Seismic Consultancy Heritage building

GRONINGEN REGION

CATEGORY | Seismic Consultancy Heritage building

SERVICES PROVIDED |  Seismic assessment and retrofit design of masonry buildings in the Groningen Province

LOCATION | Groningen, The Netherlands

PROJECT DURATION | 2019 – present

PROJECT VALUE | € –

Groningen is a giant natural gas field located near Slochteren in the Groningen province in the northeastern part of the Netherlands. Discovered in 1959, it is the largest natural gas field in Europe and the tenth-largest in the world. However, the gas extraction is causing earthquakes. Since 1986, there have been around 1,000 earthquakes in the northeast of the Netherlands caused by the exploitation of the Groningen gas field near Slochteren. The strongest earthquake ever registered in the northeastern province of Groningen had a magnitude of 3.6 and occurred in Huizinge on
Hopper Engineering and Consultancy is involved in the seismic assessment and the retrofit design of several historical buildings in the Groningen Province, such us: Churches with complex vaults, “Borgen” and other historical buildings.