CEDA Dredging Days 2012

Programme

12-13 December 2012, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Day 1, Wednesday 12 December

Session 1 - Opening ceremony
09.00 - 10.15 hours
Chair: van Rhee C - Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Opening remarks: Anders Jensen, CEDA President - DHI, Denmark
Special word of welcome: Yasser Nasser Zaghloul, Chief Executive Officer - NMDC, United Arab Emirates
Introduction: Prof.Dr. Cees van Rhee, Technical Papers and Programme Committee Chairman - Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Keynote address: Amer Al Hammadi, Planning and Infrastructure Executive Director - Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council, United Arab Emirates
CEDA update: Anna Csiti, General Manager - CEDA, The Netherlands

10.15 hours: coffee and tea served in the exhibition area


Session 2 - Ventures in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industries
10.45 - 12.15 hours
Chair: Hassan RM - NMDC, United Arab Emirates 

Construction of large artificial islands for oil exploitation in the Arabian Gulf
Lambarki M, Bouwmeester B and Van de Putte K - National Marine Dredging Company, United Arab Emirates

Design and construction of artificial island of Satah Al Razboot oil field
Carnevale S, Vinck K and Mol A - DEME, Belgium

Dredging works for Gasco sulphur channel project, Ruwais
Belle AAAJ, Afan MA - National Marine Dredging Company, United Arab Emirates

Artificial island made with dredged material; combining development with environmentally friendly solutions
Recio J and Surisetty M - WorleyParsons Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Belle A - National Marine Dredging Company, United Arab Emirates

12.15 hours: lunch sponsored by NMDC, served in Al Thuraya B, followed by coffee and tea in the exhibition area


Session 3 - Academic / Technical Development Session
13.30 - 15.40 hours
Chair: Hoef F - Dredging International, Belgium 

Erosion behaviour of a draghead
Verschelde A and Van den Broeck M - Dredging International (DEME), Belgium; van Rhee C - Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Local anomalies in slip for slurry flow within pipes near the deposit limit velocity
van Grunsven F - Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands; Talmon AM - Delft University of Technology/Deltares, The Netherlands

The advantages of standardisation in the dredging industry
Blaas W and ten Heggeler O - IHC Dredgers, The Netherlands

A non-nuclear density meter and mass flow system for dredging slurry with or without entrained gas
Batey RH - Sciam Worldwide, United States of America

Attrition of material during cutter suction dredging and pipeline transport
Barber D, O'Dowd B and Lee M - HR Wallingford Ltd, United Kingdom

Beach formation in sensitive areas
Coenen VJ and Timmer H - Witteveen+Bos Consulting Engineers, The Netherlands

15.40 hours: coffee and tea served in the exhibition area


Session 4 - Ventures in Infrastructure and Trade
16.10 - 17.40 hours
Chair: Jensen A - DHI, Denmark

Khalifa Port: a multidisciplinary approach for the beneficial use of dredged materials with high fines content
Bolatti Guzzo L and Castleton W - Royal Boskalis Westminster, The Netherlands; Hooiveld BJ - Boskalis, Hydronamic, The Netherlands; Bangash A - Abu Dhabi Ports Company/Bechtel, United Arab Emirates

Innovative seawalls for the new fishing port Abu Dhabi
Green E - Soletanche Bachy, United Arab Emirates

Designing backhoe dredgers for dynamic loads in severe conditions
de Vries G and Jacobse GW - Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam, The Netherlands

17.40 hours: CEDA Environment Commission (CEC) in the spotlight
Laboyrie P, chairman CEC - Witteveen+Bos Consulting Engineers, The Netherlands

18.00 hours: reception



Day 2, Thursday 13 December

Session 5 - Virtues: Environmental Awareness and Concern
09.00 - 10.30 hours
Chair: Murray L - Cefas, United Kingdom 

Silt curtains - a review of their role in dredging projects
Middlemiss D, Ogilvie JC, Lee MW, Feates N and Crossouard N - HR Wallingford Ltd, United Kingdom

Beach development in Abu Dhabi 
Budda Y - National Marine Dredging Company, United Arab Emirates

Environmental compliance of dredging works at Barakah nuclear power plant project
Mackenzie J and Bose A - National Marine Dredging Company, United Arab Emirates

Solutions for dredging in an ecologically sensitive environment - large-scale coral relocation in Jamaica
Kramer A and Rijks D - Hydronamic, The Netherlands

10.30 hours: coffee and tea served in the exhibition area


Session 6 - Visions in Coastal Infrastructure
11.00 - 12.10 hours
Chair: Khaled M - ADNOC, United Arab Emirates 

Optimisation of water quality in complex man-made canal systems - "Saadiyat Island", Abu Dhabi
Bundgaard K, Jensen A and Brøker I - DHI, Denmark

Sustainable development of land reclamations and shorelines: full-scale experiments as a driver for public-private innovations
Aarninkhof SGJ - Royal Boskalis Westminster, Hydronamic/EcoShape, The Netherlands; Allewijn R - Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, The Netherlands; Kleij AM - Province of South Holland, The Netherlands; Stive MJF - Delft University of Technology/EcoShape, The Netherlands; Baptist MJ - IMARES/EcoShape, The Netherlands

12.10 hours: presentation of the IADC Best Paper Award: René Kolman, IADC, The Netherlands

12.15 hour: conference chair's closing remarks: Prof.Dr. Cees van Rhee, Chairman Technical Papers and Programme Committee, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

12.20 hours: lunch, served in Al Thuraya B, followed by coffee and tea in the exhibition area 

Last update: 19 December 2012