Geotechnical aspects of the Blue Piling Installation Technique: Design of a measurement plan and elaboration of results for prototype hammer on life size piles in Maasvlakte 2

The energy market is growing and noise regulations for offshore foundation pile installation grow stricter. New initiatives arise to comply with the ongoing developments in the field, such as the BLUE Piling Technology under development by IQIP. Its features are presented as reduced underwater noise levels during installation, which is attibuted...

The conceptual design of a graving dock: Using Life Cycle Analysis to reduce the carbon footprint of a graving dock for Damen Harlingen

An extensive Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) is used to determine the efficiency in reducing the carbon footprint of a graving dock. Firstly by identifying the hotspots in a base design, and then by comparing the various design alternatives. The focus is on reducing the amount of reinforced concrete used in the design of the dock floor by adding...

Inclination behaviour of historic quay walls: A study into the value of inclination sensing for quay wall failure assessment in Amsterdam

The inner-city of Amsterdam contains a large network of vulnerable, historic quay walls. Most of these quay walls consist out of masonry gravity walls placed on wooden relieving floors and wooden foundation piles. Due to the changing surface loading conditions behind the wall and the degradation of the masonry and wooden structures over the last...

Back analysis of deep excavation for the New Terneuzen Lock: An investigation conducted using a Python-Plaxis application and monitoring data from the field

The case study of the outer lock head of the New Terneuzen Lock is considered to investigate the behavior of the Boom Clay and to develop an automated method for improving the deformation predictions in a deep excavation format. The initiative to perform this study was the uncertainty in modeling the Boom Clay behavior during the design and the...

Applying the Dynamic Adaptation Policy Pathways (DAPP) approach to select future flood risk reduction strategies

Sea level variations and storm surges are expected to increase as a result of climate change. 570 cities and some 800 million people are by 2050 estimated to be exposed to these phenomena when emissions do not decrease (UCCRN, 2018). It is, however, deeply uncertain if and to what extent emissions will decrease. Additionally, the effects of...

Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Urban Drainage Systems: Exploring Hanoi’s inundation problems using PCSWMM

This research explores the frequent urban flooding problems typically experienced in South-East Asian cities. Heavy rainfall during the monsoon period in combination with rapid urbanisation in the past decades causes an increasing amount of inundation events in the case study area Hanoi. The damage caused by these floods results in major...

Redevelopment of the Riverfront of Rosario: Civil Engineering Consultancy Project

This study aims to create a redevelopment plan for the riverfront of Rosario by proposing a new spatial plan. This redevelopment plan is based on four themes that fall in line with the vision of the municipality in order for the riverfront to reach its full potential. These four themes are accessibility, safety, innovation and sustainability...