Depth of Pleistocene Package for Subsurface Construction Suitability in North Holland

TNO's DINO database drillings inside and outside North Holland were used to create this dataset. It provides the depth of the Pleistocene package compared to ground level in meters, as part of the research report ‘Suitability maps of the subsurface for construction in North Holland’. The dataset is published by the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties via the eu_open_data platform.

Use Cases

• Assess subsurface suitability for building foundations based on Pleistocene package depth.
• Generate construction risk maps for weak ground areas based on integrated geological datasets.
• Inform underground building planning by evaluating soil stability and settlement sensitivity.
• Correlate drilling data with soil and geological structure maps for regional analysis.

Strengths

• Integrates data from TNO's authoritative DINO database of drillings.
• Part of a coordinated research report producing suitability maps for construction.
• Designed to be used alongside three other specific datasets (reliability maps, settlement sensitivity, eruption sheet wall) for a holistic assessment.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties, using TNO's DINO database.

Collection Method

Analysis of available drillings and integration with soil and geological structure maps.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Focus on North Holland, Netherlands, with drillings also used from outside the region.