Innovations in Dredging Technology: Equipment, Operations, and Management
Abstract
The lack of a programmatic or systematic approach to the demonstration, evaluation, and reporting of new or innovative applications of dredging technology in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging program has lead to a study of the state of the practice worldwide. Innovative dredging technology in the context of this study is defined as technology that is significantly better, cheaper, or faster than existing technologies, and that is not broadly applied due to limited knowledge or established standards within the engineering community. Initially, a literature review was used to identify the vast array of innovative technologies and categories of equipment and procedures pertaining to dredging operations with emphasis on European applications. Several hundred documents and technologies were researched pertaining to innovative dredging technologies and procedures. A series of site visits were made to several institutions, dredge contractors, port authorities, and project sites in Belgium, the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, and Germany. Over 176 technology fact sheets were prepared and each fact sheet contains the following types of information about that technology: technology name, category, description, company/organization, projects completed, information sources, and literature references.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA378468
Entities
People
- Robert J. Hopman
- T. N. Mclellan