VALVEDELLO ROAD ROCKFALL RISK ASSESSMENT - ITALY

CLIENT: EDISON SpA.

OWNER: EDISON SpA

COUNTRY: ITALY

YEAR: 2009

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Safety measures for the access road to Scais Hydroelectric Plant

GEOLOGICAL SETTING: Metamorphic basement of Edolo schists constituted by gneiss, schists and fillites.

  • FEASIBILITY STUDY

    Geological and geomorphological mapping

    Census of unstables rock blocks and wedges

    Survey of existing rockfall protection works

    Geostructural surveys

    Rockfall analysis with simulation of 3D trajectories

    Probabilistic analysis

    Hazard and risk maps

    Definition of the safety measures and protection works