Gerard van Raalte on dredging and environmental management

“What we know now is that nature can do a lot of the work for you, if you bring in environmental considerations at the beginning,” said Gerard van Raalte, author, lecturer and recently, winner of CEDA’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Gerard van Raalte: “The problem is neither traditional contracting nor international legislation have much flexibility for ‘natural’ developments... To move forward, we need adaptive management to be understood and given room”

“What we know now is that nature can do a lot of the work for you, if you bring in environmental considerations at the beginning,” said Gerard van Raalte, author, lecturer and recently, winner of CEDA’s Lifetime Achievement Award.