PROJECT SHEET , THE THE LARGEST DUTCH HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING PROJECT SINCE THE DELTA WORKS

INTRODUCTION FEATURES PUMA, the Project Organization for the Extension Client Port Authority. of the Maasvlakte, is a 50/50 joint venture between dredging and marine contractors Boskalis Location , The Netherlands and Van Oord. The consortium has been con- Period 2008 - 2013 tracted by the Rotterdam Port Authority to construct the first phase of the Maasvlakte 2 Project – the Contractor PUMA, a joint venture between extension of the Port of Rotterdam – between Boskalis and Van Oord 2008 and 2013. The new zone will encompass 2,000 hectares of new land, roughly the same size as the total surface area of Schiphol airport. Half of the area will become land for a future busi- ness park.

The first phase of Maasvlakte 2 comprises an industrial site area measuring 700 hectares. The port basins are dredged to –20 m NAP (Normal Amsterdam Water Level), so that even the largest (next generation) container vessels can dock. An important component of the project is the con- struction of the overall sea defenses. The outer contour bordering the sea is about 11 kilometers long, and includes a hard (rocks) and a soft (dunes) section. The 3.5 km hard section requires 20,000 concrete blocks, each weighing approxi- A mately 40,000 kg and 7 million tons of broken rock, of which 1.5 million tons is recycled from the A Location map existing sea defenses, from Maasvlakte 1, and 5.5 B Start of the reclamation works million tons is imported from quarries in North- C TSHD ‘Oranje’ West Europe (mainly from Norway). PUMA is also D Aeroview 2011 managing the construction of the quaywalls, rail-

ways and roads for the Maasvlakte 2 project. About 140.000 tons of asphalt, 110.000 tons of mixed aggregate and 112.000 m2 of sandcement stabilisa- tion will be used for the construction of the roads.

EQUIPMENT Multi-purpose and high-tech equipment is deployed. An extensive fleet of trail- ing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs), cutter-suction dredgers (CSDs), back- hoes (BHDs), side stone dumping vessels, support vessels, dry earth moving

B equipment and auxiliary equipment is used. In total 23 TSHDs have carried

C D 06 — 2012 The information contained in this data sheet is for guidance purposes only and may be subject to changes. © Boskalis. All rights reserved. amount oflatitudeinhowitcarriesouttheproject. Maintenance responsibilitygivesPUMAacertain two yearsonthedesign.TheDesign,Construct& During tenderstagePUMAhasspentmorethan CONTRACT DESIGN, CONSTRUCT&MAINTENANCE tance ofupto50mfromtheshore. accurateatadis each) andtopositionthemvery concrete blocks(weighingonaverage40ton designed forthisproject,isabletoliftthe20,000 The ‘Blockbuster’crane,whichwasspecially struction craneseverbuilt,weighing1,200tons. itemofequipment:onethelargestcon tionary A novelty(innovation)onthisprojectisarevolu above NAP. new harborareas.Thelandisraisedto5m pump the30millionm³ofsandinvolvedto basinsto–20mand deepen thenewport bour, todeepentheYangtze- Harbourandto entrance toMaasvlakte2fromtheYangtzeHar site. FourCSDshavebeenusedtodredgethe area (locatedatsome12kmaway)totheproject 210 millionm³ofsandfromtheoffshoreborrow project. Oneexampleisthefinaldesignfor have beenmadeanumberoftimesduringthe tions, alwaysincloseconsultationwiththeClient, fact, improvementstodesignsandefficientsolu of workingmethodsinthecourseproject.In PUMA hadthefreedomtochangeapproach construction. Within thosewideparameters, ronment anddisruptiontoshippingduring area,withminimumdamagetotheenvi able port The ultimategoalwastobuildasafeandsustain E F ------THE DELTAWORKS THE SINCE PROJECT ENGINEERING HYDRAULIC DUTCH LARGEST THE NETHERLANDS THE 2, MAASVLAKTE water. 1,000 ha(nett)ofindustrialcomplexlocateddirectlyondeepand navigable pleted in2013.TheMaasvlakte2areawillultimatelyencompassatotalof maintenance oftheseadefenseforanotherfiveyearsafterprojectiscom inapril2013.PUMAwillremainresponsibleforthe schedule fordelivery Frequency (LTIF) figureseverachievedinTheNetherlands.projectison highest qualityandsafetystandards,resultinginthelowestLostTime Injury sions oftheprojectareunrivalled.Theiscarriedoutaccordingto dimen ofhydraulicengineering.Thecomplexityandtheenormous history The constructionofMaasvlakte2isonethemosthigh-profileprojectsin CONCLUSION Wessels). BAVO (ajointventurebetweentheDutchcivilcontractorsBAMandVolker structed. PUMAismanagingtheseworksandhassubcontractedthemto deep seaquaywalland500mbarge/feederhasbeencon inland shippingandsmallercontainerships).ForAPMTerminals a1,100m ing thePrincessAmaliaharboranda650mbarge/feederquaywall(for a1,250mdeepseaquaywall(forthelargecontainerships)adjoin terminal: ing quaywallsarebuiltfortheRotterdamWorld Gateway(RWG) container dredgedto13mbelow NAP). Twobarge feederquaywalls(berth connect structed to40mbelowNAPanddredged20NAP, andtwo The projectencompassestheconstructionoftwodeepseaquaywalls,con QUAY WALLS charging process. large chute and a conveyor belt were installed in the YangtzeHarbourNorway, for eachthe discarrying 90,000 tons of rock. Three temporary mooring piles,construction. a Every 2 week bulk carriers transported a cargo from the quarrymillion in tons of rock, so that the rocks were in sufficient quantity Prioravailable to the prior construction to of the hard sea defense PUMA had stockpiledROCK INSTOCK around 1.2 and requirementswhichwerecheckedbymeansofaverificationmatrix. Engineering wasused,whichbasedonalargenumberofsetconditions PUMA toguaranteethequalityofdifferentaspectsworks,Systems of differenttypesrockandmoreefficientdeploymentequipment.For beach andconcretecubereefbreakwater”,resultinginamoreeffectiveuse tion”, PUMAhasdevelopedanew, innovativedesignthesocalled“cobble hard seadefence.Together construc withtheClientthrougha“partnering F E Sand neededfor1stphaseofthe project Soft seadefenses(beachesand dunes) Hard seadefenses(stoneduneandblockdam) Rail (twintrack) 2x2lanes/cyclepaths) Roads (partly Barge/feerder quaywall(11-13mdeep) Deep seaquaywall(20mdeep) Area ofindustrialareas(total) Area ofMaasvlakte2 FACTS ANDFIGURES

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