Plan Beaufort
Description
'Beaufort Plan', more solid plan for safety Netherlands
Working on dykes and Wim Kuijken's new Delta Plan is nice but not enough. As a principle, his plans still allow (and will allow) a dike to fail if the Normative High Water (MHW) is exceeded. This is allowing brittle failure behaviour. At a certain (over)load, the dykes, dunes and storm surge barriers safety system breaks down; there is then a major flood with a lot of damage. In industry, such system behaviour is a no-go signal for granting permits.
In Plan Beaufort, measures are taken to ensure safety against flooding even if the MHW is exceeded or the strength of dykes and engineering structures turns out to be less than expected. Measures have been taken to limit the damage if something goes wrong.
The principle of Plan Beaufort is therefore to convert the current brittle failure system into a tough or redundant failure behaviour, with limited damage in case of failure, the containment principle. The key design tool here is the so-called 'what if' question. What do you do/what happens if this lock is operated incorrectly/shuts down/fails? Questioning all the constituent parts of the system and thus getting to know the system as a whole and improving it by design.
It is important to work on this now because preparing, approving, building and commissioning will take much longer than the 35 years we have until 2050.
The drinks will start at 18:00 and the meal will follow punctually at 19:00.
Sign up no later than 9 April 2017 before 12:00.
Location
Stationsplein 45,3013 AK Rotterdam
Organiser
Circle Rotterdam