For the last 25 years Pieter van Groen has been involved in numerous river related projects in Asia. From 1991 onwards he participated in several large river projects in Bangladesh. He was design engineer for low cost river training works (FAP22) and project manager of the River Survey Project (FAP24) for Delft Hydraulics. Since 1998 he has worked as site engineer on the Gorai River (pilot dredging) for Boskalis.