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PIANC The World Association for Brussels, 23 February 2018. Waterborne Transport Infrastructure To the First Delegates of the Qualifying Members of PIANC To the National Sections’ Secretaries of PIANC The Sister Associations of PIANC Subject: Setting up of an InCom Working Group InCom 206 on “Update the Final Report of the International Commission for the Study of Locks”. Dear Madam, Dear Sir, The setting up of PIANC Working Group 206 on “Update the Final Report of the International Commission for the Study of Locks” has duly been approved as well as its terms of reference, which are enclosed herewith. May we ask you to inform the secretariat of InCom by 31 May 2018 (copy to the General Secretariat) about the name, qualification and (e-mail-) address of the expert, proposed by your country/organisation. Please enclose a brief curriculum vitae of the proposed expert together with some details about his/her professional experiences. A second expert per country/organisation, being a young professional, can participate in the Working Group activities. Further I would like to remind you that Working Group Members should either be Individual Member of PIANC, working for a Corporate Member, be an invited expert or a be a member of a Sister Organisation. We remind you that in accordance with PIANC rules, the costs incurred in taking part in Working Group activities are borne by the member countries/organizations. We thank you beforehand for your collaboration. Yours sincerely, Geert Van Cappellen, Secretary-General Reply to : Miss Jasna Muskatirovic Mr Philippe Rigo Directorate for Inland Waterways – UNIVERSITé DE LIEGE INSTITUT DU GENIE CIVIL Plovput – Francuska 9 – Belgrade – Serbia Chemin des Chevreuils 1 - 4000 Liège - Belgium e-mail : [email protected] [email protected]  PIANC The World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure InCom WG 206 Update the Final Report of the International Commission for the Study of Locks Terms of Reference Objective of the International Commission The main objective of the Commission is to update the 1986 Final Report of the International Commission for the Study of Locks. Background It has been over 30 years since this benchmark document was produced and much has evolved and an updated report, second version, is needed for the navigation community. The new lock design textbook (not for academic education but young professional in lock design) will be a valuable instrument to promote PIANC and the Inland Navigation industry. This publication will serve the navigation community for years and will solidly place PIANC as the preeminent inland water transport organization. Final Product The original document was an outstanding document, 445 pages, in its time however much of it is simply outdated and now is of limited value. Many of the designs presented simply are not used as more efficient, reliable, cost effective, and environmentally friendly solutions are favored. There are multiple areas to update. As a second volume, it is envisioned the basic outline of the book will be retained, updated with new chapters or headings for subjects that were not common at the time for such items such as sustainability. Many countries now have mature water transport infrastructure and it is becoming clear the driving force for design are new efficient rehabilitation strategies when expanding or building a lock and maintain existing traffic in an overcrowded waterway. Other strategies such as in-the-wet construction can allow for much smaller footprint since a full scale cofferdam is not needed. There have also been new exciting, innovative projects to highlight, such as, the Third Set of Locks for the Panama Canal, Three Gorges Locks, and the Falkirk Wheel. In addition there are many innovative navigation design improvements to discuss, such as, new lock filling and emptying systems, e-navigation, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and other advanced modeling has led to much better understanding of vessel behavior in the approach and during lockage, also a better grasp on mooring forces and salt water intrusion movements, asset management, life cycle cost, aids to navigation, gates, gate protection equipment, local coffer-boxes, innovative materials such as composites, hands free mooring, seismic effects, and security improvements (safety and anti-terrorism). Many of these individual techniques and materials have been available for decades, but their broader acceptance has been limited. Their technologies and concepts have already been described in specific PIANC working groups, but it is necessary to refer in the updated textbook to allow for inexperienced engineers to have a global understanding of defining the design parameters for a new project, i.e., capacity, lift, layout, required studies, etc. Matters to be Investigated There have been numerous PIANC working groups, treatises, research and development reports and innovations to provide an abundant source of background material for the update. Many working group reports can be used or referenced, however most working group reports deal with specialized concerns while the textbook deals with more basic design concepts. No other organization has the network and organization infrastructure such as PIANC to compile a textbook of this scale and value. Desirable Background or Experience of Working Group Members. The background and experience may include the following: a. Navigation design engineers and consultants b. Academia/educators c. Operators and managers of existing waterways d. Representatives of regulatory bodies e. Promoters of improvement or new navigation schemes f. Manufacturers and fabricators Relevance for Countries in Transition The results will help designers and promoters of new or existing navigation projects throughout the world and provide guidance to develop and operate safe, sustainable, and economically viable waterways. This effort can be useful for all countries developing hydraulic structure infrastructure by providing a relevant comprehensive design experience for new or to extend the life of existing hydraulic structures. Climate Change: Sustainability The sustainability concept was incomplete when the original text was prepared in 1986 and is an opportunity to enhance this value in the navigation design process, including the impact of climate change of the design, operation and maintenance of navigation locks. 1 PIANC The World Association for Brussels, 23 February 2018. Waterborne Transport Infrastructure To the First Delegates of the Qualifying Members of PIANC To the National Sections’ Secretaries of PIANC The Sister Associations of PIANC Subject: Setting up of an InCom Working Group InCom 207 on “Innovations in Shiplift Navigation Concepts”. Dear Madam, Dear Sir, The setting up of PIANC Working Group 207 on “Innovations in Shiplift Navigation Concepts” has duly been approved as well as its terms of reference, which are enclosed herewith. May we ask you to inform the secretariat of InCom by 31 May 2018 (copy to the General Secretariat) about the name, qualification and (e-mail-) address of the expert, proposed by your country/organisation. Please enclose a brief curriculum vitae of the proposed expert together with some details about his/her professional experiences. A second expert per country/organisation, being a young professional, can participate in the Working Group activities. Further I would like to remind you that Working Group Members should either be Individual Member of PIANC, working for a Corporate Member, be an invited expert or a be a member of a Sister Organisation. We remind you that in accordance with PIANC rules, the costs incurred in taking part in Working Group activities are borne by the member countries/organizations. We thank you beforehand for your collaboration. Yours sincerely, Geert Van Cappellen, Secretary-General Reply to : Miss Jasna Muskatirovic Mr Philippe Rigo Directorate for Inland Waterways – UNIVERSITé DE LIEGE INSTITUT DU GENIE CIVIL Plovput – Francuska 9 – Belgrade – Serbia Chemin des Chevreuils 1 - 4000 Liège - Belgium e-mail : [email protected] [email protected]  PIANC The World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure InCom WG 207 Innovations in Shiplift Navigation Concepts Terms of Reference Version 6, 19th. Feb 2018 Background Shiplifts are one of the main types of navigation structures. In the 21st PIANC International Navigation Congress, the development of shiplifts was emphasized, and it is recognized that shiplifts have several advantages over navigation ship locks when the lift height is over 40m. In 1984, PIANC established a “Study Commission of ship lift” and published a technical report in 1989 named “Ship lifts”, which introduced and summarized the experiences in design and management of shiplifts from 1950 to 1986. Since the 1990’s, shiplift technology has been developing rapidly in the world and particularly in China, UK, Germany and Belgium. Many different types of shiplifts have been built or are being designed, e.g., Strépy- Thieu Shiplift in Belgium, Three Gorges Shiplift and Jinghong Shiplift in China, new Niederfinow Shiplift in Germany, Falkirk Wheel in UK. Many advanced and innovational construction techniques and design concepts have been used in these projects. There are many pre-1990 shiplifts and inclined planes, the oldest dating from 1875. Most are still in regular use and all require ongoing maintenance and, in some cases, conservation as important heritage structures. Today it is required to establish a new PIANC report to update the new development on shiplifts and summarize the technical innovations, operation and maintenance experiences in shiplifts during the past 30 years (1986-2018). It is also necessary to discuss the future development direction of shiplifts and give guidance on construction, management and maintenance of new and old shiplifts for the coming 20-30 years. Objectives The main goal of Innovations of Shiplift is to provide guidance and insight into the research, design, construction, management and maintenance of shiplifts. The objectives of this working group are: • To review the shiplift construction achievements all over the world in past 30 years and update the knowledge of shiplifts; • To classify the innovations in new shiplift design, with focus on new methodologies and technologies/concepts;  • To summarize experiences of shiplift operation and maintenance, including new and old shiplifts; • To define the future development directions for shiplift design, and the optimized selection and overall layout of shiplifts as navigation structures. This includes detailed and quantified economical comparison but also technological advantages and shortcoming (multi criteria assessment) with navigation locks with or without water saving basins and with incline planes. • and to make recommendations for common practices, where these would be helpful. This working group seeks to gather inputs and compare current practices from a wide variety of shiplifts managers, field practitioners, academics, consultants and organizations supporting historical shiplifts, from UK, France, Germany, Belgium, China but also from other countries having old incline planes as US, Japan, Russia, Canada 1. Earlier reports to be reviewed Supplement to bulletin N° 65 (1989) “Ship lifts” is the first technical report on shiplift. The report summarized the application circumstances of shiplifts, classification of shiplifts, specific principles and characteristics of shiplifts, examining 8 typical shiplifts. This information should be reviewed by the more specialized members of the new working group and then be enhanced and integrated. Report No. 106 “Innovation in navigation lock design” presented the detailed innovations of Falkirk Wheel Shiplift (UK). 2. Scope Matters to be investigated: • An overview of shiplift construction achievements, including typical case studies of shiplifts built or designed during the past 30 years, e.g., Three Gorges Shiplift in China, Jinghong Shiplift in China, Silin Shiplift in China, reconstruction of Danjiangkou Shiplift in China, Strépy- Thieu Shiplift in Belgium, new Niederfinow Shiplift in Germany and Falkirk Wheel in UK; • Innovations in shiplift design, including new methodologies and technologies/concepts; • Standards and regulations of shiplift design, construction, management and maintenance; • Overall layout of shiplifts in navigation structure and their selections (including the specific hydraulic aspects of the shiplifts as ship accessibility and manoeuvrability, protection of doors against the shocks, generation of long waves during the translation, the evacuation of the volume of water between the doors before the beginning of the translation, the management of the water levels o for a ship lift implanted in a river, sedimentation aspects,…); • Experiences of shiplift operation and maintenance; • Old shiplifts and incline planes, from navigation structures to historical heritage conservation; • Characteristics and application scopes of different types of shiplifts, through comparison with other technologies such as locks with water saving basins. Method of Approach Evaluation of research, design, construction, management and maintenance of shiplifts and approaches used for operational, engineering, financial and policy decision-making. This will include conceptual design, design research, analytical models, numerical models, desktop and physical models, prototype survey and test, which are used to address the new developments of shiplifts in the world. Water resources, CAPEX and OPEX cost, environment, reliability, maintenance, longevity, etc., need to be considered for recommendations and comparison The global cost and socio-environmental impacts of a IWT development depends, firstly, of the types of hydraulic works as locks (1,2,3,…), ship lifts, inclined plans or a combination of them. It is thus necessary to develop a methodology to make an objective analysis of all the possible  situations through, for instance, a multi-criteria analysis! 3. Intended product 1) Working Group Technical Report. All results will be described in a published PIANC report. The final report will be a good technical guidance for persons involved in shiplift research, design, construction, management and maintenance, with a specific focus on the historical shiplifts. 2) Database of shiplifts, including brief lists of the types, dimensions and technical parameters of representative shiplifts in the world. 3) Short presentation of representative shiplifts (case studies), which can be added on PIANC large infrastructure database. 4) If practical and appropriate, the WG will prepare a technical press release brief and organizing workshops to disseminate the main outcomes. 4. Working Group membership Organizations representing inland navigation systems, especially waterways/canals with shiplifts (e.g. waterway management organizations, governmental administrations, consultants from China, UK, Germany, Belgium, France, Canada and etc.), as well as academic and private researchers. Waterways authorities and specialized maintenance companies are expected. General experts in navigation structures, from other domains, and from countries that may build shiplifts in the future (e.g. Brazil), are welcome. Because of the difficulties/costs of traveling in China, it may be interesting to set up local sub WGs as, i.e., a sub-European group (D, BE, F, UK,…) for the historical heritage issue. 5. Relevance for Countries in Transition The subject of the working group can be considered as universal and will also be applicable, and can be helpful, for inland waterway projects in countries in transition. The report could be of value for countries in transition in supporting their application for a grant to a development bank or other fund holder. 6. Climate Change During the preparation of the report, the possible impacts of Climate Change should be considered and any findings and/or recommendations should be made accordingly. Subject: FW: PIANC setting up of 2 new InCom WG: WG 206 - update final report Locks & WG 207 on Shiplifts Attachments: tor 207 final.pdf; 206 letter& tor final.pdf Importance: High From: Sabine Vandevelde [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 12:10 PM To: Sabine Vandevelde <[email protected]> Subject: PIANC setting up of 2 new InCom WG: WG 206 - update final report Locks & WG 207 on Shiplifts Importance: High Dear All, See attached files, Kind regards, Sabine Van de Velde PIANC General Secretariat Koning Albert II laan 20 – bus 3 1000 Brussels – Belgium Tel: 02/553.71.61 – Fax: 02/553.71.55