News Amsterdam moves ahead with 6,200-home new urban district The city of Amsterdam says it has taken a “major step” in its plans to develop a residential district in the southwest of the city. Funds have been made available…
Projects The amphibious mission to replace bridges at Amsterdam Centraal station Heavy-lift specialist Mammoet has begun an amphibious operation to replace five crucial bridge decks at Amsterdam’s main Centraal train station that have reached the end of their design life. Working…
News Work starts on main stretch of €5.1bn French canal for super-barges Work has begun on the main section of a broad-gauge, 107km-long canal for super-barges in France that is intended to significantly improve freight flows between France, Belgium and the Netherlands,…
News Add one street to every Dutch town to ease crisis, agency says Adding a street with about 50 homes on the edge of every Dutch town and village would ease the country’s growing housing crisis, the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency has said.
News Arup designs Dutch tunnel system to get rid of greenhouse gases British consulting engineer Arup has done the front-end engineering design for a tunnel system in the Netherlands to be used to dispose of greenhouse gases caught in industrial carbon capture…
News EU approves €1bn Dutch plan to subsidise hydrogen plants A Dutch government plan to subsidise new green hydrogen plants with €1bn in grants will go ahead after passing EU scrutiny on competition and state-aid. Tenders will now go out…
News EU approves €2bn Dutch reactor to produce medical isotopes The European Commission has approved a plan by the Netherlands to spend €2bn on a new medical isotope production facility in Petten, about 220km north of Amsterdam. The plan is…
News Dutch company pays €1.78m to end Crimean bridge prosecution Dutch construction equipment supplier Dieseko has agreed to pay €1.78m to settle a case brought by the Netherlands Public Prosecution Service (NPPS) for selling machinery and technical assistance to Russian…
News World’s biggest crane takes shape in the Netherlands Heavy-lift specialist Mammoet has started putting together the world’s biggest and strongest land-based crane at its Westdorpe facility in the Netherlands. The company says its electric SK6000 ring crane will…
News Three engineers chosen to assess the Netherlands’ bridges and viaducts The Dutch public works directorate and the ministry of infrastructure and water management have selected a trio of engineers – Arup, Iv and Wagemaker – to assess the structural integrity…
News Amsterdam to add 20,000 new homes to underdeveloped suburbs Amsterdam is changing its planning rules to allow more housing in existing neighbourhoods, newspaper De Telegraaf reports. In the recent past, the city has tried to tackle its lack of…
News Korean team to study new reactor for the Netherlands Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) will carry out a feasibility study on building a new nuclear reactor in the Netherlands. There is currently only one nuclear power plant in…
News MAD Architects’ Migration Museum to open in Rotterdam in 2025 The Fenix Museum of Migration in Rotterdam, a project commissioned by the philanthropic Droom en Daad Foundation and designed by China’s Mad Architects, is due to open to the public…
News Henning Larsen designs mass timber logistics hub Danish architect Henning Larsen in collaboration with Ramboll, Denc, and Pelecon has designed a mass timber logistics centre on the Dutch island of Flevopolder for Danish clothing retailer Bestseller. The…
News Netherlands starts building 1,200km hydrogen network Dutch energy company Gasunie has begun work on the Netherlands’ planned hydrogen pipeline network.
News MVRDV designs “pointillist” masterplan for Netherlands technology campus Dutch architect MVRDV has announced a masterplan to extend the campus of the corporate Noviotech Campus in Nijmegen, in the east of the Netherlands. The project will connect the currently…
News Heatherwick team designs Utrecht centre hub UK architect Heatherwick Studio is working with the Netherlands’ Barcode Architects and real estate developer Edge on a culture, work and leisure hub in Utrecht. This takes the form of…
Companies Spain objects to Ferrovial’s plan to move to the Netherlands The government of Spain has criticised contractor Ferrovial’s plan to move its headquarters from Spain to the Netherlands next June with the aim of escaping Spain’s regulatory system and listing…