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Study Tour to the Netherlands
(12 - 20 April 2004)
 

Impression of the Study Tour by David Dewar


Team on Study Tour

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Presentation on DELFT 3D


Lunch

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Scale Model


 
  Between the 12th and 20th April 2004, a team of eight Guyanese from the Guyana Sea Defence Board and the Strategy and Master Plan Module 6 went on a well planned and executed study tour of Integrated Coastal Zone and Sea Defence Management in the Netherlands, courtesy of Royal Haskoning, consultants to the ongoing Shore Zone Management Project of the Ministry of Public Works and Communications.

The experience and knowledge gained over the period seemed to have been built up cumulatively, as each organisation provided some information and insight into the next round of visiting experiences, in addition to cementing some information and knowledge gained from the previous location visited.

After a welcome and introduction at the Head Office of Royal Haskoning in Nijmegen, participants had lectures and tours at each of the following institutions and organisations:
  • The International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, (ITC), where one of the team was once a student;
  • Royal Boskalis Westminster NV, well known in Guyana,
  • Water Board Rijnland and a pumping station;
  • Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management of the Netherlands, Rijkswaterstaat;
  • WL/Delft Hydraulics, whose expertise will be used to develop computer models as part of the present project;
  • UNESCO/IHE Delft, where one of the team was once a student, and;
  • TU Delft CICAT, the Technical University of Delft.

Participants used their limited spare time to visit the local market in Den Haag and the sea defence dykes and Storm Surge Barrier along the coast, only passing through Amsterdam on the way to the airport, thus being unable to view any of the famous or infamous sights of Amsterdam such as the tulips and the Red Light district.
 

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Maeslantkering
Good bye Diner in Delft
El Dorado for Mr. Laboyrie

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Studytour in Newsletter of the Guyana Association of Professional Engineers (GAPE)

Links to the organisations visited in the Netherlands

Royal Haskoning
International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observations (ITC)
Boskalis Westminster N.V.
Waterboard Rijnland
Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat)
WL Delft Hydraulics
IHE Delft
TU Delft