land reclamation founded 1868 founder govert van oord headquarters rotterdam netherlands number of locations houston texas area served worldwide products ijsselmeer palm islands the world revenue eur 1.715 billion 2011 1 profit eur 118 million 2011 1 number of employees 5 000 2011 1 website vanoord.com van oord is a dutch contracting company that specializes in dredging and land reclamation . van oord has undertaken many projects throughout the world including land reclamation dredging and beach nourishment . the company has one of the world s largest dredging fleets . 2 contents 1 history 2 major projects 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded by govert van oord in 1868 . 3 in 1990 it acquired aannemers combinatie zinkwerken acz 4 and in 2003 it acquired ballast ham dredging formed from the merger of ballast nedam s dredging division with hollandse aanneming maatschappij ham two years earlier . 3 major projects edit projects undertaken by the company include the oosterscheldekering between schouwen duiveland and noord beveland completed in 1986 5 the palm jumeirah in dubai completed in 2003 6 the ijsselmeer pipeline in the netherlands completed in 2006 7 and the world in dubai completed in 2008 . 6 a us sales and support office was opened in houston texas in 2010 . references edit a b c facts and figures . van oord dredging and marine contractors . 2011 . retrieved 2013 02 15 . dredging rabobank sept 2013 a b van oord history flags of the world deltawerken cooperation a b van oord to build third palm island in dubai infrasite 14 november 2005 van oord opens gas transport channel across the ijsselmeer offshore 1 august 2006 external links edit van oord official website this dutch corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title van oord & oldid 735830258 categories dredging companiescompanies of the netherlandsmultinational companies headquartered in the netherlandscompanies based in rotterdamdutch company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschitalianonederlands edit links this page was last modified on 23 august 2016 at 11 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view