Infrastructure
DMC has worked on the development of new infrastructure worldwide. DMC has many years of experience in the design of civil structures for road and rail, locks, weirs and aqueducts. Our capacity for innovation is conclusively demonstrated by our engineering of storm surge barriers in the Netherlands like those in the Eastern Scheldt estuary and the New Waterway (the main entrance to the port of Rotterdam), and our design for the inflatable barrier at Ramspol.
DMC has extensive experience in the design of the following structures:
- Bridges
- Decks
- Railways
- Motorways
- Storm surge barriers
- Locks
- Dams and reservoirs
- Drainage
Infrastructure Project
Storm Surge Barrier Ramspol, Holland
The storm surge barrier near Ramspol was built to project the hinterland against flooding by high water from the IJsselmeer lake. The barrier consists of three inflatable, nylon-reinforced rubber dams, each 75 m long, 13 m wide and with a design height of 8.35 m. They are the largest dams of their kind ever built. The dam is inflated with air while a gravity-feed system allows water to flow in. The barrier is lowered again by pumping out the water and letting out the air.