Van Oord has reached an agreement with BAM Infraconsult BV – BAM’s civil engineering consultancy in the Netherlands – on the intended acquisition of the Xbloc activities and associated assets. Xbloc provides design and construction of innovative concrete armour units for protecting shorelines, ports, and marine infrastructure.
Financial details of the transaction are not disclosed.
The transaction includes the transfer of five Infraconsult staff members to Van Oord together with the active order book, all intellectual property rights, the trade name, a specialised laboratory facility and the track record.
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Xbloc
An Xbloc is an interlocking concrete breakwater element designed to protect breakwaters and shorelines from the effects of very heavy waves. The Xbloc was developed in 2001 by Delta Marine Consultants (DMC), a subsidiary of BAM. The designer is Bas Reedijk of the Royal BAM Group, who won the annual Prince Friso Engineering Award from the Royal Netherlands Society of Engineers (KIVI) in 2020 for his work on the Xbloc.
Picture by BAM Infra.
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