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Short courses will be given on the side-lines of the ICOLD Congress in Chengdu, providing technologies of BIM design, rock-filled concrete dam and Hydropower station dispatching based on rich practical experiences. Moreover, the hydrological research of mountain rivers will be shared. Most of themes are combined with site visits or laboratory visit to enhance the trainees’ understanding of each course.


COURSE FORMAT AND ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS

The date: Friday 16th May 2025.

• The place: Chengdu Century City New International Convention and Exhibition Center.

• The number of trainees per course is limited to 40 persons to promote interaction.

• Language: English

• Course materials are provided in hard copy.

Training certificates are given to trainees at the end of the session.


Course No.1: BIM Design of reservoir dams

Organizer: Power Construction Corporation of China

Duration: Full day

pumped storage hydropower stations: systematic explanation from the planning, feasibility study, to construction drawing design stages. The training content specifically includes: 

1. HydroBIM System: This includes the technical system, standard system, and system platform; 

2. Introduction to the HydroBIM Design Platform: Based on the HydroBIM GIS+BIM collaborative design platform, taking pumped storage hydropower stations as an example, this section will cover the site planning and design of pumped storage hydropower stations, layout scheme design of project, design of the water conveyance system, and underground powerhouse design, as well as the generation of construction drawings from modeling, design reports, and CAE analysis.

Price: USD 100 VAT INC, and including fees of the lunch and course materials.


Course No.2: Hydropower stations and reservoirs dispatching and control

Organizer: 

  • Three Gorges Cascade Dispatch and Communication Center
  • Beijing IWHR Technology Co., Ltd.
  • CSHE Cascade Dispatch and Control Technical Committee

Duration: Full day

This course offers training on technologies and system construction related to the dispatching and control of hydropower stations and reservoirs, aiming to provide professionals working at management agencies or power generation enterprises with knowledge of better remote centralized control and optimizing multi-objective dispatching to enhance efficiency and increase the level of intelligence. It presents the advanced approach to hydropower stations and reservoirs dispatching and control, and shares CTG’s technical exploration and practical experience in the dispatching and control of cascade hydropower stations along the main stream of the Yangtze River. The course includes an introduction to operation control centers and related systems, main technologies, such as forecasting technology, dispatching technology, related systems, and CTG’s practical applications. It also provides an on-site visit to Three Gorges Cascade Dispatch and Communication Center (Chengdu), offering participants the opportunity for face-to-face interaction with engineers.

Site visit: to cascade control center of Three Gorges Hydropower Station

Price: USD 150 VAT INC, including fees of the site visit, lunch and transportation.


Course No.3: New hydraulic challenges of water projects at mountainous river

Organizer: State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering of SiChuan University

Duration: Half day

This course offers researches concerning safety issues of flood discharge and energy dissipation in large-scale water projects in mountainous rivers, ecological hydraulic problems and solutions, and early warning and prevention of mountain flood disaster.

Laboratory visit to State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, detailed info refers to: http://skhl.scu.edu.cn/index.htm

Price: USD 50 VAT INC, and including fees of the lab visit, and transportation.


Course No.4: Design and Construction of Rock-Filled Concrete Dam

Duration: Full day

Organizer: Technical Committee on Rock-Filled Concrete Dam of China Society for Hydropower Engineering

The rock-filled concrete is a new mass concrete technology, which uses high performance self-compacting concrete to fully fill the voids among pre-placed large rocks. This technology significantly reduces the amount of cement consumption, lowers the hydration heat and shrinkage of the concrete, eliminates the need for cooling pipes and vibrating or roller compacting, thus simplifies the construction process. To date, China has constructed more than 100 rock-filled concrete dams. The comprehensive unit cost is more than 10%lower than that of traditional concrete dams. This course will present the design and construction technologies on site.

Site visit to RFCD under construction near Chengdu City.

Price: USD 150 VAT INC, and including fees of the site visit, lunch and transportation.