Tired Creek Dam

Scope of Work:

The project was the construction of a Category One Earthen Dam under the classification State of Georgia Safe Dams Program for Grady County. The work involved the construction of an earthen embankment that impounded a 960 acre lake.

Details:

• Clearing and grubbing of the 80 acre dam site only
• Total excavation of the project of 60,000 cubic yards
• Total embankment of the project of 450,000 yards
• Furnished and installed internal drain system consisting of solid and perforated pipe, filter fabric, sand, and other aggregates
• The principle and emergency spillway functions are provided by a 200 ft wide concrete spillway and 14 foot high labyrinth weir wall complete with a 200 linear feet Contech bridge
• Project included extensive riprap armoring of the dam face
• 60,000 square feet slurry trench cutoff wall