Rijkswaterstaat selects IMPAKT IB to future-proof infrastructure along the Maas route
IMPAKT Ingenieursbureau (IMPAKT IB), a partnership between Witteveen+Bos, Royal HaskoningDHV and Pilz, has been awarded an engineering service contract by Rijkswaterstaat to upgrade the operation and control of all movable infrastructure objects within the Maas route, on the Dutch River Maas.
To guarantee future-proof infrastructure, Rijkswaterstaat (The Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management in the Netherlands) will be renovating and replacing a vast number of civil structures, within the scope of a large-scale maintenance programme, known as the Renovation and Replacement Programme (V&R). This programme has been established to ensure that infrastructure systems in the Netherlands are updated regularly – maintaining its world-class infrastructure, and guaranteeing rapid and safe traffic flows, both now and in the future. IMPAKT IB is making an important contribution to the subproject 'Replacement and Renovation Operation and Control of Maas Objects (ID MB2.0)'.
The elaboration for the plan of approach is the first phase to be awarded – in which the project scope is determined jointly with Rijkswaterstaat and a global reference design is delivered. It is expected that IMPAKT IB will also carry out the contract preparation for the subproject and supervise the tendering process for the execution of the contract.
The main objective of the ID MB2.0 subproject is to secure the operation and performance of infrastructure objects on the Maas route – one of the most important shipping routes within Europe. Shipping locks, weirs, pumping stations, fixed and movable bridges, and various other infrastructure types are located on the Maas route, but many of these are approaching the end of their lifecycle. The project will ensure the renewal and modernisation of both the operation and control of these objects, which total 18 complexes, 10 service buildings and 57 movable objects.
The elaboration for the plan of approach is the first phase to be awarded – in which the project scope is determined jointly with Rijkswaterstaat and a global reference design is delivered. It is expected that IMPAKT IB will also carry out the contract preparation for the subproject and supervise the tendering process for the execution of the contract.
The main objective of the ID MB2.0 subproject is to secure the operation and performance of infrastructure objects on the Maas route – one of the most important shipping routes within Europe. Shipping locks, weirs, pumping stations, fixed and movable bridges, and various other infrastructure types are located on the Maas route, but many of these are approaching the end of their lifecycle. The project will ensure the renewal and modernisation of both the operation and control of these objects, which total 18 complexes, 10 service buildings and 57 movable objects.