Construction Work for Public Schools

– Pedro Domínguez Garabito Lyceum, Cambita Garabito, San Cristóbal Province • Construction
– María Nicolasa Billini School, Los Llanos, San Pedro de Macorís Province • Remodeling and Expansion
– Esperanza Milena School, La Canela, Santiago Province • Remodeling and Expansion
– Anacaona Almonte School, Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago Province • Remodeling and Expansion
– Manuel A. Machado Secondary Lyceum, Dabajón, Dajabón Province • Remodeling and Expansion
– Ansonia Lyceum (Ramon Arturo Melo), La Plena, Azua Province • Construction
– San José Secondary Lyceum, Vicente Noble, Barahona Province • Remodeling and Expansion

Easter Rice Basin’s Irrigation System

Improvement of the Cuenca Arrocera del Este (CAE) rice basin and expansion of its 4.138 hectare, distributed among the following irrigation systems: Nisibón lagoon and the Nisibón, Maimón and El Cedro savannas. The works covered 41 km of the main and lateral canals, including access roads and artworks.

Services provided by the firm:
• Design revisions

• Soil surveys both in labs and fields

• Pricing and budget revisions and update

• Supervision of the del contract between INDRHI and the contractor

• Revision and analysis of the contractor’s work plan

• Permanent inspection of the work applying the highest engineering standards and technical specifications
• Study the unitary pricing analysis of new budget lines presented by the contractor

• Planning of design and supervision work

• Auditing and quality certification of the equipment and materials used in the project

• Consulting to provide solutions for specific issues arising during the construction phase

• Certification of work completion and reception

Cibao Central Aqueduct

The project included a gravity-fed intake of 4 m3/s located on the Bao reservoir, a pumping intake of 2 m3/s in the López reservoir, an aeration tower, 7 km of reinforced, prestressed pipeline of 1.700 mm, a pressure tunnel covered with reinforced concrete 1.650 m long and a 2 m interior diameter, 3 km of ductile iron pipelines of 1.800 mm, a flow partition tower and 320 m of ductile iron pipelines of 1.200 mm.

Services provided by the firm:
• Design revisions

• Soil surveys both in labs and fields

• Pricing and budget revisions and update
• Supervision of the del contract between INDRHI and the contractor

• Revision and analysis of the contractor’s work plan

• Permanent inspection of the work applying the highest engineering standards and technical specifications
• Study the unitary pricing analysis of new budget lines presented by the contractor

• Planning of design and supervision work

• Auditing and quality certification of the equipment and materials used in the project

• Provide solutions for specific issues arising during the construction phase 

• Certification of work completion and reception

Santo Domingo Metro

Technical assistance to performing the managerial work and establishing contract administration controls for the construction of the Santo Domingo Metro’s Line 1 which is part of the Mass Rapid Transit System’s Pilot Project.

Services provided by the firm:

• Auditing the procedures used in executing the construction contracts in all its modalities

• Verification of process for calculations and payment documents, among others

• Compliance verification of the terms established in the contracts

• Procedure implementation for technical and financial controls established for the proper proper construction contract execution
• Review all the different contract types

• Definition of the procedure to perform the project’s calculations 

• Prepare necessary paperwork for calculation payments, including the procedure manual 

• Definition of procedures to enforce controls of contracts for services, material supply and supervision & design consultancy

Sabaneta Dam Renovation and Modification

Sabaneta is an earth dam with an impermeable nucleus. Curtain height is 70 m, reservoir volume 78 hm3 with an area of 464 km2, a 750 m crowning length, emergency dumping tipo azud fijo of 4.200 m3/s, a syphon style service dump of 920 m3/s, a 6.30 MW generation, 11 m3/s of maximum flow output for irrigation and an additional 11 m3/s for generation.

The supervision and engineering works included: repairing the service dump’s flooring on the tunnel, repairing the dissipater, installing new instrumentation equipment, reinforcing the drainage gallery, building asphalted access roads on both margins, installing flooding sensors and repairing the protection system en gaviones de los taludes de la obra de toma.

Services provided by the firm:
• Design revisions

• Soil surveys both in labs and fields

• Pricing and budget revisions and update
• Supervision of the del contract between INDRHI and the contractor

• Revision and analysis of the contractor’s work plan

• Permanent inspection of the work applying the highest engineering standards and technical specifications
• Study the unitary pricing analysis of new budget lines presented by the contractor

• Planning of design and supervision work

• Auditing and quality certification of the equipment and materials used in the project

• Provide solutions for specific issues arising during the construction phase

• Certification of work completion and reception

Barrera de Salinidad Aqueduct

A diversion dam was built for this drinking water project, as well as an intake on the Ozama River to divert 6 m3/s, pumping stations for clear and raw waters, a raw water pipeline of pre-stressed reinforced concrete of 1.700 mm, a quick filtration water purification plant of 4 m3/s, sub-stations and power transmission lines.

Services provided by the firm:
• Construction supervision of the following projects: pumping station, intake work, treatment plant, pipelines for drinking water supply

• Supervision of works, revision of construction contract documents, construction drawings designs, administration, consultancy during construction.

Camú River Basin (Guaigüí Dam) Multiple Harnessing

Hydraulic, hydrologic, structural, geotechnical, environmental, topographic and electrical studies and designs, preparing documents and technical specifications of a rockfill dam with a 76 m high concrete screen and a 200 m crowning.

Also, excavation for intake works, supply and energy generation, machinery room at the foot of the dam (50 m upstream from the dump tunnel exit) and a 2.0 MW hydroelectric generation unit.

Services provided by the firm:
• Design of a rockfill dam with a 76 m high concrete screen and a 200 m crowning

• Design of deviated tunnel with a 200 m3/s capacity

• Design of dump thru a tunnel with unloading capacity of 730 m3/s

• Design of 2.0 MW hydroelectric central

• Design of access roads

• Technical specifications

Pinalito Hydroelectric Project

The 50.0 MW hydroelectric project features a seasonal regulation and a 9.76 m³/s design flow and a gross level discrepancy of 544 m. Its median annual energy production is estimated in 157 GWh. Some configuration highlights include an RCC dam 57 m high and 205 m in the crown, a reservoir, an open-air hydroelectric central with two generation units of 25 MW each, a sub-station, also open-air, and intermediate catching points in the Sonador River, Arroyón, Caña Amarga and Arroyo Blanco.

Services provided by the firm:
• Project management and control 

• Review and approval of drawings and detail engineering 

• Supervision of geological works pertaining to excavations of tunnels and slopes
• Supervision of civil works

• Supervision of electromechanical works

• Supervision of quality control
• Supervision of the Environmental Management Program (PMA) implementation

• Supervision of the start up phase

Power Distribution Network Rehabilitation

Contracts financed by the InterAmerican Development Bank (BID):

• Edeeste: 6 circuits, 90 km long, distributed in the National District, 3 provinces and 3 municipalities

• Edenorte: 6 circuits, 300 km long, distributed in 2 provinces and 5 municipalities

• Edesur: 12 circuits, 164 km long, distributed in the National District, 3 provinces and 3 municipalities

Contracts financed by the OPEP Fund for International Development (OFID):

• Edeeste: 3 circuits, 161 km long, distributed in 1 province and 1 municipality

• Edenorte: 4 circuits, 312 km long, distributed in 2 provinces and 3 municipalities

• Edesur: 16 circuits, 108 km long, distributed in 7 provinces and 8 municipalities

Services provided by the firm:
• Review of payment requests

• Follow-up and review the work plan, from reviewing and validating the results
 of material and equipment tests thru final project closing

• Auditing the work execution to adjust technical specifications and project drawings

Cienfuegos Aqueduct

This treatment plant has a capacity of 23 million gallons per day and serves a population of 300 thousand people. The storage tank capacity is 2 million gallons. The plant is comprised of two modules of 500 l/s each and is able the perform processes such as quick mixing, hydraulic flocculation, laminate silting, downward rate filtering with mixed-bed units (sand and anthracite), direct filtering flocculation, a false bottom self-cleaning system as well as air and water cleaning.

It also as an automated console system and a PLC for valve operation, floodgates and dosing pumps. In addition, it features chlorine sensors which activate an alarm system when chlorine leaks are detected, as well as scrubbers that extract chlorine from the environment to be neutralized in the tanks containing caustic soda.

Services provided by the firm:
• Topographic studies

• Hydrologic studies and designs
• Sanitary studies and designs
• Electrical studies and designs
• Mechanical studies and designs
• Structural studies and designs

• Preparation of drawings and specifications

• Budgets and quantity calculations

• Construction planning and programming

Hatillo Hydroelectric Central Expansion

This project includes construction of the second hydroelectric central using the existing hydraulic circuit where the 9.86 MW Kaplan turbine was installed. To improve operation of both turbines, the reservoir’s NAMO was increased to 1.85 m (88.35 msnm high), thus creating a flow regularization volume for generation purposes.

At the height of 86.50 msnm, the landfill has a free discharge flat peak measuring 12 m wide x 60 m de long. Downstream of the dumpsite, a structure with rectangular orifices was installed measuring 8 x 4 m, its sills located at soleras 84.00 msnm high. These orifices control the discharge when the reservoir reaches a height of 90 msnm.

Services provided by the firm:
• Technical support to EGEHID supervision

• Measurements and cost control

• Consulting of structural and construction of civil and electromechanical works

• Studies of alternatives

• Design of new 10 MG hydroelectric central

• Design of landfill modification with folding floodgates

• Design of new electrical sub-station

• Design of access roads

Maguana River Dam

The typology chosen for this dam, located over the Maguana River (a tributary of the San Juan River), has been roller-compacted concrete (RCC). This is capable of storing a volume over 5 hm³ with a basing of 1.250.000 m². With a fixed lip slipway and a 20 m length, it is incorporated to the reservoir, with a smooth surface design that pours the water over a stilling pool wide x 20 m long. The deviation of the Maguana River was conceived in two phases. In the first phase, rock septa were installed at the deviation’s entry and exit points, specifically at elevations 614.00 msnm and 608.00 msnm. Once the canal was completed, the septa were removed to build the cofferdam downriver at an elevation of 610.00 msnm. After closing the river course, the second phase works will allow for the construction of the dam and spillway, as well as the water outlet structures for the hydroelectric central and the draining system.

The water outlets for the hydroelectric central are located at 621.00 msnm high and the forced conduit follows some 2.5 km parallel to the access up until the hydroelectric central. The drain outlet at the base is located at an elevation of 505.00 msnm, with a fixed grille and stoplog flood gates. Down river, at the control building, two flat flood gates, 2 x 2 m, will be built in a bureau style.

Services provided by the firm:
• Hydrologic studies

• Topographic studies

• Hydraulic studies

• Design and drawings for all civil, electric and mechanic works

• Design for access roads

• Technical specs and budget

• Documents for bidding process

J. J. Puello Pressurized Irrigation System

One of the key components of this pressurized irrigation system for San Juan de la Maguana is the storage lagoon at “La Trifurcación” on the J. J. Puello canal (downriver from the Domingo Rodríguez Suzaña hydroelectric central). Also, the pipelines that stick out of the Pedro Sánchez and Las Charcas lateral canals towards the B1 and B2 lagoons, which supply water to the lower irrigation areas (5.500 acres). Completing this project is a distribution network, a reparcelling network for the land that receives the pressurized irrigation, and shorter new access roads.

Services provided by the firm:
• Hydrologic studies

• Topographic studies

• Design for access roads

• Technical specs and budget

• Documents for bidding process

Aqueducts damaged by Hurricane Georges

Renovation and improvement work for various aqueducts damaged by Hurricane Georges on Lot III from loan 1152/OC-DR: Azua-Vía River aqueduct, Villarpando-Las Batidas aqueduct and its regulating deposit (450 m3), and Las Lomas aqueduct, all on the Azua Province. Works included construction of the treatment plant and regulating deposit and the water intake and pumping station housing with its equipment in Villarpando, as well as the riverbed filter and water transport lines on the hills. Also, expansion of the treatment plant and renovation of the intake work, including dike, sand removal facilities and suction lines.

In addition, construction work for the Enriquillo-Los Patos aqueduct (Barahona Province), including renovation of the regulating deposit for La Loma aqueduct and renovation of the drinking water treatment plant.

Palma Sola Dam

Due to the conditions of the original dam which did not guarantee work safety, Palma Sola was completely removed to build a brand new dam which is 14 m high, with a granular filter in its base, a rockfill protection in the upstream slope and grass protection in the downstream slope. Together with the new dam, a water intake was built on the right side of the river. This vertical tower was combined with a deviation work. Both water exits are controlled by guillotine style floodgates. Conduction through the dam is created by a 2 x 2 reinforced inch diameter pipe. The emergency spillway is made up of a thin ridge wall measuring 30 m long in order to discharge a maximum avenue of 100 m3/s. The return period is calculated at 100 years. A rectangular reinforced concrete canal with vertical drops was built to reduce the water erosion speed before reaching the creek’s natural stream.

Servicios provided by the firm:

• Design of the dam

• Design of the intake and unloader.
• Design of the landfill with a 100 m3/s flow

• Design of a 3.00 m3/s intake at the Yacaguate River

• Design of the spillway