Case Study
Premium pontoons for major flood management scheme
CASE STUDY Premium pontoons for major flood management scheme ‘Room for the River IJsseldelta’ project, the Netherlands In 2018, Walcon Marine via its Benelux distributor W2 Support B.V. supplied a series of premium pontoons as part of the ongoing development of one of the largest flood-risk management schemes in the Netherlands in recent years. Not only have the pontoons been built to a very high specification, but the project architects also required additional features and styling which Walcon was happy to accommodate. The ‘Room for the River IJsseldelta’ project is a major undertaking that includes the deepening of seven kilometres of the River IJssel and the construction of a new flood channel, the Reevediep. The result will be the creation of a new area for storing f