Partners

Primary Partners

Royal Haskoning DHV

As one of our primary partners, Royal HaskoningDHV surely puts a lot of effort into the collaboration with “Het Waterbouwdispuut”. Hosting many events during the years, Royal HaskoningDHV has become one of the most respected partners being an international engineering and project management consultancy. Since Royal HaskoningDHV operates globally they actively help students find topics for graduation projects or internships.

Partners

Arcadis

We are 27,000 people active in over 70 countries dedicated to improving the quality of life. Applying our deep market sector insights and collective design, consultancy, engineering, project and management services, we work in partnership with our clients to create exceptional and sustainable outcomes throughout the lifecycle of their natural and built assets.

Horvat & Partners

Horvat & Partners is an established name in the infrastructure sector. We have been involved in all major Dutch infrastructure projects over the past decades identifying project risk, auditing project control, evaluating project performance and conducting technical analyses. These activities require broad technical expertise, which we secure, for an important part, by maintaining strong ties with TU Delft. Our founder being a former professor at TU Delft, the academic background of our employees, a variety of internships and our proud contribution to the ‘Waterbouwdispuut’ all illustrate these ties.

MTBS

As one of the newer partners of “Het Waterbouwdispuut”, MTBS is a name that not many students know of yet. MTBS is changing this rapidly by hosting an In-House event each year and actively making a name for themselves. MTBS is an international finance and strategy advisory firm offering business solutions to clients in the maritime and transport sector.

Port of Rotterdam

The goal of the Port of Rotterdam Authority is to strengthen the competitive position of the Rotterdam port as a logistics hub and industrial complex of global significance. This pertains not only to its size but also to its quality.

Van Oord

Van Oord has been one of the most valued partners of Het Waterbouwdispuut since many years. Organizing many events together makes our students acquainted with the Dutch way of thinking at this international maritime contractor for which they are highly appreciated. Located in Rotterdam, Van Oord not only hosts activities in the Netherlands but also abroad Hydraulic Engineering students are often welcome in Van Oord offices.

Witteveen & Bos

Witteveen+Bos offers its clients value-added consultancy and top-quality design for water, infrastructure, environment and construction projects. As one of the partners of Het Waterbouwdispuut, Witteveen+Bos is appreciated for participating in many activities throughout the year.

Secondary Partners

Deltares

Deltares is an independent institute for applied research in the field of water and subsurface. Throughout the world, we work on smart solutions, innovations and applications for people, environment and society. Our mission is Enabling Delta Life. As an applied research institute, the success of Deltares can be measured in the extent to which our expert knowledge can be used in and for society. For Deltares the quality of our expertise and advice comes first. All contracts and projects, whether financed privately or from strategic research budgets, contribute to the consolidation of our knowledge base. Furthermore, we believe in openness and transparency, as is evident from the free availability of our software and models. Open source works is our firm conviction. Deltares is a not-for-profit organisation, employs 850 people, 42 different nationalities and is based in Delft and Utrecht.

IV-Group

Iv-Groep is a worldwide operating multidisciplinair engineering office. Iv-Groep finds a solution to problems in the sectors Infrastructure, Building, Handling, Maritime and Offshore Energy and Water.

Movares Water

It is within your and our reach: a liveable, accessible and sustainable Netherlands. The big challenge is not getting there, but how. We see innovations and new ways of working together as key to this. As consultants and engineers, we are building a future-proof country together with our clients, partners and knowledge institutes. Are you in?

Sweco

Sweco plans and designs the communities and cities of the future. The results of our work are sustainable buildings, efficient infrastructure and access to clean water. With 15,000 employees in Northern Europe, we offer our customers the right expertise for every project. We carry out projects in 70 countries annually throughout the world. Sweco is Europe’s leading architecture and engineering consultancy, with sales of approximately SEK 16.9 billion (EUR 1.8 billion). The company is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB.

Fugro

Fugro Flood Defence is the leading geotechnical and hydrological consulting firm in terms of assessing, building close to, reinforcing and constructing flood defences. We are also active in ‘room for the river’ projects, area development projects and the extraction and reuse of raw materials. We set ourselves apart through our combination of state-of-the-art and innovative geotechnical products and services, such as consultancy, soil investigations, laboratory research, monitoring and geodetic measurements.

In such projects, Fugro draws on its expertise to facilitate sustainable solutions. Examples include the utilization of local available soil and the development of both innovative survey techniques and innovative dyke reinforcement methods.

Thanks to our local presence and worldwide network of expertise, our advice is based on a combination of local knowledge and global know-how and technology. Fugro Flood Defence is involved in numerous high-profile projects including the area development project at Ooijen en Wanssum, the dyke relocation project at Lent, the strengthening of the Markermeer dykes, the assessment and dyke-reinforcement design of the dykes along the Spui, the dyke reinforcement at Wolferen-Sprok and the strengthening of the dykes protecting the city of Zwolle.

Want to know more about Fugro? See www.fugro.com/careers

HKV

HKV line in water works with a three-part mission with the aim of contributing to a safe and sustainable living environment for everyone: employees, clients, fellow companies, suppliers and society. Quality, socially oriented, entrepreneurial and transparent are our core values

DEME-Group

DEME is a world leader in the highly specialised fields of dredging, land reclamation, marine infrastructure, offshore energy and environmental remediation. With more than 145 years of experience and about 5,000 highly skilled professionals, we have built up a vast bank of knowledge and expertise which has allowed us to foster a pioneering approach throughout our history. This enables us to bring tailor-made solutions, innovation and new technologies to our customers’ projects, ensuring that they are performed safely, efficiently and cost-effectively.

Rijkswaterstaat

Working together on a safe, liveable and accessible Netherlands. That is Rijkswaterstaat. The battle against water is not over yet. This is evident from the floods of the major rivers in 1993 and 1995 and new insights into climate change. We use our past to work on the future. Protection against floods will therefore remain high on the agenda in the 21st century. In addition, issues surrounding liveability and mobility remain important items on the agenda. Together with expert partners, we will continue to work towards a safe, liveable and accessible Netherlands.

Boskalis

Royal Boskalis Westminster is a leading global dredging and offshore contractor and maritime services provider. We offer a unique combination of experts, vessels and activities. With our origins in the Netherlands, we have been operating for over 100 years. Today we create new horizons for our stakeholders in the ports, offshore energy, maritime and inland infrastructure markets.

Sponsor

CDR

CDR International is a fully independent coastal, river and port engineering and consultancy firm having its roots in the Netherlands. CDR stands for Coasts, Deltas and Rivers, the environment and field of our expertise in broadest sense. CDR is focusing on project development, management, design and engineering services in particular in the marine and maritime sector worldwide. Our services cover the range of project idea development, (bankable) feasibility studies, detailed mathematical modelling and design studies to supervision during the construction phase.

SBE

SBE is one of the largest independent engineering consultancies in Belgium. A team of 160 colleagues, scattered over 4 offices in Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain, works on the design of civil structures such as bridges, tunnels, quay walls, navigational locks and dikes. As specialized consultants we are the ‘special forces’ of civil engineering since we only take action for very complex projects. We are also a family business which translates into a friendly work-environment, short communication lines and a flat and agile organisational structure.