Adrian Rushworth
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Jan 03
Webinar on emergency repairs of levees – A call for speakers
The ICOLD European working group on levees is organising a webinar on March 16 11:00-13:00 CET to consider the ‘emergency repairs of levees’. We want speakers from across Europe and beyond to share their work on this topic, whether it is emerging research or practical experience during a flood. This important topic will be of …
Jun 08
Invitation for start-up session International Handbook for Flood Emergency Response
Bart Vonk, a Senior Advisor in Flood Risk Management at Rijkswaterstaat, has sent an invitation to join a start-up meeting for creating an International Handbook for Flood Emergency Response. If you are interested, he has asked to let them know via this registration form , if possible before June 7. Bart provided the following information …
Nov 09
Reflections on the ICOLD LE TC meeting September 2020
The ICOLD Levees Technical Committee (LE TC) 2020 met over the last three days of September for our 2020 meeting. These are some of my personal reflections. The current restrictions in response to COVID19 were overcome by having a teleconference on each of the days. I think the importance of Levees worldwide was seen by …
Apr 29
Call for newsletter articles
Issue 3 of the Newsletter has recently been published. The EUCOLD Levee Working Group Newsletter is now looking for article contributions for the 4th issue which will be published later in summer of 2019. We will be looking for articles relating to the engineering, operation, maintenance of Levees… and anything else Levee related that you …
Feb 10
New Year newsletter
Now it is 2019 it is time to think of the next group newsletter. A lot is happening in the world of Levees and it will be good to share what you have been doing. As a guide articles between a quarter and a whole page work well. Photographs and pictures are useful to bring …
Nov 22
Assessing and managing the risks of transitions in flood defence infrastructure
Workshop on “Assessing and managing the risks of transitions in flood defence infrastructure” The Environment Agency has teamed up with international experts to help risk management authorities to consider the risks associated with transitions in flood defence structures. The international consortium, made up of HR Wallingford, Royal HaskoningDHV, Deltares, IRSTEA and USACE, integrates current …
Jul 26
Thoughts on ICOLD Congress, Vienna
photo by Ilze Plomp – van der Sar This was my first ICOLD meeting and was the first formal ICOLD Technical Committee on Levees (TC LE) after it had been setup at the meeting in Prague. Here are a few of my thoughts. Not only was this the first formal meeting of the LE TC …
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