Wil Borst earned a MSc, Civil Eng, at Delft University of Technology in 1974) and began his career with De Weger International, followed by Svasek BV. He is a consultant on many projects related to port structures, graven dry docks, cooling water intake structures, offshore supply base and coastal protection and dredging works in the Netherlands and abroad. Based in Indonesia in the mid-1980s, in 1987 he took over Netherlands Dredging Consultants. From 1991-2002 he was a part-time lecturer at the Groningen State Polytechnic for project management and dredging. He is a founding member and partner of Blue Pelican Associates (2006). In 2005 he was engaged by the Maasvlakte 2 organisation to assist in drafting the EIA and is now responsible for monitoring the possible effects on the marine environment.