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Does the Netherlands export their knowledge of handling below sea level engineering? With coasts around the world more prone to flooding it seems like it could

Does the Netherlands export their knowledge of handling below sea level engineering? With coasts around the world more prone to flooding it seems like it could be a lucrative industry

jacquesm 4y ago
Yes, absolutely. Kansai airport and the recovery of New Orleans were to some extent (from an engineering point of view) a Dutch effort. For instance: https://nltimes.nl/2017/08/30/new-orleans-turns-netherlands-help-dealing-floods https://nltimes.nl/2017/08/30/new-orleans-turns-netherlands-... One interesting bit about the Kansai Airport work was that the Dutch advised the Japanese to leave the reclaimed land untouched for a while (20 years or so) so it could settle, the Japanese ignored the advice because they had run the numbers and realized dealing with the damage from the settling was more profitable. We're cheap, it's a local joke that copper wire was invented by two Dutch traders fighting over a single coin, I think the idea of wasting good materials on unstable ground just didn't sit right with the Dutch engineers but the Japanese had no problem with it at all. I wonder how the Japanese look at this today from a financial perspective. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/how-to-save-a-sinking-airport-180968985/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/how-to-sav... Edit: I originally wrote Narita, instead of Kansai.
- throwaway6734 4y ago
  Thanks! >We're cheap, it's a local joke that copper wire was invented by two Dutch traders fighting over a single coin lmao
vladms 4y ago
They definitely export their knowledge of working with sand and water: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2013/11/18/dutch-firm-agrees-dubai-island-deal https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2013/11/18/dutch-firm-agrees-... And same company has other similar/related projects like: https://www.vanoord.com/en/updates/van-oord-awarded-land-reclamation-project-maldives https://www.vanoord.com/en/updates/van-oord-awarded-land-rec...

Does the Netherlands export their knowledge of handling below sea level engineering? With coasts around the world more prone to flooding it seems like it could be a lucrative industry

jacquesm 4y ago

Yes, absolutely. Kansai airport and the recovery of New Orleans were to some extent (from an engineering point of view) a Dutch effort. For instance: https://nltimes.nl/2017/08/30/new-orleans-turns-netherlands-help-dealing-floods https://nltimes.nl/2017/08/30/new-orleans-turns-netherlands-... One interesting bit about the Kansai Airport work was that the Dutch advised the Japanese to leave the reclaimed land untouched for a while (20 years or so) so it could settle, the Japanese ignored the advice because they had run the numbers and realized dealing with the damage from the settling was more profitable. We're cheap, it's a local joke that copper wire was invented by two Dutch traders fighting over a single coin, I think the idea of wasting good materials on unstable ground just didn't sit right with the Dutch engineers but the Japanese had no problem with it at all. I wonder how the Japanese look at this today from a financial perspective. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/how-to-save-a-sinking-airport-180968985/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/how-to-sav... Edit: I originally wrote Narita, instead of Kansai.

throwaway6734 4y ago
Thanks! >We're cheap, it's a local joke that copper wire was invented by two Dutch traders fighting over a single coin lmao

vladms 4y ago

They definitely export their knowledge of working with sand and water: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2013/11/18/dutch-firm-agrees-dubai-island-deal https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2013/11/18/dutch-firm-agrees-... And same company has other similar/related projects like: https://www.vanoord.com/en/updates/van-oord-awarded-land-reclamation-project-maldives https://www.vanoord.com/en/updates/van-oord-awarded-land-rec...