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Doka Makes a Lasting Impact on Swiss Energy Future
Doka is demonstrating its expertise in dam construction as the principal supplier to the Spitallamm dam project at Lake Grimsel in the Swiss Alps. The project necessitates oversight of exceptional construction work and the creation of customized components under challenging conditions. The new double curvature dam will require pouring more than 220,000 m3 of concrete, supported by Doka formwork. On completion in 2025, Doka’s customized solutions will have contributed to renewable energy sources supplying more than 1 million people with sustainable energy. “Hydropower plants enable largely CO2-free energy generation. With the construction of the new Spitallamm dam, we are working on a project that will secure green electricity in Switzerland in the long term,” said Robert Hauser, CEO of Doka. “Our comprehensive know-how in power plant construction, our formwork, and digital solutions, as well as our experience in high alpine terrain, make us the ideal partner.” Doka is exceptionally proud to be part of this important energy project. With a capacity of around 94 million m3, Lake Grimsel is the best known, largest, and most important reservoir of Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG (KWO). The Grimsel consortium is using Doka’s formwork solutions and digital information system Concremote for real-time monitoring of the temperatures inside the enormous concrete blocks. In the case of mass concrete components, the heat released from the cement reaction leads to a temperature rise which can result in critical thermal stresses, temperature cracks and ultimately reduced durability of the concrete. Monitoring the temperatures and implementing block cooling and curing measures on-site mitigates the potential damage, and ensures the long service life of the dam. To further increase safety, The 1,900-m high jobsite presents a demanding work environment, primarily because of difficult weather conditions and logistical challenges. “Doka was responsible for all planning and optimization of the project. With the support of our headquarters in Austria, we invested 1,500 hours of preconstruction planning, created a full 3D engineering model, organized the preassembly, and deployed our experienced supervisors to ensure smooth operations at the site,” explained Klaus Mirna, project manager Engineering Zurich at Doka. “A highlight is undoubtedly the sturdy dam formwork, including safety platforms and the preassembled gallery formwork, which formed the complex network of control walkways inside the dam. Our ability to support the entire project from formwork and planning to digital services is a real benefit for the customer as everything is supplied from a single source.” The new Spitallamm dam is being constructed in front of the existing dam, which will be retained and flooded later. The new dam has the same crest height of 113 m as the existing wall, and offers the possibility of being raised in a later phase to enlarge Lake Grimsel.
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This is Doka’s 5th Swiss dam project after Nant de Drance, Muttsee, Vieux Emosson, and the Linth-Limmern pumped storage plant.
Doka’s concrete pressure measuring systems also deliver real-time data about the fresh concrete pressure. This enables improved management of the formwork and structure and confirms and documents, that the formwork is not overloaded. The concreting work at Spitallamm began in May 2021.
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