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DredgDikes Pilot Dike Completed

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The pilot dike construction at the Körkwitzer Bach near Ribnitz-Damgarten, approximately 40 km north-east of Rostock, has been completed.

South Baltic Conference on Dredged Materials in Dike Construction – A Great Success

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The South Baltic Conference on Dredged Materials in Dike Construction was a gread success. 115 experts from 10 European countries participated in the conference which shows the relevance of this special topic. The proceedings can be downloaded on this website.

Invitation – DredgDikes Site Visit Rostock 2014

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The chair of Geotechnics and Coastal Engineering of the University of Rostock together with the DredgDikes project consortium invites you to the 2014 DredgDikes site visit on the Rostock test dike on Tuesday 27 May 2014, from 9:00 – 13:00 hrs. to experience the large-scale overflowing tests with overflowing rates of up to 600 l/(s*m). […]

South Baltic Conference on New Technologies and Recent Developments in Flood Protection – Registration Now Open!

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Registration for the South Baltic Conference on New Technologies and Recent Developments in Flood Protection  is open now! Please follow this LINK to browse to the conference registration website with detailed information about the conference, the venue and the registration process.

DredgDikes welcomes new associated partner

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(Deutsch) Das DredgDikes-Konsortium heißt die Danish Coastal Authority herzlich willkommen als neuen assoziierten Partner für Aufgaben, die in Dänemark durchgeführt werden.

South Baltic Conference on Dredged Materials in Dike Construction – Registration Now Open!

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Registration for the South Baltic Conference on Dredged Materials in Dike Construction is now open! Please follow this LINK to browse to the conference registration website with detailed information about the conference, the venue and the registration process.

5th DredgDikes Steering Group Meeting and Workshop

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The fifth DredgDikes steering group meeting and workshop was held in Rostock, 17-18 December 2013. The meeting was organised in the Penta Hotel, directly in the city centre. After a short summary about the project progress, in which six presentations were held, two group discussion workshops were organised.

Construction of the DredgDikes Pilot Dike started

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The construction of the pilot dike construction at the Körkwitzer Bach near Ribnitz-Damgarten, 30 km North-East of Rostock, finally started in December 2013. The construction is planned to be finished by the end of February 2014, depending on the weather conditions.

Extended Deadline for Gdansk Conference Abstracts

NEW and FINAL deadline to submit abstracts for the South Baltic Conference on Dredged Materials in Dike Construction is now January 15, 2014.

DredgDikes Visited PRISMA in the UK

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On Tuesday 12 November a delegation of the DredgDikes project from Gdansk visited the Salhouse Broad, wherethe central theme is the beneficial re-use of dredged sediment for habitat creation and bank protection.
On Wednesday 13 November a trip was organised to the Hardley Dike where the dredging and dewatering trial was presented, with the BMS Submersible pump and geotunnel in action.