• Piping is a major failure mechanism in dikes. Conventional methods to counteract this issue – the construction of auxiliary berms, sheet piling or diaphragm walls, for example – have a huge financial and spatial impact.

More information about the failure mechanism piping

    • Almost 60% of the dikes do not comply
    • Almost 60% of the dikes do not comply
    • Research by six water boards shows that approximately 540 km of the over 940 km of dyke under investigation probably do not meet the new calculation rules for piping.

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Projects

02-02-2018
Twentekanaal dike improvement projectRead more
03-03-2016
LiveDijk WillemspolderRead more
15-02-2016
Rijswijk and Ingen dike upgrade projectRead more