Ashlu Creek Hydro Tunnel & Shaft

Project Details

TUTOR PERINI AFFILIATES

Frontier-Kemper Constructors, Inc.
Prime Contractor
Contract Amount: C$30 Million

OWNER
Ashlu Creek Investments

LOCATION
Squamish, BC, Canada

ARCHITECT
Hatch Mott MacDonald

SIZE
Power Tunnel: 13.4-Foot Diameter, 2.75 Miles
Intake Shaft: 11.5-Foot Diameter, 460 Vertical Feet

COMPLETION
2009

Project Description

Design-build-operate-transfer, run-of-the-river, hydroelectric project consisting of a diversion weir, drop shaft, tunnel, and downriver powerhouse. The weir diverts part of the river into the drop shaft and tunnel, which then conveys the water 4.3 kilometer downstream to a powerhouse and is finally discharged back into Ashlu Creek. Tunnel excavation was completed in February 2009, and raise boring of the intake shaft was completed in May 2009.