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- 80% of the large retaining walls are at the end of design life time, .
- We have great sustainability ambitions ambitions.
- There is an urgent need to respond on the consequences of climate change.
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For this reason, we are applying 'smart' walls: walls equiped equipped with sensors that give that give insight in the behaviour of the quay walls during the construction phase.
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A 'smart' quay wall will be monitored during the dredging phase, and will subsequently loaded by 80% of its design load and unloaded.
Field test: loading with 80% of the design load
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