Professional Documents
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Teachers
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Dr. Suzanne van Eekelen
Expert piled embankments
Ground improvement using geosynthetics
Road and railway construction
Laboratory experiments and field monitoring
Ir. Arjan Venmans
Design and construction of roads and railways
Climate change adaptation
Decision support systems
Risk management
Flood risk
Forecasting, flood risk management, flood prevention
Sustainable planning
Integrate technical knowledge to solve problems in complex systems
Infrastructure
Reducing costs and risks when building in coastal areas, soft soils and
at sea
Environment
Develop sustainable natural solutions for the protection of the ecosystem
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Deltares is working world wide
Workforce: 840
Number of nationalities: 28
Annual turnover: 113 million euros 7
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European design guidelines
1. British BS8006 (1995, updates 2010/2016)
2. Dutch Design Guideline (CUR 2010, updated 2016)
3. German EBGEO (2004, updated 2010)
4. Nordic Guideline for reinforced soils and fills, (updated 2004)
5. French ASIRI (2012)
6. Finish Geolujitetut maarakenteet (2012)
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1935
Krimpenerwaard polder
Road N210
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Krimpenerwaard
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Stolwijk
N210
Bergambacht
N210
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23 December 1935: How to construct a road in the
Krimpenerwaard?
Keverling Buisman
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fascine mattress:
80 cm of reed
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Keverling Buisman 1890-1944
to
Timber piles
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Sand
Concrete
Geosynthetics
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Geosynthetics
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Houten project Widening railway
Movares, de Bataafse Alliantie, (ProRail, Mobilis, CFE en KWS Infra),
Voorbij Funderingstechniek, Huesker, CRUX Engineering and Deltares
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N210 Krimpenerwaard
Ballast Nedam, Huesker,
Fugro, Movares
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across along
Houten railway 25
A2 Beesd
Heijmans,
RWS O-NL,
Voorbij
Funderingstechniek,
CRUX-Engineering,
Huesker
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Highway exit Woerden
Movares, KWS, Huesker, Deltares
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Reconstruction Berlin-
Rostock
(Nassenheide-Löwenberg)
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Photo of Cofra
Double railway track
Bidor Rawang 2002
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Why a piled embankment?
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Top view
abutment
limited time
Cross section
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Example: A2 widening Beesd 2008-2010
road +
rail road
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road +
rail road
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Krimpenerwaard N210 2007 - 2010
Why?
Influence on existing road
Maintenance for 20 years
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Kyoto Road Gorinchem 2007
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Source: Emotrade
Why? Avoid large differential settlements beneath 1 tank
due to variable soil conditions and time constraints
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