On 15th September, the 4 student team of the Civil Engineering department of the University of Delft (Netherlands) met with CDR in Colombo (Sri Lanka). The team is studying fishery ports, including the Dikkowita Fishery Port. CDR is their main sponsor and offers assistance in practical advice and reviews their study findings. We wish them all the best during their studies in Sri Lanka.
In this feasibility study the technical, financial and economic aspect for the establishment of a ship repair facility are assessed. This study explores the opportunities to develop a profitable docking service yard in the South Pacific for vessels of over 10,000 DWT.
CDR International has increased its engineering capacity by employing a new staff member. As from May 1st 2015, Mr. Bas van de Sande (MSc.) will strengthening the CDR International team. Mr. Van de Sande will work as project manager / project engineer on international projects. Mr. Van de Sande is a GIS expert.
Mr. Van de Sande has a recent working history with Royal Haskoning DHV, where he worked as GIS Consultant / Project Engineer on national (Netherlands) and international (India, Nigeria) projects.
We are very proud that Mr. Van de Sande is strengthening our team and wish him all the best in his promising career.
On 27th April a reception was organised by the royal Netherlands embassy in Sri Lanka on the occasion of the national day, to celebrate the birthday of His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.
Our project manager Herald Vervoorn was one of the guests. As CDR International is involved in the Colombo port city project, we were requested to be one of the sponsor of this event.
We appreciated the reception and the efforts of the embassy and look forward for a continuation of the excellent relations between the countries and for the well-being and happiness of all people in Sri Lanka.
The CDR team wishes you a very good 2015!
We thank our clients and partners for the confidence expressed in us in 2014 and look forward to expanding our professional services in the coming year.
Picture (L to R): Steven te Slaa – Herald Vervoorn – Eelco Bijl – Gerrit Valk – Dirk Heijboer.
As from December 1st 2014, Mr. Herald Vervoorn has joined CDR International. Mr. Vervoorn will start his active CDR career with the land reclamation and marine design of Colombo port city, which is currently under construction. He has a history as resident engineer and project manager in Sri Lanka on the Dikkovita fishery harbour construction. Mr. Vervoorn will return to Sri Lanka to occupy our CDR Sri Lanka office from January 2015.
Mr. Vervoorn has 18 years of experience in the managing and executing of international projects related to maritime, river, civil and (geo)-hydrologic engineering. He is an IPMA-B certified project manager with knowledge of water management, hydraulic engineering and civil engineering and has successfully completed many challenging national and international projects.
We warmly welcome Mr. Vervoorn to our team and wish him all the best in his active career with CDR International.
CDR International has increased its engineering capacity by employing new personnel. As from November 1st 2014, Mr. Steven te Slaa (MSc.) will strengthening the CDR International team. Mr. Te Slaa will work as Project Manager / Project Engineer on international projects. He is an expert in the design of Marine Structures and in the Behaviour of Fine Sediments.
In 2015, Mr. Te Slaa will obtain a PhD. degree in fine sediment dynamics from Delft University of Technology and the East China Normal University (Shanghai). Therefore, he carried out dedicated research into the behaviour of silt-rich sediment in the Yangtze River and Yellow River in China. Steven has a recent working history with Witteveen+Bos, where he worked on national (Netherlands) and international (a.o. Indonesia, Kazachstan) maritime projects.
We are very proud that Steven is strengthening our team and wish him all the best in his promising career.
Signing the updated agreement between CHEC Sri Lanka as EPC contractor of the Colombo port city development project for the marine design and reclamation works.
CDR will set-up a permanently manned office in Colombo for at least a period of 2 years. The project was officially launched on September 17th, 2014 by the Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa (http://www.news.lk/news/business/item/2987-colombo-port-city-project-will-be-launched-today).
Project group Hambantota consists of four students from Delft university of Technology, with specialisations ports and waterways, dredging engineering, coastal engineering and construction management and engineering. As part of their Master’s program they organized a research project in Sri Lanka where siltation is a major problem for small scale fisheries harbours.
With support of CDR the students will analyse the situation for one specific harbour in Hambantota, located in the south of Sri Lanka. They will evaluate different solutions and present a development plan to local stakeholders as a result of their study.
Value engineering studies optimisation of wave wall design of the main sea defence of the Eko Atlantic city development (www.ekoatlantic.com) by adopting an alternative approach for wave overtopping reduction.
