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1 Delta development Teunis Louters Delta Development, the Netherlands Jasper Fiselier DHV, date 10 June 2011

2 Active worldwide Over employees DHV Group Expertise: - Water - Mobility including Airports - Building and Industry - Spatial Planning and Environment Services: - Management advice - Design and engineering - Project, contract and operational management

3 Business group DHV Water Mission: Improving quality of our environment taking into account global climate change with sustainable solutions. units: - Water Treatment - Delta Development (unit Land en Water)

4 Delta Development Ports & Waterways Water Management Coastal Development ca 200 highly motivated professionals

5 DHV Delta Development Kathleen Poels Delta Development + Dutch Regional Offices + International Offices Marco Piët Theo Klink Teunis Louters Wim Klomp Urban Water Management Water, Ecology and Spatial Development Rivers and Coasts Ports and Waterways

6 Coastal Development Rivers and Coasts Coastal zone and river basin management Flood risk management River and coastal engineering Land reclamation and dredging

7 DHV strong position in Coastal Development WaddenWerken ES2 Sluizen en dijken Wetterskip Uitwateringssluize n IJmuiden Katwijk Amsterdam- Edam Noordwijk Almere Delflandse zwakke schakel Flaauwe Werk VNK &RWS dijken Cadzand- Breskens Veerse Meer WCT Oosterschelde Bergse Haven Terneuzen sluizen/koegor polder

8 DHV is strong in river basins DHV-projecten in the Netherlands Rosanderpolder Watersysteemanalyse Zuiderdiep Spui-Oost Buitenhavendi Oostmolendij jk k Middelharnis Nieuw Stadse zeedijk Waalweelde Baggerspecie Hollandsch Diep

9 - EIA - Improvement plan - Dune compensation plan - Juridical procedures Weak link Delfland Coastline the Netherlands

10 Competition set by Ministry of Transport and Public Works Waddenworks, Nature Driven Design Dyke reinforcement by using natural processes A safe water barrier which will grow with the sea Mudflats and salt marshes along the Afsluitdijk

11 Sand engine, coast Delfland Large scale innovation pilot (22 million m3) to test new nourishment concepts and strategies Design, EIA, monitoring, contracting

12 Additional Tidal Gates Afsluitdijk - in joint venture with Arcadis to maintain the water level in the Lake Ijssel, more flush capacity is required EIA, Fish passageway

13 - Process management - River basin management - Spatial planning - Financial feasibility - Flood management - Hydraulic modelling Future of the IJsseldelta: an example of modern river basin management, the Netherlands

14 - Project Management - Plan development for dike improvement - Internal and external communication - Detailed design of dikes and civil structures - EIA - Supervision Dike improvement Markermeerdijk between Edam-Amsterdam

15 Groyne optimization Waal Pilot of 100 and project of 750 groynes Testing a range of alternatives Hydraulic and morphological modelling Design and contracting contracts

16 Water retention area Lake Volkerak Zoom Peak retention for the Rhine in former estuary Failure risk analysis 120 km of dikes and 30 constructions Improvement plan, EIA, consultation

17 Land Reclamation & Dredging Aquatic storage Hollandsch Diep Storage of contaminated sediments - Water quality and water temperature computations - Geotecnical research and advising - Environmental Impact Analysis - Design and apply for permission - Maintenance and monitoring

18 DHV.COM Panama Canal, Panama Expansion of the Canal - 23 km barrier (rock and earth fill) - 2 gated navigation openings - 6 sea sluices - 1 tunnel (under main navigation opening) - 1 bridge (over smaller navigation opening)

19 DHV.COM Contract value (DHV share ) Flood Protection Barrier St. Petersburg, Russia Flood protection and bank connection, masterplan - Analysis existing constructions - Mathematical wavestudies and modelling - Design of constructions - Supervision and management in design - phase Masterplan - Preparation of tendering and contracting

20 DHV.COM Contract value (DHV share 50%) Master Plan of the Port Said East Port New Port and Industry Complex - Industrial zone planning and cargo forecast - Port master planning - Conceptual design - Economic and financial analysis - Marketing plan

21 DHV.COM Contract value (DHV share ) Taicang Port City Master Plan Masterplan for the total Gangcheng group: - Zoning of the planning area; - Urban development of the planning area; - Infrastructure plan (transport of goods and people); - Ecological infrastructure; - Facilities for tourism and recreation.

22 - Design of Masterplan for reclamation - Technical analyses on land reclamation - Water system requirements - Delta symbiosis Tianjin Binhai Tourism Service Area Delta Diamonds

23 Delta development, enabling sustainable living in deltas Werken aan een veilige, en leefbare Delta, nu en in de toekomst

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