When the levee breaks....Lake Oroville dam in trouble.

[Ziggy]

This guy does updates every few days. He has great information in his videos. Here is the most recent one from yesterday...and discusses seeping in the main dam.


[video=youtube;881_j_FiWQo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=881_j_FiWQo[/video]

Juan has posted great reports.[emoji106]

 

[Willie B]

...kudos to Juan Browne again...

 

[LHC Kirby]

Great update.

 

[Pelon]

Blowing it up!

 

[riverroyal]

It's amazing what Americans do quick without red tape and studies. Reminds me of the north ridge quake work
There's a live webcam also, can't remember where I found it.

 

[OldSchoolBoats]

That's a cool video!

So they are ripping out the whole spillway and rebuilding it??

 

[Pelon]

That's a cool video!

So they are ripping out the whole spillway and rebuilding it??

Bottom half first, upper half next year.

 

[Pelon]

More Boom!

[video=youtube;ppubsIDzmwM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppubsIDzmwM[/video]

 

[GRADS]

God I wish I could get in there with a gold pan.

 

[4Waters]

God I wish I could get in there with a gold pan.

No shit, I'm with you on that.

 

[RogerThat99]

God I wish I could get in there with a gold pan.

No shit, I'm with you on that.

I have seen a couple pictures of a few Nuggets found. No flake here...just nuggets.

 

[rrrr]

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Sitting on that excavator running a hammer head for an eight hour shift has to be a tough job. It beats the shit outta the operator.

 

[G. Faulk]

I have a trip planned to Lake Orville for 5 days over the 4th of July Holiday. My brother in law that lives in Orville explained to me that there draining it fairly low for repairs to the spillway, anybody know any truth to this? Looks like its vertically 85-90' down already.

If so I might be changing my destination to Lake Shasta.

 

[530RL]

The final engineering report. Kind of long.....

http://issuu.com/asdso/docs/independent_forensic_team_report_fi?e=16355058/57087615

 

[SoCalDave]

The final engineering report. Kind of long.....

http://issuu.com/asdso/docs/independent_forensic_team_report_fi?e=16355058/57087615

584 pages...yikes!

 

[BajaT]

Some good photos
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...m-repairs-shown-stunning-timelapse-video.html

 

[500bbc]

I don't see myself reading through that document but...

I did see report yesterday that talked about the firm that built that thing had NEVER done a spill way before. Nothing like giving a contract that big and potentially effecting the lives of thousands of people to a group that never built one of those before...

If that was mine to build - I would at least hired somebody that had done it before.

"It was the good price!".

 

[paradise]

I don't see myself reading through that document but...

I did see report yesterday that talked about the firm that built that thing had NEVER done a spill way before. Nothing like giving a contract that big and potentially effecting the lives of thousands of people to a group that never built one of those before...

If that was mine to build - I would at least hired somebody that had done it before.

Every company has to have a first project. Who’s to say they didn’t have members of the team that had built hundreds of spillways?

 

[Flying_Lavey]

Ill give them the benefit of the doubt - I'm sure they said they had qualified members on the team.

I'm still not hiring a company that hasn't built one of these before. - Its too high risk.

I get that you have to start someplace, but I at least want a company that has built a bunch of these. Maybe they were smaller and they are building up to this project. I would have more comfort in that then never built one before.

Yeah, I mean its not like therent hundreds of spillway projects coming up every year for grabs thet they could practice on an "unimportant" one......

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[sirbob]

Every company has to have a first project. Who’s to say they didn’t have members of the team that had built hundreds of spillways?

Yeah, I mean its not like therent hundreds of spillway projects coming up every year for grabs thet they could practice on an "unimportant" one......

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You are right...

Hire who ever you want.

 

[highvoltagehands]

Ill give them the benefit of the doubt - I'm sure they said they had qualified members on the team.

I'm still not hiring a company that hasn't built one of these before. - Its too high risk.

I get that you have to start someplace, but I at least want a company that has built a bunch of these. Maybe they were smaller and they are building up to this project. I would have more comfort in that then never built one before.

Yep. Agreed. Couple years ago we replaced some of Power Poles below Oroville dam. So I drive up across earthen dam to overlook at flood gates. Cool view, couple of plaques that tell of the project, but what really stood out was a big memorial for 30+ guys that died during the 10 year construction project in 1960's. That's just crazy amount of deaths for earthen dam built in 60's. Golden Gate Bridge was built in 1920's and had Zero deaths. Normally the amount of injuries and deaths on a project are pretty good gauge of how well a project is planned and managed. So with all the accidents and now spillway failure, I'd say this project from engineering thru construction, from beginning to end & bottom to top, was a total cluster fuck and I'm Surprised it lasted this long.

 

[rrrr]

Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge spanned the years 1933-1937.

Eleven workers were killed during construction of the bridge. Almost thirty more were saved from death by the safety netting slung under the bridge deck.

 

[Vegaskeith]

Did they engineer aeration in the spillway to prevent erosion? I know that what the corps did to Glen Canyon when that bitch almost blew!

 

[rivrrts429]

I thought it was Kiewit who built the project. If it indeed was Kiewit they’re one of, if not the, largest dam and reservoir contractors.

I know Kiewit did the initial demo but not sure if they did the new construction portion. It’s a very tiny list of construction firms who can perform this size of project and Kiewit would be one of those. They are massive in size and the spillway would be within their scope.

https://www.kiewit.com/

 

[Bobby V]

I thought it was Kiewit who built the project. If it indeed was Kiewit they’re one of, if not the, largest dam and reservoir contractors.

I know Kiewit did the initial demo but not sure if they did the new construction portion. It’s a very tiny list of construction firms who can perform this size of project and Kiewit would be one of those. They are massive in size and the spillway would be within their scope.

https://www.kiewit.com/

The pics in post #1216 shows concrete finishers with Kiewit hard hats.

 

[rivrrts429]

The pics in post #1216 shows concrete finishers with Kiewit hard hats.

I see that now. I’d have no issues with them building this spillway. They’re more than qualified.

 

[highvoltagehands]

Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge spanned the years 1933-1937.

Eleven workers were killed during construction of the bridge. Almost thirty more were saved from death by the safety netting slung under the bridge deck.

You are absolutely correct on both. My bad. Thanks for letting me know. I had heard “Wrong” many times there were no deaths on GGB construction.

 

[HALLETT BOY]

It’s not that it was built poorly or designed wrong , it’s that the state ignored maintenance and repair for years . Somebody dropped the ball and should be held accountable

 

[highvoltagehands]

I thought it was Kiewit who built the project. If it indeed was Kiewit they’re one of, if not the, largest dam and reservoir contractors.

I know Kiewit did the initial demo but not sure if they did the new construction portion. It’s a very tiny list of construction firms who can perform this size of project and Kiewit would be one of those. They are massive in size and the spillway would be within their scope.

https://www.kiewit.com/

Kiewit is doing the reconstruction of spillway with Phase 1 complete in 2017, and Phase 2 later this year, which will complete the project. Kiewit also just completed a 10 year project at Folsom Dam to add completely new emergency spillway with gates. Kiewit has also held title of worlds largest construction company along with Fluor and Bechtel.

 

[rivrrts429]

Kiewit is doing the reconstruction of spillway with Phase 1 complete in 2017, and Phase 2 later this year, which will complete the project. Kiewit also just completed a 10 year project at Folsom Dam to add completely new emergency spillway with gates. Kiewit has also held title of worlds largest construction company along with Fluor and Bechtel.

I know them well lol

 

[highvoltagehands]

I know them well lol

Right on. Are you in trades?

 

[rivrrts429]

Right on. Are you in trades?

I’m a vendor. I supply construction rental equipment. Light towers, forklifts, dirt engaging, etc...

I’m just a blip on their radar but get to experience a lot of what goes on inside the operation and the organizational flow.

 

[highvoltagehands]

I’m a vendor. I supply construction rental equipment. Light towers, forklifts, dirt engaging, etc...

I’m just a blip on their radar but get to experience a lot of what goes on inside the operation and the organizational flow.

You've got the goods. Good equipment venders are few and far between, worth their weight in gold.

 

[regor]

 

[lake p.a.l.]

Say what????

 

[Instigator]

Lake Oroville Water Level. WATER LEVEL. 889.28. Feet MSL. Wednesday, May 15, 2019 7:00:00 AM Level is 161.18 feet above full pool of 728.10. Change ...

 

[GRADS]

Nope. Just saw a story on the news last night.

 

[Willie B]

...I seriously doubt that it is going to fail...

 

[Ziggy]

Is there supposed to be a political pun in that statement?

 

[BajaMike]

Years of drought and they (the governor and other democrats) couldn’t fix the spillway. Way to go your assholes in Sacramento......

 

[Sleek-Jet]

Looks fixed to me... I don't get the point of the meme...

 

[c_land]

This just happened yesterday.

https://www.ksat.com/news/video-shows-exact-moment-of-partial-dam-failure-at-lake-dunlap

 

[4Waters]

So lots of snow early in the season, could the new spillway get a workout this season.

 

[SPFRONTMAN]

Juan has posted great reports.[emoji106]

Yes he does, watched his reporting on the dam from the beginning of the failure to complete rebuild.

 

[BajaMike]

Crazy. I couldn't see anything in the video a scary thought to think the cement spillway may be breaking apart.

The spillway was breaking apart 3 or 4 years ago, then had low water, and didn’t fix it because Moonbeam Brown wouldn’t spend the money, he and the current gov would rather spend money on illegal aliens health care.

Like all our dad’s said after WWII, the most dreaded words were “I’m from the government and I’m here to help”.

 

[Flying_Lavey]

The spillway was breaking apart 3 or 4 years ago, then had low water, and didn’t fix it because Moonbeam Brown wouldn’t spend the money, he and the current gov would rather spend money on illegal aliens health care.

Like all our dad’s said after WWII, the most dreaded words were “I’m from the government and I’m here to help”.

Well yeah. Duh! That's how the left works. Ignore things until they are at a catastrophic level then ask Daddy (the federal gov't) for help. The left (and I say left cause California has only really known lefist rule) is like a 19 year old with a car. It's there, and it may looks like a beautiful car, but don't look underneath or fire it up.

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