Contaminated Dredged Material: Building Material of the Future? An Investigation into Building Mound
The Dutch Department of Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat) is developing an innovative concept: building mounds (terpen) of dredged material. Terpenor mounds were common in Holland centuries ago: man-made mounds a few metres high that were placed as a protection against the sea.
TechNotes: Alternative Particulate Control Option for Sediment Removal
An innovative environmental clamshell bucket and mobile dredge cell can generate less turbidity than a traditional silt curtain.
Dredging Stiff to Very Stiff Clay in the Wielingen Using the DRACULA® System on a Hopper Dredger
Dredging stiff clay is notoriously difficult. A newly patented system using high pressure waterjets in the hopper dredger's draghead has solved several operational problems. For his description of this innovative technique, the author was presented with a 2002 IADC Award at the PIANC Conference in Sydney, Australia.
Dredging: Opportunities and Challenges for 2000 and Beyond
Large investments in technology and equipment have transformed dredging into an innovative and dynamic industry.
Building on Soft Soils
Innovative techniques to stabilise soft soil open new options for the management of fine-grained material disposal sites and reuse of these areas.
Hibernia Development Project
Ballasting an oil platform in notoriously rough seas 300 kilometres off the coast of Canada was a challenge that required innovative designs and detailed safety programmes.
The Punaise: A Remotely Operated Submerged Dredging System
Even during severe storms this innovative dredging system continues its work undisturbed on the seafloor.
The River Plate Experience; Maintenance Dredging by Means of Privatisation
An innovative system of collecting tolls has financed the privatisation of maintenance dredging on the River Plate and in the harbour of Buenos Aires.