Dredging Seminar 35th Edition

The course is given by recognised experts from the world's leading dredging companies and is aimed at (future) project managers, project staff and decision makers in governments, port and harbour authorities, offshore companies and other organisations that have to execute dredging projects. Over the last fifteen years, this intensive course has reached hundreds of professionals in maritime related fields in Delft, Singapore, Dubai, Buenos Aires, Bahrain, Mexico and Abu Dhabi.

The five-day course provides an understanding of dredging through lectures by experts in the field and workshops. Some of the subjects covered are:

• land reclamation, the development of new ports and maintenance of existing ports;
• project phasing (identification, investigation, feasibility studies, design, construction, and
• maintenance);
• descriptions of types of dredging equipment and boundary conditions for their use;
• state-of-the-art dredging techniques as well as environmentally sound techniques;
• pre-dredging and soil investigations, designing and estimating from the contractor's view;
• costing of projects and types of contracts such as charter, unit rates, lump sum and risksharing agreements.

In addition, in each country a visit to a dredging project is planned, if possible combined with a trip on a working trailing suction hopper or cutter dredger.

The cost of the seminar will be EUR2,950,-; this fee includes all tuition, seminar proceedings and workshops and a special participants dinner during the week. Those registering before 15th September will enjoy a EUR250.- discount. Fees are exclusive of travel costs and accommodation. IADC assists as needed with finding accommodation in the conference hotel or at another facility.