Abstract: The Wudongde and Baihetan hydropower stations on the Jinsha River are the largest hydropower projects under construction with application of the most challenging technologies under complicated environmental conditions. Construction of the 300-meter super high concrete arch dams is faced with multiple key technological obstacles and management challenges in safety and high quality. Based on the principle of intelligent closed-loop control of comprehensive perception, real analysis and real-time control, this paper deeply integrates the modern information technologies with hydropower engineering construction and formulates an intelligent dam construction technology route focusing on the core construction processes and main business processes. To meet the demands of building these two dams in safety and high quality, key technologies ? such as whole-process real-time monitoring of concrete construction, real-time control of concrete temperature, whole life cycle safety and work performance evaluation, performance review of low-heat cement concrete dam, and in-depth research of an intelligent construction platform iDam ? have been explored and applied, and related intelligent control equipment and management systems have been developed. Engineering practice shows that the key technologies and management platforms achieved in the intelligent construction have greatly improved the technology performance and management efficiency of project construction, enhanced the core competitiveness of Chinese hydropower industry, and provided better technical support for the development of hydropower project and infrastructure construction along the Belt and Road.

Key words: hydropower engineering, intelligent construction, construction control, simulation analysis, concrete temperature control, low-heat cement performance