Construction
The Hinze Dam was designed for construction in 3 stages:
Stage One was completed in 1976, providing storage of 42,400 million litres.
Stage Two was completed in 1989. Storage was increased to 161,070 million litres. This involved raising the main embankment, spillway and intake towers by about 18 metres to create a surface area of 9.72 square kilometres at a total cost of $42 million. In 2004 the Gold Coast City Council resolved to construct Stage 3 of the Dam. This took it from 93.5 metres to its full height of 108 metres for water storage and flood mitigation purposes. The second upgrade was completed in early 2011.
Stage Three was completed on 19 December 2011 when the dam was reopened to the public after nearly four years of construction and a cost of $395 million. Work on Stage 3 began on 7 January 2008 when the dam reached full capacity. Hinze Dam Alliance carried out the construction works for Stage 3. The Alliance was made up of Seqwater as the owner, with private sector partners URS, SKM and Thiess. Stage three saw the dam wall raised by 15 metres doubling the storage capacity to 310,730 million litres. An extra 3,000 homes were given flood protection from a 1974 Brisbane flood style flood because of the higher dam wall.
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