About Hans Brinkman

Hans Brinkman (1965) has over 30 years of experience in Geotechnics. He is an Expert on Foundation Engineering and Underground Constructions with experience in consultancy and applied research with respect to site and laboratory investigation and foundation engineering problems in earthworks, roads, dykes, dams, deep excavations, and tunnelling.

He is a member of the Dutch standardisation committee Geotechnics NEN and is a member of several technical committees on Geotechnics, author of several books and a number of articles in Dutch and English and is an invited lecturer at universities, courses, conferences and lectured Soil Mechanics at Delft University of Technology and Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering UNSCO-IHE and VU Amsterdam.

Throughout his career, he has specialised in Foundations and Underground Construction, providing advice on numerous projects involving soft soil tunnelling, locks, retaining structures, deep excavations and foundations. The projects in the Dutch soft soils are the foundation of his experience.