This project was awarded to WEM as the sub-contractor through a tender process. The main client was Ab Niroo Company but WEM client was ILBAU from Austria that was the main contractor of the dam. The consultant Engineer was La Mayer from Germany and Moshanir for electrical works. The location of the site was 30 Km north of Masjed Soleiman in Khoozestan Providence. The project was to construct intake structure that was a huge square reinforced concrete, 40 Meter high and a transition structure that reshaped the in-take from 9x9 meters square to a 9 meters diameter circle to connect to the diversion tunnel and transfer Karoon river water to downstream away from the dam location. The job was done in 11 months and turned over to ILBAU and Ab Niroo.

Description of pictures : From top to bottom and left to right : (1) Prepare foundation and installment of Earthing system (2) First concrete pouring for foundation (3) Concrete pouring for second stage of foundation (4) Installing rebars for first stage walls (5) Detail of rebars - 7 rows of T-32 and T-18 (6) Formworks and rebars installment for walls (7) First stage walls (8) Goose neck formworks and rebar installment (9) Backside of intake structure and beginning of transition to tunnel (10) Inspectors from Lahmeyer and Moshaneer (11) Goose neck formworks installing (12) Transition structure from intake to tunnel (13) Completed intake first stage (14) Complete intake second stage (15) Intake under operation and inpounding