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Sander Belmans

Sander Belmans

Sander Belmans is a projectingenieur (project engineer) at De Vlaamse Waterweg nv, the Flemish waterway management agency.

Sep 1, 2026

31:47
and then when we started yeah it's a pilot project so you're facing a lot of things that you don't think of it in advance and then it's step by step improving it every year a little bit better
32:00
to me a main thing was the moment the minister said just make a pilot project that gave us the opportunity everybody accepted there is no legislation fits well yeah just try and find something and that's that's an important thing that gave us the safety okay we're allowed to to give the city some opportunities and the city knew at that moment already we have to take we have to take into account that the Flemish waterway also have some concerns on safety on shipping and things like that so that was a main thing for us to get a big step forward
32:37
yeah amazing and how what was the most difficult for you in the Flemish waterways why do you do you think like oh this was really difficult to to address or to consider or to bring it
32:49
yeah again there is no no strict legislation so you have to find ways Okay, you have to take into account shipping, but how much shipping and how much do you take into account? How much space do you give to the swimming pool? Things like that.
33:06
And the permanent swimming pool is a technical thing.
33:09
How are you going to build it? Temporary swimming pool is quite easy to build.
33:12
It's just putting pontoons on the water.
33:15
But the next one will be bigger, more beautiful, permanent.

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