THE PRODUCTION OF THE COMPACTED EMBANKMENT FROM BELO MONTE HPP

The achievement of producing about 60 million m³ of compacted embankment in just 3.5 years, in the Amazon region, where challenges with weather, logistics due to distances, environmental problems, among others, to allow the construction of the 36 dams / dikes of the Belo Monte HPP has been overcome.
The purpose of this article is to present a summary of the technical characteristics of Belo Monte HPP, as well as to present the main challenges faced during the execution of the compacted embankment, along with the characteristics of the soil materials, the equipment used for compaction. In addition, to present the results obtained in the Technological Control, besides of the control procedures used to verify the quality of these embankment during its construction.