Van Oord’s award-winning reclamation pipe gasket redesign

Sometimes a small improvement can have a huge impact. Van Oord’s new reclamation pipe gasket design significantly reduces the risk of potential finger injuries with an easy to implement and cost-effective solution. The design was chosen as the winner of IADC’s Safety Award 2025.

Submissions for the IADC Safety Award 2025

When individual employees, teams and companies view everyday processes and situations through a continuous lens of safety, they can each contribute to making all aspects of operational processes, whether on water or land, safer. For this year's Safety Award, IADC's Safety Committee received 14 submissions. Each one is assessed on five different categories; sustainability; level of impact on the industry; simplicity in use; effectiveness; and level of innovation.

Submissions for the 2024 IADC safety awards

When individual employees, teams and companies view everyday processes and situations through a continuous lens of safety, they can each contribute to making all aspects of operational processes, whether on water or land, safer. For the 2024 Safety Awards, IADC's Safety Committee received 14 submissions. Each one is assessed on five different categories: sustainability; level of impact on the industry; simplicity in use; effectiveness; and level of innovation.

Award winners share their innovative designs

Cutter head repairs in the dredging industry have long been associated with significant safety risks, such as falls and musculoskeletal injuries due to awkward working postures and the need for lifting. Jan De Nul’s latest cutter head staircase design addresses these challenges by offering a more straightforward and safer solution.