{"id":9423,"date":"2024-04-09T06:42:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T06:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herik.nl\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T09:32:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T09:32:02","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/herik.nl\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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WE ARE HYDRAULIC ENGINEERS<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Working with water is what we do. Every day we work with dedication and passion on hydraulic engineering solutions that improve the quality of our habitat. As a family business <\/strong> we look to the long term. We are not tempted by quick wins, but are committed to continuity. In doing so, we bear our responsibility for society and the generations that follow us. We do business in a socially responsible way and we do this by taking into account issues such as sustainability and safety in the broadest sense of the word in our projects and processes. <\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n

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Our founder, Jan Hendrik van den Herik, worked as a stonemason on the reconstruction of the port of Rotterdam immediately after World War II. Large parts of the city and ports had been destroyed and many quays and banks had to be repaired. <\/p>\n

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\nIn 1946, he decided to work independently and several stonemasons joined him. Over the years, the company’s activities expanded to include raising, sinking, dumping, dredging and its own explosives detection department. In 1971 Jan Hendrik van den Herik left the company and his son-in-law Arie Struijk took over. Anno now, the company is still fully owned by the Struijk – Van den Herik family.<\/em> The family is actively involved in the company and especially in the employees.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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At van den Herik, we take good care of our people as well as our environment. And we are proud, proud of our work, our colleagues and our corporate culture. Colleagues, clients or suppliers, everyone is welcome. <\/p>\n

People feel at home at our<\/strong>
\n“We are social and have an eye for safe and sustainable operations. We look at the long term, do not like waste and feel partly responsible for the world we leave behind for generations to come,” said Jan Huijbers<\/em> and Isolde Struijk<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Van den Herik-Sliedrecht does not stand alone. Within the Van den Herik group we have a number of sister companies operating independently at home and abroad. Hydraulic engineering, civil concrete construction, engineering, asphalt and explosives research and detection, all within one group. We make mutual use of each other’s knowledge and experience. This manifests itself optimally in multidisciplinary projects within civil engineering or work abroad. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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