Brief Description

Karoun 3 is one of the biggest dams in Iran which has been executed on the Karoun River in the south-west of the country. Currently the dam produces more than 4172 million kilowatt-hours per year and control the flood aspects in the region.

BolandPayeh service in this project is to construct the valve shafts and relevant transitions, serj shafts and water shafts (S-shafts).

Technical Specification

There are 4 shafts with a height of 90 meters and a length of 160 meters, which was called S shaft, with an oval cross section and eight shafts with a circular cross section with a length of 46 meters.

All of the mentioned structure has been executed using sliding form system. The implementation of a very smooth and exposed concrete surface without any porosity is one of the major and most prominent features of the project.