SERVICES
DAM ENGINEERING
Hagen Brink Consulting Engineers has extensive experience and expertise in dam engineering, ranging from water resource planning to the detailed design and rehabilitation of predominantly earthfill and clay-core rockfill dams and concrete weirs. The firm provides the following dam engineering consulting services:
- Evaluation of hydrological data
- Hydrological modelling for small dams
- Flood determination
- Development of optimum operating rules for small dams
- Geological foundation investigations for small dams
- Foundation grouting
- Alternative raw-water dam lining systems
- Investigation of construction materials
- Earthfill embankments
- Clay-core rockfill embankments
- Mass concrete and rubble masonry concrete gravity weirs
- Composite concrete and embankment dams
- Preparation of alternative dam and spillway designs (including side-channel and labyrinth spillways)
- Hydraulic modelling of spillways
- Economic evaluation of alternatives
THE TEAM COMPILED VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN COMMITTEE OF LARGE DAMS (SANCOLD) AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF LARGE DAMS (ICOLD) SINCE 2010
DAM SAFETY
The firm provides the following dam safety consulting services:
- Compliance with dam safety regulations.
- Safety evaluations.
- Recommendations.
- Assistance to meet dam safety standards.
- Operation- and maintenance manuals.
- Emergency preparedness plans.
- Dam break analysis.
- Review of instrumentation data.
- Maintenance assessment.
- Training of operating staff.
‘ WATER IS THE DRIVING FORCE OF ALL NATURE '
-Lenardo da Vinci
CAPACITY
DEVELOPMENT
Hagen Brink Consulting Engineers is committed to succession planning and sharing experience, and has therefore developed training material in the dam engineering and dam safety fields.
WATER RESOURCES PLANNING
As dam construction has been an important component of traditional water-supply planning, Hangen Brink Consulting Engineers has developed skills in the water resources planning field and can provide input to multi-disciplinary teams.
WATER-USE
& ENVIRONMENTAL
APPROVAL PROCESSES
Hangen Brink Consulting Engineers provides engineering input for statutory approvals, environmental authorisation and water-use license applications (WULA) required for dams. It includes supplementary documents, such as water balances and method statements, required for license applications.
Early interventions to address queries and potential approval delays are considered crucial to reduce the time period for approval. Thorough pre-application specialist studies are also of utmost importance.
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
Recognising a client’s need for project coordination to avoid delays and budget overruns, Hagen Brink Consulting Engineers can provide a full complement of project management services for dam projects to provide support from planning through to implementation.
Hydraulic Modelling
IRRIGATION
Hagen Brink Consulting Engineers has experience in the design of bulk irrigation water supply pipelines, including HDPE and PVC pipelines.
STORMWATER
MANAGEMENT
The company has experience in on-farm stormwater
management planning and design, including erosion protection.
