Company profile

Company profile and capability statement

Nautilus Schanskorven b.v. is an allround enterprise in the young dynamic sector of "bio-civil" engineering.
We develop and supply innovative building materials and offer bio-civil turn-key solutions from design to execution.


We offer the following materials and services:

• Aqua-Flora: coir based erosion mats and logs, prevegetated with wetland plant species. Also in the form of floating islands.
• Gabions: welded or double torsion twisted wire mesh boxes and mattrasses filled with rock or soil.
• Terra-Flora Sedummats for purposes of green rooftops.
• Woven and non-woven geotextiles and geogrids.
• Conceptualisation and design of environmental projects: banks, shorelines, noisebarriers, wildlife crossovers ...
• Bio-civil consultancy.
• Execution of works.

We can be involved in the following fields:

• ecological embankment
• green networks and corridors in urban surroundings
• city and landscape development
• slope stabilisation
• noise protection
• nature compensation

We have in depth knowledge in the following disciplines:

• civil and urban engineering
• bio-civil engineering
• landscape and garden architecture
• spatial and environmental management

Objectives and memberships:

• Nautilus aims at being as sustainable as possible in all its activities (management, product development, execution etc.), i.e. environmentally friendly, socially responsible and economically efficient.
• By proliferating bio-civil materials and solutions nationally and internationally, Nautilus hopes to contribute to the greening of urban and nature development and the conservation/rehabilitation of biodiversity
• We strive to broaden our network in the public, private and NGO spheres

Nautilus is member of and/or participates actively in:

• CUR (civieltechnisch Centrum Uitvoering Research en Regelgeving)
• Research and demonstration project: ecological banks of the Proefstation van de Boomkwekerij te Boskoop
• Working group of Landscape Ecology