Team Van Oord – a joint venture partnership between Van Oord, Kier Group, Mackley Construction and Royal HaskoningDHV – has been acclaimed a Green World Ambassador as a result of the environmental success of the Medmerry Managed Realignment Scheme. The Medmerry scheme, carried out by Team Van Oord o
The Environment Agency recently proposed to carry out improvement works to the flood defenses on the Rivers Mole and Ember in East Molesey, Surrey. The plan calls for improvements between Zenith Sluice, west of Hampton Court Way and Viaduct Sluice, north of the railway near River Mole Business Park,
Contracting Services Gebr. v.d. Poel b.v. from Oud-Ade has received the first Waterking in the Netherlands. The delivered amphibious excavator WK 150 NG-A is equipped with an adjustable undercarriage and a Hitachi ZX160 upper structure with long reach. The WK 150 NG-A is fitted with additional ponto
New Phase for Liverpool2 Liverpool2, with support from Royal HaskoningDHV, at Seaforth has moved into next phase as work to reclaim 12ha of land passes the first stage. Further infilling is due to take place over the summer. Putting Final Touch on the New Suez The […]
Van Oord has won the next phase of the Koper Port dredging project under which Basin I and the port’s access channel will be deepen to 15 meters by the end of summer. The company has already deployed its dredger “Borr” to the site, starting technically challenging operation under the supporting stru
The Belgian company DEME Environmental Contractors (DEC), member of the DEME Group, and the Norwegian company Veidekke Entreprenør AS have established a joint venture and entered into a contract for remediation of the historic refinery site located at Valløy near Tønsberg (Norway), on behalf of Esso
Earlcoate Construction have completed the beach recycling project at Mudeford for Christchurch and East Dorset Council. The contract was carried out in an environmentally-sensitive area and planned accordingly. The main requirement of this coast protection scheme was to dredge and pump ashore approx
Jan De Nul Group has just posted on its official facebook page this amazing photo of their Ibn Battuta, one of seven cutter suction dredgers of Jan De Nul Group currently working on the New Suez Canal Project in Egypt. By the end of this month, 24 vessels of the Challenge Consortium (Nati
Last year, with the completion of seabed dredging of the port’s Basin I to 14 meters, Luka Koper is now ready for the next phase of dredging that will deepen the port by an additional meter. In August, Dutch-based contractor Van Oord will utilize its hopper dredger Dravo Costa Dorada to perform the
Following up very successful second Coastal & Maritime Mediterranean Conference that was organized in Tangier (Morocco) in 2011, the third conference will be held on 25-27 November 2015, in Ferrara, Italy. The conference, organized together by the Pôle Mer Méditerranée (Sea Innovation and Business C
Following successful tender processes, Per Aarsleff A/S is only one step away from signing a deal with Frederikshavn Havn A/S for the phase 1 of the port’s development project. According to Aarsleff, Frederikshavn expects to enter into the $74-88 million contract with Aarsleff for the enlargement of
Textiles technology group Royal Ten Cate (TenCate) has just released a video about the TenCate Geotube® and TenCate GeoContainer® custom applications. TenCate Geotube® Technology offers solutions for both dewatering applications and marine structures/shoreline protection applications. The two TenCat
Last week saw CH2M pick up prestigious awards at the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) South West Awards ceremony for two of its regional environmental and flood management programs. CH2M’s European water team picked up the Major Project of the Year Award for the Lyme Regis Environmental Improvem
The Leominster Flood Alleviation Scheme has been in operation since the 1970s to protect the town from flooding from the River Lugg. The existing scheme consists of raised embankments and walls throughout the town, and a bypass channel to the north. The Environment Agency has undertaken a review to
