For the past six years, calculations, drawings and plans have been prepared to reinforce the 30-kilometer-long dike between the city of Zwolle and the town of Olst in the Netherlands, Boskalis said.

Starting this year, the Boskalis Nederland project teams also began the physical work, with the official kick-off with all stakeholders taking place this week. Over the next eight years, they will be working on the project – a key component of the Dutch national Flood Protection Program – using excavators, trucks, shovels, bulldozers and rollers.