.) 
Designed by: "Energoprojekt"
Employer: Joint Electric Power Management of Serbia 
Main Contractor: GP "Hidrotehnika - Hidroenergetika"
Main Sub-contractors: GOSA (hydromechanical equipment); "Geotehnika" (injection works)
Purpose of the Project: Production of Electricity 
Years of Construction: 1959-1966
  

Project information

 
THE GRAVITY concrete hollow dam 90 m high, 461 m long in the crest, forms the accumulation lake 50 km long with the capacity of 340x10 million m³. The mechanical building is located on the right bank of the Drina river and its dimension is 111x33 m 24 m high. The rated power is 348 MW, and the average annual production is 1 620x10 million kWh. The maximum overflow capacity is 10,600 m³/s through five weir overflows.

§ The accumulation lake has become a well known tourist attraction in this region.
- Earth excavation for the structures 1,480,000 m³ 
- Concrete for dam and other structures 99,000 m³ 
- Built-in hydrodynamic equipment about 2,150 tons
  

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