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Eastmain I Hydroelectric Facilities

Clients
Various general contractors

Mandate
Since 2002, construction surveys and high-precision technical survey work for the whole of the Eastmain I hydroelectric power station site.

 

Temporary Camps -
Cree Construction and Development Company (CCDC)

  • Surveys required for deforestation work prior to building of the temporary camp;
  • Surveys and volumetric analysis for the extraction and excavation work required prior to building of the temporary camp;
  • Calculation and layout of the buildings making up the temporary camp, including accommodation blocks, restaurant, skating rink and other leisure facilities;
  • Layout of a water and sewer system for a second camp.
 

Contractor's Service Area - CCDC

  • Contribution to designing the CCDC's contractor service area;
  • Design and layout of the water and sewer system;
  • Layout of various structures.
 

Roads, Culverts and Chutes - CCDC Norascon-Hébert, s.e.n.c. Fernand Gilbert ltée

  • Surveys and layout of the main road, including culverts and chutes, required to build the hydroelectric power station;
  • Surveys and layout of several secondary roads and access roads required to build embankments, underground penstocks, emergency spillways, temporary galleries and the hydroelectric power station;
  • Calculation of quantities and layout of fill materials;
  • Supervision of work.
 

Hydroelectric Power Station - Norascon-Hébert, s.e.n.c.

  • Calculation and layout for placement of explosive charges required for excavation, and marking for drilling and dynamiting required for construction of the temporary galleries, the hydroelectric power station, the water inlet and the underground penstocks;
  • Layout of the formwork required for concreting of the underground penstocks (EFCO and BURKE types);
  • As-built technical surveys of the hydroelectric power station, water inlets and concrete underground penstocks.
 

Emergency Spillway - Hamel Construction

  • Calculations for layout of the anchorage and formwork;
  • Volume calculations prior to pouring of the concrete;
  • Layout of the anchorage and formwork for concreting of the emergency spillway (PERI type);
  • Updating of preliminary plans.
 

Embankments - Fernand Gilbert ltée CCDC

  • Volume calculations for the materials to be excavated and used for filling and compacting the embankments;
  • Calculations and layouts required for dynamiting, drilling and excavation of materials used to construct the embankments;
  • Layout of various materials for embankment construction;
  • Surveying work required for scarification of banks and the layout of depressions and islets for the embanking around the reservoir bay.
 

Quarry Operation - CCDC

  • Large-scale material volume calculations for quarry operation
 

Spillway Layout and Shoreline Stabilization (PK 207) -
Équipement JVC inc.

  • Excavated material volume calculation for the spillway crest, fish ladder and temporary diversion work, materials required for road infrastructures giving access to work sites, and materials excavated from the quarry for embankment construction.

Rapide-des-Cours Hydroelectric Facility

Client
Construction et Pavage Maskimo inc.

Mandate
Surveying work required for the construction of a road and access to the future Rapide-des-Cours hydroelectric facility located near La Tuque

Péribonka Hydroelectric Facility

Client
Inter-Cité Construction Ltée

Mandate
Modelling of the underground penstock to be excavated. Training on layout techniques for dynamiting, excavation and construction of underground penstocks and on the Leica Geosystems Roadrunner application used to model and layout various structures.

Blanc-Sablon Wharf

Client
EBC INC .

Mandate
Construction surveying work

 

Road and Bridge

  • Rock wall elevation calculations required to calculate the amount of concrete needed to build the bridge pilings;
  • Calculation and layout for excavation and construction of a road;
  • Layout of the water supply network adjacent to the road.
  Wharf
  • Layout of the concrete bases and breakwater.

Other significant achievements by the Chambly office:

  • Grande Bergeronne electricity generating station
Arpentage foncier
Arpentage de construction
Certificat de location