‘Quickly’ flushing out a 3.4 metre pipe
Although Van Heck uses large numbers in most of the work it does around the world, it’s always impressive to see a pipeline with a 3.4 metre diameter. It takes serious calculation to flush out…
Although Van Heck uses large numbers in most of the work it does around the world, it’s always impressive to see a pipeline with a 3.4 metre diameter. It takes serious calculation to flush out…
AARLE-RIXTEL – In the sewage plant in Aarle- Rixtel, Van Heck’s siphon systems are being used so that the water board can have the sewers renovated. Siphons are exceptionally well-suited to this job, because an…
ANTWERP – In the Antwerp harbour, sand extraction is in process. This sand is transported to deposits along the freeway. The surplus water has to be pumped all the way back to the harbour: a…
AMELAND – Ten thirty in the morning, January 4th. The phone rings in the Van Heck offices in Noordwolde. Wetterskip Fryslân, the water board of one of the northernmost provinces in the Netherlands, reports that…
Emergency pumping station EZUMAZIJL – Van Heck was able to prevent the north-east of Friesland from flooding after a pump failure at pumping station Dongeradielen. Following the swift installation near Ezumazijl of three mobile pumps…
SAINT PETERSBURG – Russia is carrying out major infrastructural improvements in prepara- tion for higher sea levels caused by accelerated melting of the ice caps. A storm surge barrier is being built in the Neva…
STADE – A critical situation at the Dow Chemical plant on the Elbe near Stade, Germany, occurred earlier this year. An unfortunate series of events led to a shortage of cooling water. This resulted in…
MUMBAI – The clock is ticking. The Salvaging of the MSC Chitra, which sank in sight of the Mumbai harbour, must be completed before the monsoon season sets in. The enormous freighter sunk in the…
PLAU AM SEE – In the north-east corner of Germany, close to Neustrelitz, the Elde river had to be temporarily diverted in the spa village of Plau am See to allow for the construction of…