annual report - Royal Haskoning
annual report - Royal Haskoning
annual report - Royal Haskoning
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projects<br />
>> water quality in schiphol ditches greatly improved<br />
Every winter the essential use of antifreeze<br />
to keep aircraft free of ice causes<br />
deoxygenation in Schiphol’s ditches.<br />
Discharging deoxygenated water into<br />
polder outlet water can do serious biological<br />
harm. As a consequence of a heavy frost at<br />
the beginning of 2006 a situation like this<br />
occurred and the Rhineland Polder Board<br />
notified Schiphol airport to ensure good<br />
oxygenation quickly. As a result of this<br />
project manager >> drs. A. Vermeulen<br />
Schiphol installed oxygenating pumps to<br />
increase the level of oxygen in the ditches.<br />
<strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Haskoning</strong> kept a watch on the<br />
situation by daily monitoring and <strong>report</strong>ing. The measures to aerate the surface water have clearly had a favourable effect<br />
because the percentage of breaches of the oxygen norm has remained less than five percent since then. After this disaster<br />
<strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Haskoning</strong> analysed the situation and introduced a number of measures for dealing with water at Schiphol to prevent<br />
problems in the future.<br />
>> strengthening the position of the port of rotterdam and improving the<br />
quality of life in the rijnmond area<br />
Since 2004 <strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Haskoning</strong> has been a major<br />
player in the planning and decision making<br />
processes involved in the Rotterdam Mainport<br />
Project, a very high-profile and complex task<br />
on a scale unique in the Netherlands. More<br />
than a hundred consultants and specialists<br />
working in extremely close collaboration are<br />
advising the Port of Rotterdam Authority<br />
about the design and construction of the<br />
Second Maasvlakte and about the policy<br />
project manager >> IR . L.R. Idema<br />
and process surrounding the Environmental<br />
Impact Assessment and the granting of<br />
permits. We are advising the Province of<br />
South Holland about the planning, legal and policy aspects of the Midden-IJsselmonde development area: 600 hectares<br />
of nature reserve that should lead to an improvement in the quality of life in the area around the Mainport. We have given<br />
the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management policy and technical advice as part of the coordinated<br />
Planologische Kernbeslissing (Core Planning Decision), which was approved by the Upper and Lower Houses of the Dutch<br />
Parliament in 2006.<br />
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<strong>annual</strong> <strong>report</strong> 2006 >>
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