SITE INVESTIGATION

Fugro's investigation links Dutch subsidence to former peat extraction

Fugro has completed important ground investigation research into the cause of subsidence and possible associated damage to rural homes located on a former peat extraction site between Nieuw-Amsterdam and Erica in the north-east of the Netherlands.

 Fugro’s research into the causes of subsidence was on a former peat extraction site between Nieuw-Amsterdam (shown) and Erica in the Netherlands

Fugro’s research into the causes of subsidence was on a former peat extraction site between Nieuw-Amsterdam (shown) and Erica in the Netherlands

Under a contract for the Municipality of Emmen, the Province of Drenthe, and the Vechtstromen Water Authority, Fugro delivered a multidisciplinary programme of geoconsulting, geotechnical investigation...

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