Two papers published by Barry Cooke and James Sherard in the Journal of Geotechnical Engineering v. 113:10 (1987) related to Concrete Face Rockfill Dams constitute the State of the Art on assessment, design, construction and performance of CFRD and continue to be a guide for the actual design and construction of such dams. An actual review of some items of those papers is presented, based on new data of the behavior of CFRD built within the 20 years that passed from 1987.

Keywords: Dams, Rockfill, Rockfill dams: design, Construction, Performance,

Submitted on May 05, 2008.
Final Acceptance on May 31, 2008.
Discussion open until December 31, 2008.
DOI: 10.28927/SR.312057