The new component will produce an additional 120 megawatts of power — enough electricity to supply about 38,000 homes for a year. In 2003, the Columbia Power Corporation began the Brilliant Expansion, an improvement to utilize the excess water beyond the capacity of the original plant. The Brilliant Hydro Expansion Project on the Kootenay River near Castlegar, B.C., will receive up to $47 million in funding from the Government of Canada's ecoENERGY for Renewable Power Program. The project constructed a single-turbine powerhouse below Brilliant Dam. The dam has eight sluice gates and four operating units. The Columbia River Treaty is a 1961 agreement between Canada and the United States on the development and operation of dams in the upper Columbia River basin for power and flood control benefits in both countries. Client Columbia Power. The program assessed fish stranding at pre-determined sites (Appendix A) between HLK and the Canada/USA border. hop on a bus for a guided tour of the Brilliant Dam and Expansion Project and the Arrow Lakes Generating Station. Engineering, environmental and social impact studies are currently taking place. Brilliant Dam Expansion. Of those 400 people over 85 per cent were local residents (from within 100km of the project). NEWS. At the peak of construction, over 400 people were working directly on the project. The Columbia Power Corporation purchased the dam from Teck Cominco in 1996. Project Summary. Several BTU projects haven’t come close to achieving that target including the Waneta Dam, Brilliant Dam Expansion and Kitimat Modernization Project. The workforce included heavy-construction labourers, heavy-equipment operators, carpenters, ironworkers, cement masons, pipefitters, millwrights and boilermakers. Columbia Power has signed an agreement with the Brilliant Expansion Consortium ­ comprised of Skanska-Chant JV, SNC-Lavalin Inc, and Skanska International Civil Engineering AB ­ to increase the dam's power output. Coordinated concrete work and pours for the power house structure. Brilliant Dam and Brilliant Expansion, which are owned by Columbia Power Corporation and Columbia Basin Trust; Learn about the hazards around dams and how to stay safe. The trust and Columbia Power bought Brilliant dam from Cominco in 1996 and began upgrading it in 2000. SAFETY. Brilliant Dam Expansion Industrial. The Brilliant Expansion project saw the construction of a second powerhouse at the Brilliant Dam, adding approximately 120 MW of hydroelectric capacity to the Lower Kootenay River system. The expansion will see the construction of a second powerplant at the dam on the Kootenay River. 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Significant water is spilled every year at the Brilliant dam and the hydroelectric power plant expansion would capture that water for electricity production. Castlegar is DAM interesting. The Brilliant Expansion Consortium, composed of Chant Construction, Skanska International Civil Works and SNC-Lavalin, constructed this design-build project. WAC Bennett Dam – Canada; Seven Mile Dam – Canada; Gardiner Dam – Canada; Greater Vancouver Regional District, Cleveland Dam – Canada; Seymour Falls Dam, Seismic Upgrade – Canada; Lajeado Dam – Brazil; Brilliant Dam Expansion Project – Canada; Capanda Dam – Angola; South Fork Tolt River Dam – USA; South Fork Tolt River Dam – USA OGCA Safety Achievement Award. Within a 55-kilometre drive, there are 11 dams on the Columbia, Kootenay and Pend d’Oreille rivers. St. Francis of Assisi Elementary School Master Planning + Studies. Hydrotite CJ-2020 was specified due to its joint sealing capability between new and existing structures on large hydroelectric projects. WAC Bennett Dam – Canada; Seven Mile Dam – Canada; Gardiner Dam – Canada; Greater Vancouver Regional District, Cleveland Dam – Canada; Seymour Falls Dam, Seismic Upgrade – Canada; Lajeado Dam – Brazil; Brilliant Dam Expansion Project – Canada; Capanda Dam – Angola; South Fork Tolt River Dam – USA; South Fork Tolt River Dam – USA In 2003, the Columbia Power Corporation began the Brilliant expansion. Brilliant Expansion Generating Station Constructed: 2003 to 2007 Brilliant Expansion is the smallest of the Trust and Columbia Power’s four hydropower facilities, located on the Kootenay River near Castlegar. Overview The Brilliant Dam and Generating Station were purchased for $130 million in 1996 from Cominco (now Teck). Brilliant Dam is downstream of Kootenay Lake's 49 MW Corra Linn Dam, 583 MW Kootenay Canal and 600 MW Libby Dam. OGCA Safety Achievement Award. The Azo-Grout formulation was used extensively to seal leaking cracks Assisted in design and construction coordination of temporary structures. Brilliant Dam Located: 8km east of Castlegar Built: 1944, expansion added in 2007 Owner: Columbia Power Generating capacity: 260 MW Size: 42.6m high Description: Constructed during WWII by mostly Doukhobor labourers, which allowed them to avoid conscription. Brilliant Expansion Tailrace Cleanup. Click Here. Monday-Friday. Brilliant Expansion. BRD Combined discharge from Brilliant Dam, including spill and the Brilliant Dam expansion project CART Classification and Regression Tree Caro Labs Caro Environmental Laboratories (Kelowna, B.C.) On both their Waneta Dam and Brilliant Dam Expansion projects, just 15 and 10% of the project workforce was comprised of apprentices. In 2000 work began to increase flow and upgrade the generating units. The Government of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) is expanding the existing facilities at the Cruise Ship Pier at Wickham’s Cay I in Road Town in order to accommodate the berthing of larger mega-cruise ships that have entered the Caribbean market, and are capable of accommodating 4,000 passengers. The apprentice ratio was just 16% on the Kitimat Modernization Project, another project delivered exclusively by the BTUs. Click Here. Basin: Arrow Lakes Generating Station, Brilliant Dam, Brilliant Expansion and Waneta Expansion which is also co-owned by Fortis Inc. Columbia Wetlands.