A quick guide: What is Dredging?

A quick guide: What is Dredging?

• Dredged Material as a Resource
• Statistics & Data
• The Dredging Industry
• The Goals of Dredging
• The Importance of Dredging
• Types of Material to be Dredged

Environment

Environment

• Building with Nature
• Climate Change
• CO2 & Other Emissions / Greenhouse Gases
• Coastal Protection
• Confined Disposal Facilities
• Coral Reefs
• Deltas
• Ecosystem Services
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Environmental Monitoring
• Environmental Monitoring and Management Plans
• Flood Defence
• Management Practices for the Environment
• Mangroves
• Remediation dredging (Contaminated sediments)
• Sustainability
• Turbidity
• Underwater Sound
• Wetlands

Equipment

Equipment

• Auger dredgers
• Auxiliary Equipment
• Backhoe Dredgers
• Barges
• Booster Stations
• Bucket-Ladder Dredgers
• Bucket-Wheel Dredgers
• Cutter Suction Dredgers
• Dipper Dredgers
• Dustpan Dredgers
• Environmental Equipment
• Fall Pipe Vessels
• Grab or Clamshell Dredgers
• Other High-Tech Dredging Equipment
• Jack-up Pontoons
• Pipelines
• Ploughs, Beams and Rakes
• Pontoons
• Side Stone-Dumping Vessels
• Split-Hull Hopper Dredgers
• Suction Dredgers
• Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers
• Tugs and Tows
• Water Injection Dredgers

From Concept to Contract to Completion

From Concept to Contract to Completion

• Borrow Area Selection
• Choice of Type of Dredger
• Design Phases of a Project
• Design of a Reclamation Area
• Financing
• Identification of Stakeholders
• Maintenance (after completion of the project)
• Planning
• Preliminary Planning and Design
• Project Management
• Systems Engineering
• Types of Dredging Projects
• Work Plan for Reclamation Projects

Procurement for Dredging Projects

Procurement for Dredging Projects

• Contract Rates, Unit Cost or Lump Sum
• Day Rate, Cost Plus and Charter Contracts
• Design/ Build & Other Types of Dredging Contracts
• Dredging and Maritime Construction Contracts
• Early Contractor Involvement
• Permits for Dredging Operations
• Tenders and Bidding

Regulatory Bodies, Agencies, Commissions and Organisations

Regulatory Bodies, Agencies, Commissions and Organisations

• Conventions
• IADC Dredging in Figures Committee
• Dredging and Related Organisations
• Financial Institutes & Lending Agencies
• IADC Indexation Cost Standards Committee
• IADC Legal Committee
• IADC Public Relations Committee
• IADC Registered Plant Committee
• IADC Safety Committee
• United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)

Research & Development

Research & Development

• Future Research Topics

Safety

Safety

Surveying and Monitoring

Surveying and Monitoring

• Adaptive or feedback monitoring
• Compliance Monitoring
• Contractual Monitoring
• Environmental Monitoring Programmes
• Geological and Geotechnical Data
• Hydraulic Data
• Monitoring
• Monitoring Equipment
• Morphological and Environmental data
• Navigable Depth
• Site Investigation
• Surveillance or BACI monitoring
• Surveying

Techniques

Techniques

• Compaction
• Dynamic Compaction Techniques
• Explosive Compaction
• Ground Improvement
• Hydraulic Fill
• Land Reclamation
• Rainbowing
• Rock Fill
• Soil Improvement
• Subsea Rock Installation
• Underwater Placement in Bulk of Fill Material
• Vertical or Wick Drains
• Vibratory Surface Compaction

Terminology

Terminology

• Bearing capacity
• Bulking
• Bunds
• Carbonate sand fill
• Density
• Losses of Fill
• Mud Waves
• Permeabillity / Drainage
• Shear Strength
• Slope Stability
• Soft Clays
• Stiff Clays
• Stiffness of the Fill Mass
• Strength of the Fill Mass
• Subsoils

Training and Education

Training and Education

• Higher Education and Universities
• Seminars, Webinars and Courses
• Training Programmes for Fleet Personnel

Weather Events

Weather Events

• Earthquakes
• Storms: Hurricanes /Typhoons
• Tsunamis
• Wind

Working in the dredging industry

Working in the dredging industry

• Careers in dredging
• Jobs