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The aim of the work was described in the 1st Interim Report. The 2nd Interim Report describes the work done up to January 2004. HR Wallingford was given notice on 4 February 2004 to stop work on the project due to budget constraints. Notice to recommence work was given on 6 April 2004. This involved a rescheduling of deliverables and it was agreed that an interim report (this present report) would be produced at the end of July 2004 and the final version of the research framework at the end of August 2004. This third interim report thus covers the period from 6 April to 31 July 2004. During this period the ACCORD process that was initiated in London in October 2003 continued with a meeting in Vicksburg on 20 May 2004, combined with a cooperation meeting to review progress on the contract on 21 May 2004. There was a disappointing representation of other organisations at the ACCORD meeting so it was decided to hold another meeting at the forthcoming Western Dredging Association's annual conference to be held in Orlando in July where it would be guaranteed that many relevant organisations would be present, particularly the dredging contractors and the ports sector. Also it had been previously agreed that a paper about the research framework would be presented at WEDA as a way of raising awareness and getting feedback on the draft framework. The paper was written and presented at WEDA (and incidentally was awarded a certificate for the best technical presentation at the conference). With the cooperation of the conference organiser a special meeting was arranged to present the draft ACCORD charter and invite support. Following the conference a period of one month has been allowed for comment on the paper before finalising the framework for research. This is scheduled for 30 August 2004. / NOTE: Interim rept. no. 2. / Supplementary Notes: The original document contains color images. / Availability Note: Product reproduced from digital image. Order this product from NTIS by: phone at 1-800-553-NTIS (U.S. customers); (703)605-6000 (other countries); fax at (703)605-6900; and email at orders@ntis.gov. NTIS is located at 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA, 22161, USA. |