Xbloc to Take Part at ICE Conference (UK)

Xbloc to Take Part at ICE Conference

The Xbloc team will be present at the ICE conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, from September 18 – 20, 2013.

You can meet us at the Xbloc booth in the exhibition area. On Thursday the 19th, Bart van Zwicht will give a presentation on the design and construction of the low crested Xbloc breakwater at Pointe Noire, Congo,” they announced.

The conference will address the following topics:

– Breakwaters, piers and jetties,

– Marine energy systems, offshore and nearshore devices and systems, service landfall,

– New coastal facilities and infrastructureincluding oil and gas terminals, power stations, desalination plants,

– Waterfront developments,

– Seawalls and shoreline structures,

– Ports, locks and harbours,

– Coastal erosion and flooding,

– Shoreline management, environmental andsocial awareness,

– Coastal, estuarine and oceanographic processes; data measurement, monitoring and modelling,

– Coastal threats, storms, tsunamis andclimate change,

– Dredging and use of dredged materials,

– Construction materials – embedded energy, sustainability.

The Xbloc team will be also present at the Coasts and Ports conference in Sydney, Australia, from 11 to 13 September

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Dredging Today Staff, August 30, 2013