Day 1

08.45 Registration and coffee

09.30 Welcome

Mr Constantijn Dolmans , Secretary General IADC

09:50 Keynote Presentation

The Clients Perspective – Requirements for Land Reclamation

Mr. Gerard Beaufort, Rijkswaterstaat - The Netherlands

10:30 The Geotechnical Aspects

• Foundation properties
• Dredgeability of soils
• Utility of soils
• Geotechnical boundaries of hydraulic fill

Mr Art Nooy van der Kolff, Royal Boskalis Westminster nv

11.10 Morning Coffee

11:30 The Hydrodynamic Aspects

• Site bathymetry
• Sea bottom features
• Wave, tidal and current conditions
• Hydrodynamic boundaries of hydraulic fill

Mr Jens Kirkegaarde, DHI Group

12.10 The Ecological Aspects

• Long term versus short term effects
• Project versus process effects
• Mitigation and compensation measures
• Sense and nonsense of monitoring
• Ecological boundaries of hydraulic fill

Mr Nick Bray, Dredging Research Ltd

13.00 Networking Lunch

14.15 Presentation of Case Studies

14:30 Workshop sessions

• The Geotechnical Aspects
• The Hydrodynamic Aspects
• The Ecological Aspects

16:00 Afternoon Tea

16.20 Plenary Session

17.20 Close

18.00 Reception and Buffet

Day 2

09:30 Keynote Presentation

Where does it go wrong?

Professor David Hight, Geotechnical Consulting Group

10:10 Quality Control

• Quality control, assurance and management
• Quality defined as fitness for purpose
• Design and process aspects of quality control
• Sustainability, life cycle and relative costs

Mr Dirk De Tavernier, DEME nv

10.50 Morning Coffee

11:10 Contract Management

• One for all and/or all for one?
• Secrets of a successful project execution
• Managing the project execution to the benefit of all parties
• Incentives for consultants, contractors and other parties
• involved

M. Peter Lundhus,
(Technical Director for the Øresund Link now Managing Director for the Fehmarnbelt)

11:50 Pricing and Valuation of Contracts

• Reclamation pays!
• General principles of pricing and valuation
• Valuation of risks and uncertainties
• Cost price and market price

Mr R van Loveren, Van Oord nv

12.30 Networking Lunch

14.00 Workshop sessions

• Quality Control
• Contract Management
• Pricing and Valuation of Contracts

15.00 Afternoon Tea

15:20 Final Remarks

16:00 Close