Crossfire, I believe the diagram you gave was of the construction of the dam itself.
The question at this point is the construction of the primary and secondary spillways?
I assume both those structures sit on bedrock.
The report you cited indicates the bedrock is of poor integrity. I believe that's the issue?
All across the crown of that very poor quality "bedrock", their SHOULD be a blasted out 2-3 stories deep excavation that was filled with reinforced concrete tied to the bedrock with grouted in anchors, ....in front of it, on the sloped surface of the "face" ( the lake side) should lie a reinforced deep mat of reinforced concrete. The area onto which these back alley "engineers and water managers" foresaw emergency runoff ? Crap, that should be a MASSIVE slope of Gabien baskets and rip rap, ....anchored and bolted to the bedrock, as well. Alla' this WAS out on the table years ago, and was patently ignored, apparently. GTC
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