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Vasco Veenbergen

Senior consultant geotechnical engineering & water safety
Contact +31 (0)6 13 31 48 46
v.veenbergen@abt.eu
"Soil. There are not many words as diverse as ‘soil’, sometimes in our favour, sometimes against us. Trying to deal with the qualities of soil is a great challenge!"

Introduction

Realising optimal designs through the opportunities offered by the subsoil. Always with a healthy respect for uncertainties. That is what I like to achieve. I am solution-oriented, trying to understand the underlying mechanisms.

My education reflects my way of working: the practicality of HTS combined with the theoretical of the Technical University. After working for almost 9 years at GeoDelft (now Deltares) in the Foundations and Underground Works department, I made the step to the design practice at ABT’s world of dike reinforcement in 2011. My background knowledge of foundations and geotechnics makes for an interesting combination.

Outside my work, I enjoy rolling up my sleeves as an assistant farmer on a small-scale extensive farm or as an enthusiastic handyman in our home. And then to rest from all that, my wife and I like to go out for dinner.

What do I do at ABT

As a senior consultant in water safety & geotechnics, I enjoy contributing to technically challenging design projects. My strong point is in coming up with concept solutions at the front end as well as guiding a design team by keeping the overall picture. For practical and feasible designs, I often work together with the executing parties.

Since 2019, I have been involved in Sterke Lekdijk as leader of the innovation project of the Prolock Filter Screen. A challenging project with many stakeholders working on an innovative technology for the ‘piping task’ of tomorrow”.

From substantial dyke reinforcements, beautiful innovation projects to deep construction pits: you may have got a project for me to tackle.

Dyke reinforcement Sterke Lekdijk

Dyke reinforcement Sterke Lekdijk

The northern Lekdijk is one of the most important river dykes in the Netherlands, protecting much of the central and western Netherlands. The dyke no longer meets current standards and needs to be reinforced along a 55-kilometre stretch from Amerongen to Schoonhoven.
Dijkversterking Sterke Lekdijk

Dyke reinforcement Sterke Lekdijk – Salmsteke sub-section

Dyke reinforcement Sterke Lekdijk – Salmsteke sub-section

The northern Lekdijk between Amerongen and Schoonhoven will be reinforced on behalf of Hoogheemraadschap De Stichtse Rijnlanden*. Together with contractor Mourik Infra, ABT is involved in the Salmsteke and Salmsteke-Schoonhoven subprojects. For the Salmsteke sub-project, ABT will focus on the further development of the Prolock Filter Screen as an innovative vertical piping solution and on the design of the structural dyke reinforcement.

Dyke reinforcement Sterke Lekdijk – sub-section Salmsteke – Schoonhoven

Dyke reinforcement Sterke Lekdijk – sub-section Salmsteke – Schoonhoven

Together with Mourik and RPS, ABT is working on this subproject. When we got on board after being awarded the contract, the plan execution phase of subproject Salmsteke, the first of the six subprojects, had already started. In subproject Salmsteke - Schoonhovenseveer we will complete the whole plan execution phase.
Dijkversterking Kinderdijk

Dike reinforcement Kinderdijk-Schoonhovenseveer

Dike reinforcement Kinderdijk-Schoonhovenseveer

Going through a comprehensive dike reinforcement from tender to completion: a unique experience that ABT gained during the dike reinforcement between Kinderdijk and Schoonhovenseveer. ABT was responsible for high-quality geotechnical calculations, verification and validation of the entire design process, risk management, and execution supervision. Our focus was on the interaction between structures and the dike.