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Hoover Dam: Construction Milestones in Concrete Delivery and Placement, Steel Fabrication, and Job Site Safety
Proceedings of the Hoover Dam 75th Anniversary History Symposium (2010, Las Vegas, NV)
  • J. David Rogers, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

The size of the Boulder Canyon Project necessitated a broad array of innovations in construction engineering and management which had enormous impacts on all of the large scale projects that followed it. Major milestones were achieved in mass concrete handling and placement across a large and sometimes treacherous job site; equally challenging problems with forming and pouring structural concrete elements for the project, such as the intake towers, penstocks, spillways, and outlet works; steel penstock fabrication and placement; and establishment of basic job site safety precautions that became increasingly common thereafter, including on-site medical care the provision of hard hats to all workers.

Meeting Name
Hoover Dam 75th Anniversary History Symposium (2010: Oct. 21-22, Las Vegas, NV)
Department(s)
Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
  • Concrete Delivery,
  • Construction Engineering,
  • Job Site Safety,
  • Large-Scale Projects,
  • Mass Concrete,
  • Steel Fabrication,
  • Steel Penstocks,
  • Structural Concretes,
  • Penstocks,
  • Trenching
Geographic Coverage
Clark County, Nevada
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-0784411414
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2010 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
10-1-2010
Publication Date
01 Oct 2010
Disciplines
Citation Information
J. David Rogers. "Hoover Dam: Construction Milestones in Concrete Delivery and Placement, Steel Fabrication, and Job Site Safety" Proceedings of the Hoover Dam 75th Anniversary History Symposium (2010, Las Vegas, NV) (2010) p. 163 - 188
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/j-rogers/32/