Improving safety in Dutch construction projects: An exploratory research on improving safety in the Dutch construction industry: incorporating a third party into the UAC-IC 2005, based on FIDIC’s Engineer

Any industry is focusing on creating an environment that is as safe as possible for everyone that is involved. This is no different for the construction industry. However, the construction industry is placed second in the ranking of most dangerous industries. The Dutch Safety Board, being an independent administrative body, has recommended to...

Assessing and redesigning Valkenburg’s flood risk management system: A multidisciplinary project

The geographical features in the Southern part of Limburg forces precipitation from upstream located areas to flow through a bottleneck, which is exactly located at the city centre of Valkenburg. This makes increasing the safety level more complicated than in other areas. The safety level of Valkenburg has a lower standard in comparison to the...