hold ers . ▁By ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁D red ging ▁International ▁and ▁B agger wer ken ▁Dec lo ed t ▁& ▁Z oon ▁are ▁two ▁DE ME ▁operating ▁companies . ▁ ▁The ▁found ing ▁companies ▁of ▁DE ME ▁have ▁always ▁been ▁active ▁both ▁on ▁their ▁first ▁home ▁market ▁Belg ium ▁and ▁abroad . ▁Total ▁volume ▁d red ged ▁by ▁A ck erm ans ▁& ▁van ▁H aar en ▁between ▁ 1 8 8 8 ▁and ▁ 1 9 6 7 , ▁both ▁in ▁Belg ium ▁and ▁abroad ▁has ▁been ▁calculated ▁at ▁ 5 9 3 , 2 5 4 , 0 0 0   m 3 ▁– ▁without ▁counting ▁the ▁ 8 , 5 4 8 , 0 0 0   m 3 ▁of ▁rock ▁that ▁was ▁removed ▁and ▁some ▁ 1 , 9 4 1 , 0 0 0   m 3 ▁of ▁civil ▁constru ctions ▁and ▁bank ▁protection . ▁Before ▁the ▁First ▁World ▁War , ▁A ck erm ans ▁& ▁van ▁H aar en ▁was ▁involved ▁in ▁port ▁construction ▁and ▁d red ging ▁in ▁France , ▁Russia , ▁Argentina , ▁Uruguay ▁and ▁Brazil . ▁Since ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁B agger wer ken ▁Dec lo ed t ▁& ▁Z oon ▁and ▁Société ▁Gén éra le ▁de ▁Drag age ▁became ▁involved ▁in ▁d red ging ▁and ▁re clam ation ▁projects ▁all ▁over ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁General ▁DE ME ▁presents ▁itself ▁under ▁a ▁un ified ▁image ▁and ▁the ▁single ▁tag line : ▁Creating ▁Land ▁for ▁the