HKV presents dashboard for Vietnamese flood and disaster managers

December 13th, 2011 by nwp

In the presence of vice minister Lai of MonRe and Dutch ambassador Joop Scheffers, the consultancy firm HKV presented the first version of Dashboard Vietnam during a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City.

Hydrologic and hydraulic information
Dashboard Vietnam shows various hydrologic and hydraulic information as well as information from social networks, for flood and disaster management. Vietnamese authorities are interested in improved cooperation in this field and Dashboard can help with this.

The workshop was made possible by the Dutch embassy in Hanoi and the Netherlands Space Office and was organised within the framework of the Dutch cooperation “Water and Climate Services”.

Accessible information
Open data and information initiatives are growing worldwide and ever more data and information is available for flood and disaster managers. Dashboard processes these worldwide information flows and presents them in a comprehensible, accessible manner.

In the region this is relevant, because important decisions now need to be made on the basis of very little information.

HKV works in various regions on the Dashboard Flood Management, among others in Indonesia, Philippines and United States of America.

This press release was originally published on the website of HKV Consultants.

More information
HKV South-East Asia
Jurjen Wagemaker
+62 813 892 637 05
or
HKV Consultants
Lelystad, the Netherlands
Bart Thonus
+31 320 294 208
www.hkv.nl

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HKV wins large project for implementation EU Flood Directive in Romania

November 23rd, 2011 by nwp

HKV Consultants assists the Romanian water authorities of the Arges Vedea river basin with the implementation of the EU Flood Directive. The consultancy firm will also play a major role in the development of hydrological models and the development of flood risk maps.

Digital elevation model
The overall project involves the development of a digital elevation model with LIDAR, the surveying of cross sections, creating hydrologic, hydraulic and inundation models, as well as the assessment of mitigation measures.

The study area is almost 18.000 km2, including the capital Bucharest. Furthermore a hydraulic model will be developed for 3.500 km of rivers.

Work began in November 2011 and continues until the spring of 2013.

More information
HKV Consultants
Lelystad, the Netherlands
+31 320 29 42 42 (Marco Hartman)
www.hkvconsultants.com

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HKV assists university with inundation modeling for US Steel plant

September 21st, 2011 by nwp

HKV Consultants assists the Southern Illinois University with the preparation of hydrodynamic levee-breach and inundation modeling for Metro East Sanitary District (MESD) in Granite City, with particular focus on the US Steel plant. This area is situated along the easterly bank of the Mississippi River, immediately across from St. Louis.

Hydrodynamic models
The primary objective of the study is to estimate flood arrival times and maximum flood depths for the 1/500 year event. HKV Consultants provides the university with computational facilities as well as technical assistance in the use of hydrodynamic models.

More information:
HKV Consultants
Lelystad, the Netherlands
+31 320 294242

This press release was originally published on the website of HKV Consultants.

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World Bank contracts HKV Consultants for flood risk assessment in Ghana

July 1st, 2011 by nwp

The Dutch consultancy firm HKV won a contract for the World Bank funded Flood Hazard Assessment project for the Upper White Volta in Ghana. The company announced thje contract on June 30.

A total length of 880 river kilometres will be modelled, starting at the border with Burkina Faso till Lake Volta. In the last 4 years, severe flooding occured every wet season in this part of the White Volta.

The project includes survey activities, hydrological, hydraulic and overland flow modeling, analysis of the genesis of the floods, assessment of effectiveness of flood mitigation measures and the implementation of a Flood Early Warning System (FEWS).

Employees from the stakeholder’s organizations will be trained in using the methods and techniques applied within the project.

The project will be implemented from June 2011 until October 2012. Most of the activities will be carried out from a project office in Ghana.

For more information you can contact:
Project Leader (and director) of HKV Consultants, Durk Klopstra
+31 (0)320 294242

This news item was originally published on the website of HKV Consultants

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