June 3, 2024

2024-06-03 09:00 AM 2024-06-03 03:00 PM Visite technique du barrage Choinière, Québec N.A. America/New_York

Presented in French

Jun 3, 2024, 9am - 3pm
1975 blvd David-Bouchard, Roxton Pond, QC

CDA Members $50
CDA Non-Members $100
CDA Students $20

CDA invites you to a technical tour of the Choinière Dam and its secondary dike, located in the Yamaska National Park.

This structure, owned by the Direction Générale des barrages (DGB) within the Ministère de l’environnement, de la lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la faune et des parcs (MELCCFP), is a large embankment dam equipped with a concrete spillway and an underground drainage conduit.

The tour will take the form of an inspection and will be preceded by presentations in the local service center near the dam, providing further insights about the dam. This event will allow participants to :

• Develop an understanding of the challenges and issues to which a structure of this scale is subject during its operation; 
• Become familiar with good practices in the operation, maintenance and monitoring of structures; 
• Show the particularities related to the maintenance of a structure of this scale, especially with regard to the underground evacuation pipe; 
• Become familiar with Quebec legislation and regulations relating to dams, in the applied context of the Choinière dam. 

Snacks, drinks and a meal will be provided on site during the day.

Personal protective equipment (steel-toe boots and high-visibility vests) is mandatory and will not be provided on-site. Participants must bring their own.

Meet at the Service Centre parking lot

Online Registration
 
 

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