ENKA carried out civil works including supply and erection of the hydraulic steel structures for the Bekhme Dam Project and turn-key housing complex comprising of 350 villas and 17 social facilities such as Guest House, Restaurant, Club House, Supermarket, Dispensary, Kindergarten, School, Mosque, Bank, Post Office, Laundry and Offices.
Due to the Gulf crises and the war the project had been stopped indefinitely since August 1990, when 32% of the work progress had already been completed.
ENKA`s scope included detailed engineering, procurement and construction. The dam works consisted of a rock fill dam with an inclined impervious core, circa 600 m long at crest, height 204 m, Fill volume of 37 million m³, a spillway of 8,900 m³/s capacity, consisting of three tunnels of 12 m diameter and 700 m long with three radial gates, 2 bottom outlets of total discharge capacity of 750 m³/s, with a length of 1,200 m long each 2 diversion tunnels of 12 m diameter and a length of 1,100 m long each, 3 concrete lined tailrace tunnels of dia. 12 m and approximately 640 – 710 m long, a conventional underground powerhouse having 6 units with a total capacity of 1,560 MW and an underground transformer hall and a switchyard hall.
| Open Excavation | 11 Million m³ |
| Underground Excavation | 2.5 Million m³ |
| Hydraulic Structures | 25,000 tons |
| Concrete | 3 million m³ |
| Housing Complex Total Floor Area | 80,100 m² |
| Total Asphalt | 668,100 tons |
