Dam Engineering

The design of dams of all types ( RCC Gravity, CFRD and BFRD rockfill, Eartfill, Arch, etc. ) has always been the firm's core activity.

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Bumbuna (Sierra Leone)

This is one of our pet projects that we have faithfully followed for the past forty years notwithstandings several challenges (including civil war). It comprises a rockfill dam, 88 m high, and a generating plant with a capacity of 50 MW.

Gibe III (Ethiopia)

The design of this record breaking 250 m high RCC dam has proved to be one of the biggest challenges faced by our engineers to date. The hydropower plant with its full capacity of 1870 MW recently came on-line.

Grand Ethiopian Renassaince Dam

This majestic project, born of the vision and imagination of Giorgio Pietrangeli, will become Africa's largest hydropower plant with its 6000 MW of installed power. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project, on the Blue Nile, includes the world's largest RCC dam.

Over 200 dams designed

Studio Pietrangeli’s first projects, in the 1960s, were the Legadadi and Busalletta dams (Ethiopia and Italy, respectively).

The innovative technical solutions adopted at that time to solve complex engineering problems started our tradition of continuous innovation and research of the highest professional quality.

Today, after more than five decades of activity, SP has successfully designed over 200 dams of all kind (RCC, rockfill, earthfill, etc) in 35 countries.
Several of our projects are “world records”.

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World Records

Gibe III
H = 250 m

The Gibe III dam on Omo river (Ethiopia) is the world’s highest Rolled Compacted Concrete (RCC) dam, with a final height of 250 m.

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
H = 175 m, L = 1780 m

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance, on the Blue Nile river (Ethiopia), will be the largest RCC dam in the world (1780 m long and 175 m high).

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Services

From the initial conceptual phase of a new dam project up to the final monitoring of the works in operation

Studio Pietrangeli offers all the consulting engineering services for the design, supervision of works and monitoring, including investigations, environmental studies, contract documents, etc.

SP has designed dams of all types including arch, gravity, arch-gravity, buttress, earthfill, rockfill with bituminous or concrete facing, RCC and concrete.

Highly qualified experts

Studio Pietrangeli’s staff includes international consultants in the required specialized domains, coordinated and directed by the chief engineers of the firm having more than 40 years of experience in the field.

Our senior engineers work side by side with passion and enthusiasm with junior engineers who are embarking on this fascinating profession.

Recent Projects

The firm's best business card is its innovative projects, brought to successfull completition through a strong partnership with its clients, together with the large and complex projects which have been accomplished.
Some of our most recent advanced designs include:

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Studio Ing. G. Pietrangeli S.r.l.
Via Cicerone, 28
00193 Rome - Italy

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Office: (+39) 06 3210880
Fax: (+39) 06 3227276

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