IADC Dredging Seminar in Singapore

Registration is still open for the IADC Dredging Seminar in Singapore, which is taking place from 7-11 November of this year.

According to International Association of Dredging Companies, the five-day seminar strives to provide an understanding of the basics of dredging through lectures and workshops which are given by industry experts in a classroom setting for a hands-on experience.

In addition to basic dredging methods, new equipment and state-of-the-art techniques are explained through the seminar’s programme. Often realised in co-operation with local technical universities, the course has been successfully presented worldwide.

Spanning five days, the programme addresses the following specified topics during lectures and workshops:

• overview of the dredging market and the development of new ports and maintenance of existing ports;
• project phasing (identification, investigation, feasibility studies, design, construction, and maintenance);
• descriptions of types of dredging equipment and boundary conditions for their use;
• state-of-the-art dredging and reclamation techniques including environmental measures;
• site and soil investigations, designing and estimating from the contractor’s view;
• costing of projects and types of contracts such as charter, unit rates, lump sum and risk-sharing agreements;
• design and measurement of dredging and reclamation works;
• early contractor involvement.

All presentations and workshops will be given by lectures who are experts in the field of dredging including:

• Pieter den Ridder – Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V.
• Maarten Dewint – Jan De Nul NV
• Luk Verstraelen or Paul Vercruijsse – DEME N.V.
• Robert Dijkema or Marcel van den Heuvel – Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors BV

To register and find out more information about the IADC Dredging Seminar in Singapore please click HERE.