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Internship Global Flood Risk Tool

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Global Flood Risk Tool Development

Royal HaskoningDHV (RHDHV) is a globally leading international consultancy and engineering firm focussed on improving living circumstances around the world for already 135 years. With over 6.000 colleagues spread over 150 countries we are committed to enhance society together. In particular, we are global leaders in providing solutions to the world’s challenges living with water. Water introduces both opportunities and risks to communities and nature worldwide as urban populations grow, the climate changes and resources become increasingly scarce.

As a company we want to interact more with the client on issues regarding flood risks. Also, we want to be able to cope with different levels of detail. We want to achieve this by connecting existing in-house tools and expert know-how, by connecting to open data sources and focus on visualizations. Therefore, we are currently developing a Global Flood Risk Tool that creates insight in flood hazards, flood damages and flood risks at any location/region in the world and that is able to justify a proposed flood protection investment. The tool should be globally applicable, provide quick flood risk estimates, include generalized and automated routines for the different assessments, have the flexibility to customize the elevation, land use and/or damage functions and should be a visually attractive and interactive tool. In 2017 we have started the tool development using ArcGIS and Python Scripting. The tool is now able to perform flood hazard and flood damage assessments and connects with Google Earth Engine through an API to load relevant datasets.

We have the ambition to further develop the tool in 2018 (see Internship Activities) and launch this tool internally (within RHDHV) and externally (pilot with a client). Therefore, we are looking for an enthusiastic, analytical and creative student who is eager to continue the development of this promising tool and enjoys Python programming and working with ArcGIS. The student will be supervised by people from the advisory groups Rivers & Coasts and Smart Information Solutions. The student gets the opportunity to contribute to an innovative product development and collaborate with experts in the field of flood risk and geo-information systems in a multi-disciplinary environment. Furthermore, the student will get a good sense of working at Royal HaskoningDHV and the projects executed by both advisory groups in The Netherlands and abroad. An internship contract is drafted with the selected student at the start of the internship. A suitable internship allowance will be made available for the student.

Interested students can send their motivation letter, CV and grade list to Tjeerd Driessen (Tjeerd.driessen@rhdhv.com). He can also be contacted for more information on this internship opportunity.

Internship Activities/Duties

The main activities in this internship will be, but are not limited to:

  • Get acquainted with the existing Global Flood Risk Tool and automated routines
  • Implement option to apply user input (land use or damage curve) in the damage assessments
  • Implement flood risk assessment (i.e. flood risk maps, flood risk and damage graphs and interactive visualisations)
  • Implement multiple options to visualize output (e.g. standardized reports, ArcGIS Online viewer and/or ESRI StoryMaps)
  • Optimize the tool (i.e. improve user interface, speed up Python scripts)
  • Test and validate the tool by using existing cases and comparison with the Dutch Waterschadeschatter (WSS) (viewer) en Schade en Slachtoffer Module

Special requirements

We are looking for students matching the following profile:

  • MSc student
  • Experience with ArcGIS and Python scripting (such as arcpy package and object-oriented programming)
  • Collaborative approach and enthusiasm in working together with colleagues and clients.
  • Strong problem solving skills and analytical competences
  • Communicative skills
  • Ability to work independently
  • Flexibility to travel (offices in Nijmegen, Amersfoort and Rotterdam)
  • Experience with hydrology, river management and/or flood risk management is preferred (not required)
  • Ability to communicate in Dutch language is preferred (not required)

Minimum duration internship

Minimum of 3 months (4 months or longer is preferred)

Name of organisation internship provider: Royal HaskoningDHV

Name of contact person internship provider: Tjeerd Driessen

Email address contact person: Tjeerd.driessen@rhdhv.com

Website: https://www.royalhaskoningdhv.com/en-gb/markets/water/296

Lunch lecture Waterschap Rivierenland

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On the 15th of February 2018, ‘Het Waterbouwdispuut’ hosted a very interesting lunch lecture by Waterschap Rivierenland. Eric Kuindersma came by our faculty to tell our students something about the organization and functioning of water boards in The Netherlands, along with some innovations that they have recently implemented in the field. The set-up of the lecture was very interactive, which led to a lot of interesting questions and mutual exchange of knowledge. Thank you very much Eric for your great lecture!

Lunch lecture Royal HaskoningDHV

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On December 20th Cock van der Lem, a senior port consultant, has enlightened us during a lunch lecture in which he spoke about two recent projects of Royal HaskoningDHV.

Both projects are fine examples of how innovative methods were used to obtain the best-suited design. Cock also told the students what working under challenging conditions is like, let it be extreme wave heights or not so cooperating local governments. All students enjoyed the lecture and the lunch, thanks again Cock!

Lunch lecture Arcadis

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On the 11th of December, ‘Het Waterbouwdispuut’ hosted a lunch lecture by the design & consultancy firm Arcadis. One of the designers of the giant sea lock doors of the new sea lock in IJmuiden gave a very interesting presentation, highlighting the technical difficulties and challenges they faced. The rolling gates form a crucial part of the overall lock design, which is why it was very interesting for the students who were present to have some background concerning these massive structures. Thanks a lot!