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Meijer, F.M. (author), Tambach, M. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author)
Home-owners are in principal responsible for maintaining the physical quality of their dwellings. It is in their own interest to do this in an adequate manner, but all kinds of constraints can and do occur in practice. Lack of financial means and insufficient (technical or practical) knowledge are only two of the possible barriers. The quality...
conference paper 2012
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Straub, A. (author)
conference paper 2006
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Broos, E.J. (EJ.Broos@portofrotterdam.com) (author)
On one of the last remaining plots in the existing port (without the 2nd Maasvlakte), the Port of Rotterdam designed a terminal for the handling of steel slabs (“brammen”). The terminal required a massive quay wall to accommodate the panamax vessels with their heavy cargo. The quay wall is tendered under a design and construct contract. This...
conference paper 2010
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Schoenmaker, R. (author), De Bruijn, J.A. (author), Herder, P.M. (author)
conference paper 2013
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Verlaan, J.G. (author), Schoenmaker, R. (author)
The infrastructure in the Netherlands is crucial for economic development on a national scale. Dramatic increases of transport and mobility accelerate ageing of infrastructure. The GNP of the Netherlands is strongly related to transport and to the two main ports (Port of Rotterdam and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol). The Netherlands is used to a...
conference paper 2013
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Straub, A. (author)
OTB Research institute has established a long-term research program to performance-based maintenance procurement in the technical management of housing stock. Stakeholders: housing associations, contractors and the Dutch Building Research Foundation are directly involved in this research program. Literature reviews, case studies, expert meetings...
conference paper 2004
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Hansen, R. (author), Prins, M. (author), Straub, A. (author)
In most literature integrated contracting and procurement is assumed to result in more innovative solutions as a result of the intended process integration. This paper explores Design Build Finance Maintain Operate (DBFMO) cases in the Netherlands on resulting innovations focusing on maintenance and energy-use. It is assumed that in DBFMO...
conference paper 2011
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Mehairjan, R.P.Y. (author), Zhuang, Q. (author), Djairam, D. (author), Smit, J.J. (author)
The electrical power sector is stimulated to evolve under the pressures of the energy transition, the deregulation of electricity markets and the introduction of intelligent grids. In general, engineers believe that technologies such as monitoring, control and diagnostic devices, can realize this evolvement smoothly. Unfortunately, the...
conference paper 2014
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Schoenmaker, R. (author), Verlaan, J.G. (author)
Asset managers of civil infrastructure are increasingly outsourcing their maintenance. Whereas maintenance is a cyclic process, decisions to outsource decisions are often project-based, and confusing the discussion on the degree of outsourcing. This paper presents a six-stage model that facilitates the top-down discussion for analysing the...
conference paper 2013
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Meijer, F.M. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author)
Owners are responsible to maintain their own dwellings in an adequate manner. In practice however all kinds of constraints occur. Lack of financial means and insufficient (technical or practical) knowledge are the most important barriers. Because the quality of owner-occupied housing exceeds the individual interest; there are also general...
conference paper 2015
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Meijer, F.M. (author), Vijverberg, G.A.M. (author)
conference paper 2006
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Kirichek, Alex (author), Rutgers, Ronald (author)
As conventional dredging and relocation of sediment deposits is highly expensive, port authorities seek for more efficient solutions for reducing the costs of maintenance dredging. One of the well-known solutions is water injection dredging (WID). In general, WID is proven to be cheaper than the hopper dredging by leaving the sediment in place,...
conference paper 2019
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Ackermann, L. (author), Mugge, R. (author), Schoormans, J.P.L. (author)
Product care describes consumers' activities to prolong the lifetime of a product, such as repair, maintenance or careful handling. By keeping the product in a functional state, replacement can be postponed. Previous research has identified eight design strategies that can foster product care among consumers. To use these design strategies to...
conference paper 2022
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Rietveld, M.W.J. (author), Clemens, F.H.L.R. (author), Langeveld, J.G. (author)
Sewer and urban drainage systems deal with the runoff of areas that lack infiltration capacity. During wet weather, solids that are present on the street are (re)mobilised and transported to the drainage system by the runoff. These solids and their associated pollutants can have detrimental effects on receiving water quality. This paper presents...
conference paper 2019
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Garbatov, Y. (author), Ås, S.K. (author), Branner, Kim (author), Choi, B.K. (author), den Besten, J.H. (author), Dong, P. (author), Lillemäe, I. (author), Lindstrom, P. (author), Lourenço de Souz, M. (author), Parmentier, G. (author), Quéméner, Y. (author), Rizzo, C.M. (author), Rörup, J. (author), Vhanmane, Suhas (author), Villavicencio, R. (author), Wang, F. (author), Yuan, Yue (author)
Concern for crack initiation and growth under cyclic loading as well as unstable crack propagation and tearing in the ship and offshore structures. Due attention shall be paid to the suitability and uncertainty of physical models and testing. Consideration is to be given to practical application, statistical description and fracture control...
conference paper 2018
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Quist, W.J. (author), Clarke, Nicholas (author), van Hees, R.P.J. (author)
Built heritage contains value on many scales. On the most basic level it represents the investment of building materials following a constructional logic. As the use of once-predominant materials goes out of fashion due to changing technological regimes and architectural styles, knowledge about them is lost. Yet retaining and maintaining their...
conference paper 2017
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Buhksh, Zaharah Allah (author), Stipanovič, Irina (author), Gavin, Kenneth (author), Doree, Andre (author)
Infrastructure maintenance is a complex task due to operational needs of service quality, availability demands, traffic intensity, and budget constraints. Traditionally, maintenance decisions are based on infrastructure managers' experiences, judgments, and available choices. Though, the technology push and the availability of an abundance of...
conference paper 2018
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Škarič−palič, Sandra (author), Stipanović Oslaković, Irina (author), Kovačević, Meho Saša (author), Gavin, Kenneth (author)
Tunnels are a vital link in transport networks which represent a significant investment in all life cycle phases from planning, investigation works, construction and operation. Decisions through the whole life cycle of a tunnel should be based on solid facts and reliable data especially in the context of considerable impacts on both the...
conference paper 2018
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Roy, Devjeet (author), Zhang, Ziyi (author), Ma, Maggie (author), Arnaoudova, Venera (author), Panichella, A. (author), Panichella, Sebastiano (author), Gonzalez, Danielle (author), Mirakhorli, Mehdi (author)
Automated test case generation tools have been successfully proposed to reduce the amount of human and infrastructure resources required to write and run test cases. However, recent studies demonstrate that the readability of generated tests is very limited due to (i) uninformative identifiers and (ii) lack of proper documentation. Prior...
conference paper 2020
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Bešinović, Nikola (author), Widarno, B. (author), Goverde, R.M.P. (author)
This paper tackles railway timetabling with infrastructure work possessions. It introduces the integrated Passenger and Freight Train Timetable Adjustment Problem (PF-TTAP) which handles both passenger as well as freight trains. To deal with possessions, passenger trains are typically retimed, reordered or partially cancelled, while for freight...
conference paper 2020
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