𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗕𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗘 𝗛𝗢𝗙 𝗢𝗣 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞𝗘𝗡, a collaboration of 𝗝𝗟𝗗 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 and 𝗱𝗲 𝗩𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 & 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗹, has begun dike reinforcement work on Marken: this week the first sand was applied in the test sections. Combinatie Hof op Marken will use this dike reinforcement to protect the island of Marken from flooding for the next fifty years. This project is commissioned by 𝗥𝗶𝗷𝗸𝘀𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗮𝘁 and Combinatie Hof op Marken is very proud to be able to accomplish this.
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𝗠𝗘𝗘𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠!
Tuesday, February 7 marks the start of the InfraRelation Days 2023.
We will be ready February 7-8-9 to show you our products and answer questions in the event hall in Hardenberg.
Will you come along too? Register via this link for a free visit.
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WE DO IT TOGETHER!
Thank you for visiting our booth at the InfraTech! Thanks in part to you, it was a successful participation.
We hope you experienced your trade show visit as a positive one. Our team is currently busy processing all trade show information and requests and we will get back to you one of these days.
Should you not have been able to visit the InfraTech or have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact us without obligation at: +31 (0)299 - 820002 or via email us.
Or visit the infrarelatiedagen February 7-9 in Hardenberg, there we will also be there for you again.
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Proud! We have been nominated for the IBEV-Award! Do you also cast your vote? JLD International can become entrepreneur of the year!
The IBEV Enterprise Award is presented each year to a distinguished company that has earned its spurs in all areas of entrepreneurship. Judging includes quality assurance, financial health, innovation, role model, sustainability, community involvement and other special entrepreneurial qualities.
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As a child, Jos Karsten walked the Markermeer dike. Now he is director of JLD Contracting, an SME company from Edam that works on a so-called "JLD dike stabilizer," a plastic pin that reinforces dikes so they once again meet safety requirements.
Simulated levee breach
The promises of the dike stabilizer are almost too good to be true, agrees Karsten (49). But so far, all research results from tests in an artificial dike in Purmerend are positive. The stabilizer strengthens a dike on the inside. The pin is inserted within minutes with a small machine and is made of a special type of flexible plastic. Karsten: "A dike has to be able to move.
The ultimate test will follow in April, when a dike breach will be simulated. Karsten, who is working with knowledge institute Deltares and Antea Group, among others, hopes that his stabilizer will receive a statement from ENW, the institute that draws up the calculation rules for dike safety, by the end of this year. With this declaration, water boards will not have to conduct additional research if they want to use the stabilizer
Export Plans
Expectations are high. Rijkswaterstaat thinks that 2,000 kilometers of dike will be rejected in a new test in two years. 'If we can do 10% of all Dutch dikes, I will have accomplished a great mission in my life.' Export plans for Europe, Asia and the United States are also ready. Afraid of competition, the entrepreneur is not. Patents should protect the invention, which has taken more than seven years to develop.
Karsten can't wait to get to work with real dikes. As an entrepreneur, he keeps far from the political discussions about the Markermeer dike. But, he says, 'I would very much like to do a piece of the dike. It's still my dike.'
