Management and Maintenance of Flood Defenses

Learning targets

The management and maintenance of flood defenses are increasingly being planned and carried out based on risk assessments. Maintenance and management staff play a significant role in risk-based operations and data collection. Proper management and maintenance are crucial for maintaining strong dikes. Increasingly, specific goals are being set for management and maintenance. But how do you measure whether these goals are achieved? Furthermore, multi-year maintenance plans are becoming more common. What role do management and maintenance staff play in these plans? This course addresses all these topics.

The following topics will be covered:

• duty of care
• guidelines for risk-based management and maintenance
• risk-based operations: pros and cons
• data management
• different types of maintenance

After completing this course, you will have:

• insight into the risks related to your flood defense
• understanding of the importance of proper data management
• the ability to apply risk-based operations

Program

Day 1: Risk-Based Operations

• guidelines for risk-based operations
• case studies in risk-based operations
• what are the requirements for management and maintenance under risk-based operations?
• water safety, LNC (Landscape, Nature, Culture), and secondary use
• risk indicators and criteria
• maintenance standards: different standards for dikes may result in different maintenance standards

Day 2: Data, Maintenance, and Planning

• data management
• maintenance
• multi-year maintenance plans

Personal Contribution

As part of the program, you are expected to actively participate by sharing experiences or challenges from your work. This allows us to learn from both theory and practical workplace experiences.

Target group

This course is intended for a broad target group: inspectors, maintenance team leaders, maintenance advisors, asset managers, water safety advisors, planners, area managers, maintenance workers, and technical water system managers (operational management and maintenance staff).

We create a stimulating learning environment where you can have valuable discussions about both the course content and your work situation.