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A quick guide: What is Dredging?

What is dredging A quick guide: What is Dredging?
What is dredging
  • Dredged Material as a Resource Dredged Material as a Resource
  • Statistics & Figures Statistics & Data
  • Safety The Dredging Industry
  • The Goals of Dredging The Goals of Dredging
  • The Importance of Dredging
  • Types of Material to be Dredged Types of Material to be Dredged

Environment

Environment
  • Building with Nature
  • Climate Change
  • CO2 & Other Emissions / Greenhouse Gases 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 Environmental Monitoring and Management Plans
  • Flood Defence
  • Management Practices for the Environment
  • Mangroves
  • Remediation dredging Remediation dredging (Contaminated sediments)
  • Sustainability Sustainability
  • Turbidity Turbidity
  • Underwater Sound
  • Wetlands

Equipment

Equipment - Volvox Atalanta rainbowing Equipment
Equipment - Volvox Atalanta rainbowing
  • Auger Dredgers Auger dredgers
  • Auxiliary equipment Auxiliary Equipment
  • Backhoe Dredgers
  • Barges Barges
  • Booster stations Booster Stations
  • Bucket ladder dredgers Bucket-Ladder Dredgers
  • Bucket-wheel dredgers Bucket-Wheel Dredgers
  • Cutter suction dredgers Cutter Suction Dredgers
  • Dipper dredgers Dipper Dredgers
  • Drones
  • Dustpan Dustpan Dredgers
  • Environmental Equipment Environmental Equipment
  • Flexible fall pipe vessels Fall Pipe Vessels
  • Grab or clamshells dredgers Grab or Clamshell Dredgers
  • Other high-tech dredging equipment - simulators Other High-Tech Dredging Equipment
  • Jack-up pontoons Jack-up Pontoons
  • Pipelines Pipelines
  • Ploughs, Beams and Rakes
  • Pontoons Pontoons
  • Side Stone-Dumping Vessels
  • Split hopper dredgers Split-Hull Hopper Dredgers
  • Dustpan Suction Dredgers
  • Trailing suction hopper dredgers Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers
  • Suction dredgers Tugs and Tows
  • Water injection dredgers Water Injection Dredgers

From Concept to Contract to Completion

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

Ports & Harbours

Ports & Harbours

Procurement for Dredging Projects

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

Regulatory Bodies, Agencies, Commissions and Organisations

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

Research & Development

Research & Development Research & Development
Research & Development
  • Future Research Topics Future Research Topics

Safety

Safety

Surveying and Monitoring

Surveying and Monitoring Surveying and Monitoring
Surveying and Monitoring
  • Adaptive or feedback monitoring Adaptive or feedback monitoring
  • Compliance monitoring Compliance Monitoring
  • Monitoring during the contract Contractual Monitoring
  • Environmental Monitoring Programmes Environmental Monitoring Programmes
  • Geological and Geotechnical Data Geological and Geotechnical Data
  • Hydraulic Data Hydraulic Data
  • Monitoring Monitoring
  • Monitoring Equipment - Acoustic Doppler Monitoring Equipment
  • Morphological and Environmental data Morphological and Environmental data
  • Navigable depth Navigable Depth
  • Site investigations Site Investigation
  • Surveillance or BACI monitoring
  • Surveying Surveying

Techniques

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

Terminology

Terminology Terminology
Terminology
  • Bearing capacity Bearing capacity
  • Bulking Bulking
  • Bunds Bunds
  • Carbonate sand fill Carbonate sand fill
  • Density Density
  • Losses of fill Losses of Fill
  • Mud waves Mud Waves
  • Permeability Permeabillity / Drainage
  • Shear strength Shear Strength
  • Slope stability Slope Stability
  • Soft clays Soft Clays
  • Stiff clays Stiff Clays
  • Stiffness of subsoil and fill Stiffness of the Fill Mass
  • Strength of the fill mass Strength of the Fill Mass
  • Subsoils Subsoils

Training and Education

Education training simulator Training and Education
Education training simulator
  • Higher Education and Universities Higher Education and Universities
  • Education webinars Seminars, Webinars and Courses
  • Education helicopter training Training Programmes for Fleet Personnel

Weather Events

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

Working in the dredging industry

Working in the dredging industry Working in the dredging industry
Working in the dredging industry
  • Careers in dredging
  • Jobs

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