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Infrastructure
From brick...
to building the future
Global trends, global challenges
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Global population projected to reach 8.9 billion in 2050
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Virtually all population growth in urban areas
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The world’s largest cities and urban areas built on deltas
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Climate change set to raise sea levels
So, how do we protect our urban areas?
A life filled with water
• One quarter of surface below sea level, generates 70% of GDP
• Shaped our environment through large-scale land reclamation
• World’s most extensive system of flood protection measures
• Time-tested and battle-hardened infrastructure expertise
Hydraulic engineering
• Flood barriers
• Levees
• Coastal and harbour engineering
• Land reclamation and dredging
– Second Maas Area
– Van Oord, Boskalis Westminster, IHC Holland
Flood management and control
• Coastal design
• Urban water management
• Room for Rivers
• Integrated river basin management
• River Engineering and maintenance
Foundation technology
• Expertise in piles, pile driving, piled walls and sheet piling
• Driving man-sized piles at -25 C in Tallinn
• Supporting the new high-speed train in the Netherlands
Civilian infrastructure
• Confederation Bridge
12.9 kilometres of beauty
• North-south line
Amsterdam’s new artery
• Botlek tunnel
Into the heart of Port of Rotterdam
• Ghana road
From Zongo to Yeji
Main contractors
• Ballast Nedam
4,000 employees, €1.2 billion turnover
• Dura Vermeer
road, rail, hydraulic engineering
• Interbeton
worldwide marine and infrastructure
• Heijmans
Netherlands, Belgium and the UK
• Strukton
civil, rail, real estate
Consulting engineers
• Arcadis
• Royal Haskoning
• DHV
• Witteveen+Bos
• Fugro
• Infram
• Grontmij
• Alkyon
• Oranjewoud
water/river management, flood protection
coast, river, water management and treatment
sustainable solutions in water
water tech, infrastructure and environment
geo data and surveys
civil infra, environmental/water management
water management and treatment
harbours, coasts, offshore infrastructure
infra, urban dev, construction, environment
Pioneers in international business