Energy & Mining

Iowa Hill Pumped Storage Project

Underground powerhouse and headrace works for a pumped storage hydroelectric facility.

Deep underground powerhouse, headrace and tailrace engineering in mountainous terrain.

Complex water-transient behaviour and hard-rock cavern excavation were modelled in parallel, feeding a coordinated design that protected equipment during rapid power transients.

Scope of work

  • Tunnels & Underground Engineering
  • Structural Engineering
  • Geotechnical Engineering
Iowa Hill Pumped Storage Project — Denver, CO
Iowa Hill Pumped Storage Project, Denver, CO. Hoffman Tunnels provided tunnel and underground design, engineering and construction-phase support.

Project facts

Type
Pumped storage
Terrain
Alpine
Caverns
Underground
Completion
2024
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