The sh. 82 billion thwake dam project is a rock-fill dam consisting of an embankment with a concrete wall face of approximately 87 metres High and 1.5 kilometres long with a 235 metres long spillway. Upon completion, it is expected to have a reservoir capacity of approximately 688 million cubic metres with a potential to serve approximately 100,000 hectares of irrigated land, generate and inject 20 mw of electricity to the national grid.
This project used one of our greenest cement’s, duracem, which reduces carbon emission and still maintains project durability and versatility in aggressive environments.