ČETIRI DESETLJEĆA GRAĐENJA BRANA OD UVALJANOG BETONA.

The concept of Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) was created by combining the efficiency and speed construction of earth dams with safety of concrete dams. Technology of the RCC has found extensive application worldwide, primarily for the construction and repair of concrete dams, but also for the construction of industrial pavements, parking space, roads, highways, airport runways, and for numerous other applications. Over the past half-century, since the creation of the idea of building RCC dams and trial structures, over the first RCC dams in the early 1980s, to date, successfully completed RCC dams over 200 m, RCC has gone a long and demanding journey from the idea to the generally accepted method of construction. The first part of this paper presents the introduction about RCC, a short history of RCC dam construction and their project philosophy. In the central part of this paper 10 specially separated RCC dams projects are presented, as well as reviews of the planned and built RCC dams in B&H and the region. In the final part of this paper, the expectations of the RCC's application in the construction of concrete dams, taking into account sustainable development, are highlighted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]