Print Email Facebook Twitter Flexibility in port infrastructure Title Flexibility in port infrastructure Author Taneja, P. Ros, R. Velllinga, T. Van Schuylenburg, M. Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Hydraulic Engineering Date 2012-02-20 Abstract The present volatile environment continues to place new functional requirements on port infrastructure. As a result, the useful life of port infrastructure has reduced in recent years. Flexibility in infrastructure makes it possible to adapt them for new or changed use. The use of flexible and sustainable solutions infrastructures needs to be promoted - though initially more costly, these may prove economically over their whole life cycle. Our approach was to carry out a real life case study which entailed an investigation into the technical and financial feasibility of flexible design concepts for an ongoing port project in Rotterdam. This exercise has lead to insights into the suitability of flexible infrastructures for various uses and situations. The benefits of a flexible design concept were monetized and included, sot that the resulting business case was viable. The study also served to highlight some barriers to the design, planing, and implementation of flexible infrastructures. Subject flexibilityport infrastructureMaasvlakte 2common barge terminal To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:9353c7f0-2bba-484c-bd2b-2cb50734a43c Publisher PIANC Source COPEDEC 2012: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Coastal and Port Engineering in Developing Countries, Chennai, India, 20-24 February 2012 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2012 The Authors Files PDF Taneja-Copedec2012_.pdf 1017.59 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid%3A9353c7f0-2bba-484c-bd2b-2cb50734a43c/datastream/OBJ/view