Sectors & Services


Hydro

KCB offers full engineering and environmental services for hydro projects. Our project design experience ranges from a 7 MW, single-unit project in Canada to a large 1074 MW, multi-unit project in Laos. Our professional staff, including environmental scientists, and geotechnical, hydrotechnical, civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineers, delivers total facility design, and environmental assessments, on small to large hydro projects, across the globe.


Projects

  • Brilliant Powerplant Expansion

    Brilliant Expansion Power Corporation (BEPC), owned by Columbia Basin Trust and Columbia Power Corporation, developed a 120 MW expansion project at...

  • Irrican Hydro Project

    Klohn Crippen Berger was retained to design a 7.0 MW run-of-canal hydro plant in southern Alberta on the St. Mary's Irrigation System. The Project ...

  • Mayo and Wareham Dams Seismic Review

    Klohn Crippen Berger performed a dam safety review of Mayo and Wareham dams for Yukon Energy in 2005. That review identified a potential deficiency...

  • Nam Theun 2 1074 MW Hydro Project

    The Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project is the most important project in a long-term collaborative effort between the Lao People's Democratic Republi...

  • Snoqualmie Falls Redevelopment

    Puget Sound Energy (PSE) owns and operates the Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Facility located near the tourist area of Snoqualmie Fal...

  • Zeballos Lake Hydro Project

    KCB was retained to review the generation potential estimates, and for the detailed design of the Zeballos Lake Hydro Project on the west coast of ...

  • Arrow Lakes

    The hydroelectric potential of the Keenleyside dam remained untapped for 34 years. This changed in February 2002, when the 185 MW Arrow Lakes gener...

Services

  • Mechanical Systems, including Flow Control Devices
  • Diversions and Water Conveyance Facilities
  • Tunnels
  • Intakes, Penstocks, and Powerhouses
  • Environmental Studies and Permitting
  • Electrical Systems
  • Engineering and Construction Services
  • Water Conveyance System
  • Geotechnical Design
  • Dams and Spillways
  • Fish and Boat Passage Facilities

Contact

Hydro

CANADIAN CONSULTING ENGINEERS AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, 2010
Nam Theun 2 Hydro Project, Laos


CONSULTING ENGINEERS OF BC AWARD OF MERIT
Nam Theun 2 Hydro Project, Laos

 

CONSULTING ENGINEERS OF CANADA AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, 2007
Seymour Falls Dam Seismic Upgrade Project in BC, Canada