Posts From April, 2016

Ambassador Henne Schuwer visits Houston 

We are thrilled to welcome our Ambassador Henne Schuwer and Remco Zeeuw, Minister of Economics, this Monday in Houston, Texas. A program with different activities and events are awaiting them. Their first visit will be a breakfast meeting with the Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership and Texas A&M University. The topic of this meeting is: reducing hurricane-induced surge in the Houston/Galveston Region. During a luncheon with Lees meer
 
Posted by Saskia Pardaans April 29, 2016 Categories: Handelsmissie
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Historic Houston Flooding - the day after 

For the second time in one year, the Houston metropolitan area was flooded because of heavy rainfall. 240 billion gallons of water fell across the region; some areas had received 10-15 inches of rain. The flood took eight lives, caused more than $5 billion in property damages in Harris County alone, shut down 100 roads, caused 120.000 power outages, closed all schools and city buildings and many office buildings. Some Houstonians just Lees meer
 
Posted by Saskia Pardaans April 21, 2016 Categories: Water
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Watch This Storm Surge Protection Video 

A movie says more than 1000 words. Watch this movie and see what can happen if a storm enters the Golf Coast. And more important: what can be done to prevent it! Texas A&M University at Galveston have been privileged to work with Dutch institutions and other strong partners to better understand how to protect our region’s people, economy and environment from hurricane induced storm surge. Lees meer
 
Posted by Saskia Pardaans April 18, 2016 Categories: Water
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Houston heeft slechts een fietsaandeel van 0,4%  

Al een aantal jaren wordt, daarbij gesteund en aangejaagd door de Nederlandse ambassade in Washington, in Amerikaanse steden zogenaamde ThinkBike workshops gehouden. Consultants van MOVE Mobility en Goudappel Coffeng maken deel uit van het groepje deskundigen die graag aan de slag gaat met Amerikaanse vertegenwoordigers, van zowel de private als de publieke sector, die voor de opgave staan om fietsvoorzieningen in Amerikaanse steden te Lees meer
 
Posted by Saskia Pardaans April 15, 2016 Categories: Mobility
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Dutch envoy Henk Ovink unleashes flood of ideas 

Photo by Tami Andrew Rice School of Architecture hosts water management expert for talk, roundtable on Houston’s future Last week Henk Ovink told Rice School of Architecture (RSA) students that without collaboration in advance of disaster, chaos is inevitable. Ovink, the Netherlands’ special envoy for international water affairs, brought to Rice his vision of how the collaborative energy and imagination of architects, engineers, Lees meer
 
Posted by Saskia Pardaans April 13, 2016 Categories: Water
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Join the OTC from 2-5 May in Houston 

The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) is where energy professionals meet to exchange ideas and opinions to advance scientific and technical knowledge for offshore resources. OTC gives you access to leading-edge technical information, the industry’s largest equipment exhibition, and valuable new professional contacts from around the world. Its large international participation provides excellent opportunities for global sharing of Lees meer
 
Posted by Saskia Pardaans April 07, 2016 Categories: Economy
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BMW opens new vehicle distribution center at the Port of Galveston 

The BMW Group opened its new vehicle distribution center at the Port of Galveston on April 20, about a year after first breaking ground. The new 44,000-square-foot facility at 1028 Harborside Drive was developed to better serve the New Jersey-based company's 45 BMW and Mini dealers in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas. The company expects to import and process approximately 32,500 vehicles annually at the new facility. The new Lees meer
 
Posted by Saskia Pardaans April 01, 2016 Categories: Economy
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