Systems Engineering in Infra & Hydraulic Engineering
The Systems Engineering in Infra & Hydraulic Engineering symposium was held on 19 January 2011. You can view the presentations below.
Description
Systems Engineering has been used for years in industries where the development time and reliability of complex systems is very important, such as the aerospace, defence and aviation industries. Within the infrastructure sector, the call for Systems Engineering was also growing louder, and ProRail and Rijkswaterstaat, in collaboration with Bouwend Nederland and ONRI, drew up a guideline for Systems Engineering.
Meanwhile, we are several years down the line and things are not always running smoothly. Clients have problems making their expectations clear, contractors have trouble demonstrating that they meet requirements and changes in projects are far from always recorded, communicated and implemented in a structured way. It is then often shouted that SE only produces extra paper and does not solve problems, while in these projects it is often the failure to apply SE properly or to work according to SE that is the problem.
Design & construct (D&C) contracts also have their impact here. Because projects are tendered at a much earlier stage in the design phase, clients are forced to think in a different way. They have to make their wishes and requirements completely explicit at an early stage in the design process, whereas previously they could direct the engineering firm until the specifications. Engineering firms themselves are working more for contractors, requiring a different mindset. Contractors themselves are assigned more risks and have to adapt their organisation to the new situation.
In this mini-symposium, we will discuss a number of projects where we have encountered these problems and tell how we have dealt with them
14:00 - 15:00 Walk-in
15:00 - 15:10 Opening by Ronald Zandbergen (IGWR)
15:10 - 15:30 Introduction to how Systems Engineering works by Gerben Zonneveld (Movares/cofely)
15:30 - 15:50 Project Emo Quay Wall Maasvlakte 1 by Jan Hendrik Bouman (IGWR)
15:50 - 16:10 Project Amazon Harbour and Quay Wall Maasvlakte 1 by Alfred Roubos (IGWR)
16:10 - 16:40 Pause
16:40 - 17:10 Project Network-oriented maintenance corridor Hansweert Kromme Sluis by Gerben Zonneveld (Movares/cofely)
17:10 - 17:30 Project Juliana Lock by Jacques Montijn (Movares)
17:30 - 17:50 Relationship Clients, Engineering firms, Contractors, Process of collaboration in SE by Dick de Kreek (IGWR)
17:50 - 18:10 Discussion o.led by Han Vrijling (TU Delft)
18:10 - 18:30 Networking drinks
Location
Ingenieursbureau GemeenteWerken Rotterdam (IGWR)
(Maaszaal), Galvanistraat 15, 3028 AD Rotterdam
Organiser
Construction and Hydraulic Engineering
Municipality of Rotterdam and Movares
Name and contact details for information
For more information, please contact Ernst Oosterveld, tel. 030 265 3401, e-mail ernst.oosterveld@movares.nl or David Dudok van Heel, tel. 010 489 44 00 77, e-mail D.DudokvanHeel@gw.rotterdam.nl