Terra et Aqua 112 – complete issue
Read the complete issue containing articles, upcoming events, an interview and book review.
Articles in this issue
Creating a “Culture of Safety”
This year’s IADC Safety Award winner proves that thorough training, compliance with ISO and other standards, vigilance regarding quality and health, safety and environment (QHSE) results in less on-the-job downtime, fewer accidents, healthier employees, improved performance and the delivery of quality projects.
An Analytical Approach to the Sedimentation Process in Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers
A number of theories are used (Camp, Groot, Miedema and Vlasblom, Yagi, Braaksma, Ooijens and van Rhee) to determine the overflow losses when loading trailing suction hopper dredgers. The model derived here has several important improvements, including the speed of doing the calculations.
Re-Use of Borrow Pits: The Dutch Approach to Storing (Contaminated) Dredged Material
As a result of complex legislation, lack of space and public resistance, cost effective solutions for dredged material, are becoming more and more difficult to find. Re-use of former borrow pits is an attractive option, particularly when it offers opportunities for environmental enhancement.
Dredged Material as a Resource
Contrary to conventional wisdom, most dredged material is clean, natural product and, far from being a waste, can be an important environmental and economic resource, as shown in two case studies: the rehabilitation of a brownfield at Fasiver, Belgium and the creation of a wetland in Wallasea, UK.
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Published September 2008