Van Oord has been awarded two projects on the east coast of England by the UK Environment Agency.

The first is the Happisburgh to Winterton Sea Defence Project which is worth approximately Euros 9 million. This is a continuation of work previously undertaken by Van Oord at this location. the new work will start in September 2008 and is scheduled for completion in December 2008.

The workscope includes 280,000m3 of beach recharge and the building and refurbishment of rock groynes and revetments. The trailing suction hopper dredger Geopotes 15 will be deployed for the project after having been fitted with screens to ensure the required beach material grading is achieved.

The second project is at Jaywick, near Clacton, and is worth some Euros 13 million. Work starts in September 2008 and is scheduled for completion by the end of the year.

The project involves construction of a 185m long offshore breakwater (including 40,000 tonnes of rock), 250,000m3 of beach nourishment and an outfall extension. The suction dredger Sliedrecht 27 will be deployed as a booster station for the beach nourishment works.

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