Tuesday 8 April
	Time	Subject	Lecturer
General intro	9:30	Introduction	Pieter Vermeer  (Universität Stuttgart)
	10:00	Consolidation, drainage and forced consolidation techniques	Cor Zwanenbrug (Deltares)
	12:30	Lunch
Reinforcement	14:00	Stone columns	Jean-Marc Debats (The Vibroflotation Group)
	15:00	Geotextile encased columns	Marc Raithel (Kempfert + Partner Geotechnik)
	16:00	Vibro Concrete Columns (VCC)	Vincent O’Hara (Keller Ground Engineering)
	17:00	Tour to the Deltares laboratory, model and soil investigation facilities
	19:00	Dinner
Wednesday 9 April
	Time	Subject	Lecturer
Mixing	9:30	Wet soil mixing	Michal Topolnicki (Keller Polska)
	10:30	Jet grouting	Jan Maertens (Jan Maertens BVBA / Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
	11:30	Deep (dry) mixing	Erwin de Jong (VWS Geotechniek)
	12:30	Lunch
Workshop	14:00	Piled embankments	Suzanne van Eekelen (Deltares) Almer van der Stoel (CRUX Engineering  BV / Netherlands Defence Academy)
	17:00	Closure	Pieter Vermeer  (Universität Stuttgart) Cor Zwanenburg (Deltares)
	17:00	Beverages in the conference room
Thursday 10 April (optional excursion day)
	Time	Excursion
	09:30	Bus leaves Deltares
	10:00	Excursion at the Rotterdam Central Station We will visit the building activities near Rotterdam central station. The city of Rotterdam is improving the infrastructure for public transport. The central station will be rebuilt including an extension of the underground railway lines and a connection to new light rail facilities. The extension of the underground requires excavations near and underneath foundations of high-rise buildings. An important requirement from the local government is that public transport can continue during the building activities. During our visit it will be explained how this job will be done, followed by a tour around the building pit.
Excursion	12:45	Lunch
	14:30	Excursion at work in progress in Volendam
	15:30	Excursion at Cofra, Amsterdam In the afternoon we will visit the Cofra factory near Amsterdam. Cofra is a manufacturer of geosynthetics. We will have an impression of the production of pre-fabricated vertical drains and how laboratory tests are conducted to guarantee quality. The tour in de the factory and laboratory facilities will be followed by a site visit. At this site, vacuum consolidation will be applied using the Beaudrain principle. In this new technique vertical drains are placed and connected to a horizontal drain, through which the under pressure is applied.
	16:30	Bus leaves Amsterdam We expect to return at Delft at 17:30. The afternoon programme is in the vicinity of Amsterdam airport (Schiphol), so attendants who need to catch an early flight can participate (parts) of the afternoon programme.