An Assessment Framework for the Speed Policy on Dutch Motorways

Today the Dutch cabinet provides in implementing a maximum speed limit of 130 km/h on Dutch motorways as much as possible. As a consequence, research is needed to the circumstances where and when higher speed limits (or maybe a dynamic speed limit) will be acceptable. In other words, what speed limit is the most optimal for a road section taking...

Optimizing the passage of fast ferry navigation at the Schellingwoude lock complex

Traditionally, water based public transport has a large contribution to the accessibility of rural areas in the Netherlands. Initiated by the industrial revolution a major shift from water based to land based public transport occurred. Until recent history water based public transport was considered unfeasible. Nowadays land based transport...

Improving the sustainability of project organisations: Making the activities of Rijkswaterstaat more sustainable

A case study research was executed to determine how Rijkswaterstaat can improve the current way of implementing sustainability into its construction and maintenance projects. Deficiencies and plus-points of the current approach were identified and recommendations are formulated to resolve the deficiencies. The recommendations are based on best...

Extending Enterprise Ontology to the Information Layer of the Rijkswaterstaat Enterprise Architecture

Nowadays large organizations are confronted with the increasing complex network of processes, information flows and stakeholders which all should be managed to provide the customer with end products and services. In a utopia, every actor in an organization would be able to have an overview of his area of concern. Management would have a precise...

Implementatie van systeemgerichte contractbeheersing binnen Rijkswaterstaat: Onderzoek naar de implementatie en de effectiviteit van SCB binnen Rijkswaterstaat Zuid-Holland

Doordat de kwaliteitsbeheersing hierdoor bij de opdrachtnemer komt te liggen is bij Rijkswaterstaat systeemgerichte contractbeheersing (SCB) ingevoerd. De vraag is nu hoe ver Rijkswaterstaat is met het invoeren van SCB en welke factoren bepalend zijn voor het succesvol toepassen van SCB. Om de implementatie en de effectiviteit van SCB te bepalen...

Functioneel specificeren bij projecten van Rijkswaterstaat: Ontwikkeling van een kader voor evaluatie en advisering