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Livermore, NH Resort Development and Dam Design Feasibility Project

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Abstract

A project was brought to the University of New Hampshire’s Civil and Environmental Engineering department as part of the university’s senior design course. The objective of this project was to analyze the technical feasibility of developing a ski resort in Livermore, NH, a town located in the White Mountain National Forest. This conceptual project, developed by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) Dam Bureau, includes the construction of a dam on the Sawyer River to impound a 35-foot-deep lake as the centerpiece of the resort which includes condos, a hotel, and ski trails with gondolas. Investigations included tasks in hydrology and hydraulics for the dam using HydroCAD, along with a breach analysis using HECRAS modeling software. Geotechnical work included material property calculations for borrow pit material and in-situ soils, as well as the use of the Rocscience Slide2 program to design the cross section of the dam through an iterative process. The five miles of existing gravel road leading to the site needs to be upgraded. There are also several locations along the road in need of major improvement, in which two were analyzed. The site layout, developed with ArcMap, was based on New Hampshire state regulations.

Authors

First Name Last Name
Jacob Stoddard
Stephen Roche
Ethan Smith
Ryan Fournier
Joshua Joslyn

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Submission Details

Conference URC
Event Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (ISE)
Department Civil and Environmental Engineering (ISE)
Group Investigation
Added April 25, 2021, 11:21 p.m.
Updated April 26, 2021, 12:06 p.m.
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