Environmental engineering
Building with Nature draws as far as possible on ecosystem services – the benefits that nature generates for society, for example when dunes act as coastal defenses, also providing leisure opportunities. To maintain the Dutch coast, Boskalis has constructed the so-called Sand Motor that uses natural forces like wind, waves, currents and tides to spread sand along the coast from a central replenishment location. Building with Nature is also researching methods for the sustainable development of ports.
