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Launch of the innovative Mud Bay Living Dyke project
The City of Surrey is leading the way in B.C. in testing an innovative, green approach to coastal flood protection known as a ‘living dyke’ with the Mud Bay Nature-based Foreshore Enhancements Project. Surrey has partnered with the City of Delta and Semiahmoo First Nation on the project which is val
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Mavi Deniz, UNDP sign agreement for amphibious vessels supply
Mavi Deniz, an Istanbul based company involved in oil spill response, weed and silt removal, dredging and ship building, has signed an important agreement with UNDP. According to the contract, Mavi Deniz will supply amphibious wetlands mobile vessels and auxiliary equipment for maintenance and clean
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Electric dredgers at Gelado project in Brazil
Vale has started commissioning the Gelado Project in Carajás, in the state of Pará (Brazil), using 100% electric dredgers that will extract tailings deposited over the last 37 years. The commissioning phase, in which performance and capacity tests with loading are being carried out, should last unti
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Last chance to register for the ‘Dredging for sustainable infrastructure’ course
Following on from the success of the previous online courses Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure, CEDA and IADC have decided to organise an onsite course on 13 & 14 December 2022 at the HR Wallingford Head Office in Oxfordshire (UK). Experienced lecturers will describe the latest thinking and ap
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IADC-CEDA: Models and Modelling for dredging
The role of modelling, its benefits and limitations, and what it needs to be used successfully on a dredging project is often poorly understood and this in turn can lead to poorer design and environmental outcomes. The latest IADC-CEDA Fact Sheet: ‘Models and Modelling for dredging’ describes the mo
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WEDA Journal of Dredging Volume 20, Issue 1
Western Dredging Association (WEDA) has just released the latest edition of its ‘Journal of Dredging’, with some of the most interesting dredging-related topics presented to the audience. The Volume 20, Issue 1 of the WEDA’s Journal includes five manuscripts covering a wide range of technical topics
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Pioneering dredge design approach by C-Job
There is no such thing as one size fits all when it comes to designing a dredge. There are so many different types of dredges which are each optimized for different purposes. The efficiency, capabilities, and performance of a dredge determine its competitiveness. There are dredges optimized for use
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Van Oord to strengthen the Dutch Lekdijk
Van Oord recently joined a partnership that will, over the coming years, strengthen the Dutch Lekdijk in an innovative, sustainable and efficient way. Together with stakeholders, the Sterke Lekdijk project will make a positive impact on the water safety in The Netherlands. Eddy Van Haastregt, Projec
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HHA presents the Tiamat – Dredging with nature
Inspired by the work of Engineering With Nature (EWN), Harwich Haven Authority (HHA) has considered how they can dredge in a more environmentally sustainable manner. The EWN concept can be defined as the intentional alignment of natural and engineering processes to efficiently and sustainably delive
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VolkerStevin wins Centenary Award for the Mytholmroyd scheme
VolkerStevin, as part of VBA – a joint venture between VolkerStevin, Boskalis Westminster and SNC-Lavalin’s Atkins business has been awarded the Centenary Award at the ICE Yorkshire and Humber Civil Engineering Awards 2022, for its work on the Mytholmroyd Flood Alleviation Scheme in West Yorkshire.
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BAM Nuttall wins another well-deserved award
BAM Nuttall’s work to rebuild Marine Parade in Dawlish on behalf of Network Rail has won the ‘Project over £8 million Re-engineered’ Award at the ICE South West Civil Engineering Awards. Following devastating storms in 2014, which caused significant disruption to the railway connecting Devon and Cor
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High five for Long Curtain Moat work
Southsea Coastal Scheme has made the top five list – out of 67 entries – as ‘People’s Choice’ in the 2021 SECBE Constructing Excellence Awards for the heritage maintenance work on Long Curtain Moat. The project scored an impressive 421 votes, and while it didn’t win the top prize at the awards cerem
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WEDA’s webinar – Emerging technologies in reservoir dredging
Next week, Western Dredging Association (WEDA) will hold their next webinar, Reservoir Sediment Dredging for Long-Term Management on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, from 1 to 3 PM EST. During this webinar, WEDA, the Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and HeroX will present an
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Netics, Witteveen+Bos win Global Disruptive Tech Challenge
Netics and Witteveen+Bos have won the Global Disruptive Tech Challenge 2021 for landscape restoration in the Aral Sea region of Central Asia. With Netics’ patented ‘Geowall land cultivation technology’, the two Dutch companies won in the category Agriculture and Land Management. The winning entry fr