Monitoring Systems for Dams and Civil Engineering Projects

The Pizzi company carried out an initial supply of monitoring instrumentation during the construction phase of the dam and subsequently during the implementation phases of the project.

From 1987 to today, the Pizzi Franco company has periodically signed a series of contracts with Publiacqua SpA both for scheduled maintenance and for the new supply of monitoring and control instruments installed at the Bilancino Dam.

From 1989 to today, the Pizzi company signs an annual scheduled maintenance contract for the control instrumentation installed at the Ridracoli dam.

In 1991 the Pizzi company made a first supply and installation of monitoring instrumentation. In 2009 Pizzi Instruments received the second order for the updating and implementation of the monitoring system installed in the dam.

Since 1997 Pizzi Instruments has received orders from Compagnia Valdostana delle Acque for the supply of monitoring instruments, mainly for the following dams: Beauregard, Gabiet, Place Moulin and Cignana.

From 1997 to today, the Pizzi Franco company has periodically signed a series of contracts with the Ente Acque della Sardegna both for scheduled maintenance and for the new supply of monitoring and control instrumentation installed at the dams managed by the Directorate of the Dams Service of the Authority. .

In 2001, under the patronage of the “European Energy Program for Serbia”, the Pizzi company signed a contract with the European Agency for Reconstruction of Belgrade for the supply and installation of monitoring instruments for the Djerdap dam.

For several years, the Pizzi company has been periodically revising the monitoring equipment supplied and installed at the dams managed by the Mediterranea delle Acque water supply service.

In 2007, the Pizzi company received an important order from the dam managing body, JP Elektroprivreda of Mostar, for the supply and installation of instrumentation that allowed the automation and implementation of the monitoring system installed there.

Pizzi Instruments carried out an initial supply of monitoring instrumentation during the construction phases of the project and, subsequently, during the management and maintenance phases of the plant.

Pizzi Instruments S.r.l. received and executed the first order in partnership with DDWay Srl, as General Contractor towards the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport – Dams General Management, concerning the design, supply and installation of automatic monitoring systems and hydrological emergency control .

Gilgel Gibe III is a dam, currently nearing completion, about 243m high in RCC (Roller Compacted Concrete). Once completed, the dam will be connected to a hydroelectric power plant on the Omo River and will represent the largest hydroelectric power plant in Africa.

The project is situated at about 500 km north west of the Addis Abeba capital in the region of the Benishangul – Gumaz (Ethiopia), along the Blue Nile River.

Towke Mukorsi Dam is a cliff dam with upstream concrete waterproofing membrane (Concrete Faced Rockfill Dam – CFRD)

Pizzi Instruments intervened in the final phase of the dam operation by providing the supply and of the commissioning of vibrating wire rod extensometers and of a hydrographic station necessary to monitor the hydrographic processing of the dam.

On May 2014 the Sicily Region requested Pizzi Instruments to carry out a series of inspections on the monitoring instruments installed on the dams directly managed by the Sicilian Departmente of Energy and Public Utilities.

In 2015 Pizzi Instruments receives from SE Hydropower of Bolzano the first contract for the supply of n. 3 laser telependulums – model LAC3000. In 2016, the customer, fully satisfied with the delivery, proceeded with the order of three additional laser telependulums – model LAC3000.

In 2015 Pizzi Instruments received the contract from the Gelmi Construction Company for the supply and installation of monitoring instrumentation for the Riolunato dam, currently managed by Enel Green Power.

The Valfabbrica dam on the Chiascio river, with its availability of 145 million cubic meters per year, is able to meet the drinking water needs of the city of Perugia and other smaller cities.

The project has been commissioned by the Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) and foresees the construction of a RCC dam, 170 m high, with a reservoir volume of 6000 million cubic meters. The hydroelectric plant will yearly produce 6,460 GWh.

In December 2016, Pizzi Instruments awarded the supply for the implementation of a new inclinometric, piezometric and extensimetric monitoring system for ISOLA SERAFINI dam.

On June 2017 Pizzi Instruments started a fruitful collaboration with the Iranian Engineering Company ARIA FARNAD for the supply of monitoring instrumentation for the Emarat Dam in the Iranian Region of Ardabil.

In June 2018 Pizzi Instruments signed an important “framework agreement”, with a three-year duration, for the supply and installation of monitoring equipment for the dams managed by Enel Green Power SpA.

Lake Comunelli is an artificial lake located in the municipality of Butera, in the province of Caltanissetta, in Sicily.

Lake Disueri is an artificial lake located in the municipality of Gela, in the province of Caltanissetta. The lake is located 150 meters above sea level, is 3 km long and 1 km wide at its widest point. Its maximum depth at full reservoir is 34 m, with a volume of water of 14 million cubic meters.

The Furore dam on the Grancifone stream or Burraito river is an artificial basin, located in the territory of Naro, in the province of Agrigento, built between 1980 and 1992 and intended for the collection of water from the Burraito river.