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    Herbert Hoover proposed the construction of Hoover Dam on the Colorado River to control floods, provide irrigation and water storage. The dam was built between 1931-1936 under massive project management. It involved over 5,000 workers, cost $49 million to build, and was completed ahead of schedule through innovative solutions to challenges like extreme heat from setting concrete. Hoover Dam continues to provide water and power to many states in the Southwest United States.

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    Herbert Hoover proposed the construction of Hoover Dam on the Colorado River to control floods, provide irrigation and water storage. The dam was built between 1931-1936 under massive project management. It involved over 5,000 workers, cost $49 million to build, and was completed ahead of schedule through innovative solutions to challenges like extreme heat from setting concrete. Hoover Dam continues to provide water and power to many states in the Southwest United States.

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    Herbert Hoover proposed the construction of Hoover Dam on the Colorado River to control floods, provide irrigation and water storage. The dam was built between 1931-1936 under massive project management. It involved over 5,000 workers, cost $49 million to build, and was completed ahead of schedule through innovative solutions to challenges like extreme heat from setting concrete. Hoover Dam continues to provide water and power to many states in the Southwest United States.

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    Herbert Hoover proposed the construction of Hoover Dam on the Colorado River to control floods, provide irrigation and water storage. The dam was built between 1931-1936 under massive project management. It involved over 5,000 workers, cost $49 million to build, and was completed ahead of schedule through innovative solutions to challenges like extreme heat from setting concrete. Hoover Dam continues to provide water and power to many states in the Southwest United States.

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    The key takeaways are that the Hoover Dam was built on the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada to control floods and provide water and electricity to several states in the Southwest US.

    The turbulent Colorado River periodically flooded vast areas of California and Arizona, destroying irrigation canals. Herbert Hoover proposed constructing a high dam to control the floods and provide water and electricity.

    The construction was led by Six Companies, Inc. and overseen by the Bureau of Reclamation. Key figures involved included Henry J. Kaiser, Charles A. Shea, Felix Kahn and S.D. Bechtel.

    HOOVER DAM

    By Project Monsters
    Presenters: Nazimah Abdul Rahim
    Hakki Isik

    HOOVER DAM
    Concrete dam in Black
    Canyon, on the border
    between Arizona and Nevada
    Named after Herbert Hoover,
    who played an important
    role in its construction
    Built by Six-Companies, Inc.
    Operated by Bureau of
    Reclamation of the US Dept.
    of the Interior
    Lake Mead is the reservoir
    constructed behind the dam

    The Need for a Dam


    Turbulent Colorado River periodically flood
    vast areas of California and Arizona
    The flood destroyed canals built for irrigation
    and drinkable water
    Herbert Hoover proposed construction of the
    high dam to solve the problems

    Who is Herbert Hoover?


    Was Secretary of
    Commerce under
    President Coolidge
    Graduated from
    Stanford University
    A successful mining
    engineer, humanitarian
    Elected as the 31st
    President of the United
    States

    Questions That Were Raised


    What would be the location of the dam?
    Who would build the dam?
    How would the dam going to be
    financed?
    Which states would get the water and
    electricity?

    Scope
    Construction of the high dam would
    control the periodic floods, store water
    for irrigation, municipal and industrial
    use
    The customers would be the people
    getting water, electricity from the dam

    Resources
    5200 workers on the construction with 3
    shifts/day
    5 millions barrel of cement used in the
    concrete
    9,000 tons of structured steel components
    44,000 tons of large steel pipe and fittings
    Giant cooling towers

    Time Management
    Hoover met with the 7 state governors
    (AZ,CA,CO,NV,NM,UT,WO) to work out
    suitable arrangement for their states use
    November 1922, Colorado River Compact was
    signed
    In 1928, the Congress passed the Boulder
    Canyon Act, allocating $175 million for the
    dam construction

    Time Management
    Composite bid was accepted for $50 mil by
    Six Companies in March 6 1931
    Construction began in April 20 1931
    June 1931, sufficient housing facilities were in
    place
    Construction was completed in March 1, 1936
    The construction was completed 2 years ahead
    of schedule

    Cost Management
    The most difficult part of the project
    period of Great Depression
    It cost a total of $165 million - $49
    million to build the Hoover Dam
    Unskilled labor paid $4/day and
    minimum wage cost was <$6/hr
    Paid back over a period of 50 years to
    Federal Treasury by selling electricity

    Project Management
    One of the biggest engineering project at that
    time - also the greatest testimony to functional
    organizations and old fashioned management
    control techniques
    Active management was left in 4 hands: Henry
    J. Kaiser, Charles A. Shea, Felix Kahn and
    S.D. Bechtel

    Project Management

    Project Management
    Frank Crowe (a.k.a Hurry Up) worked under
    Shea acted as the man point between Board
    of Directors and the operations personnel
    It was Sheas responsibility to carry out the
    construction on time and budget
    Each department was headed by a manager
    and held accountable for their work

    Project Management
    Dam construction was divided into 3
    areas:
    * Diversion tunnels and penstocks
    * Concrete arched structure
    * Power plant

    Problems
    Workers strike (August 1931) triggered by
    deaths of many of the workers wives and
    children due to extreme heat and lack of
    sanitation in the campsite area
    Huge dam size required a lot of cement and
    engineers predicted it would take 125 years to dry
    and cure
    Heat generated in the chemical rxns in the drying
    process would physically alter the landscape

    Solutions to the Problem


    Housing facilities were built, known as
    Boulder City
    Giant cooling tower/plant built to cool the
    entire dam pumped ice water (37oF) at 1000
    gal/min as the concrete was poured
    With this approach, the dam was cooled in 20
    months

    FAQs

    Height : 726.4 ft
    Weight: 6.6 million tons
    Total storage capacity : 30.5 million acre ft
    Power generating capacity: 2.8 million kW
    Has 17 generators
    Part of a system that provides water to
    over 25 million people in Southwest United
    States

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