The Crowd King
The Science of Crowds - Mastered by the Crowd King for your safety and success.
Riyadh Season 2022 International Concert
Battler of Waterloo Bicentenary Re-enactment 2015
Jeddah Season 2022 Superdome Concert
Riyadh Season 2022 International Concert
About the Crowd King
Bert Bruyninckx is an experienced crowd safety expert with over 20 years of experience in the events and leisure industry. He holds an MSc in Crowd Safety and Risk Analysis from Manchester Metropolitan University, which provided him with an advanced understanding of crowd behaviour, risk assessment, and crowd management strategies.
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Bert's commitment to continuous learning is evident in the various certifications and courses he has completed to expand his expertise. He is a specialist in crowd simulation and modelling, fire evacuation design, and emergency planning. He is also a Corporate Member of the Global Crowd Management Alliance and a Specialist Member of the International Institute of Risk & Safety Management.
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Bert has been commissioned to numerous high-profile projects across the globe, including project-based crowd safety studies for the General Entertainment Authority (SA), Manchester Metropolitan University (UK), Jeddah Season (SA), City of Antwerp (BE), Rocher Mistral (FR), Incontrol Simulation (NL), and many more. During Covid Bert provided crowd safety expertise to the Belgian Federal Government's Economic Risk Management Group regarding the COVID-Exit strategy for the Belgian events industry.
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Bert's expertise, analytical skills, and dedication to continuous learning make him a sought-after professional in the industry, capable of handling complex projects and delivering exceptional results for his clients. Find out how the Crowd King can help you reach your goals!
Publications
Covid Exit Strategy Paper 02/03/2021
September 2022Â - February 2023
Riyadh Season 2022 Crowd Safety Expert & Project Specialist
Riyadh
Crowd Safety Audits & Consulting on Riyadh Season 2022. During the project I set up a quantifiable HSE & Operations audit system that embedded HSE Documentation, HSE issue logging and HSE Culture and Leadership
April 2022Â - July 2022
Jeddah Season 2022 Crowd Safety Expert & HSE Cluster Manager
Jeddah
Crowd Safety Audits and Consulting. During the Project I was responsible for HSE & Operations audits on a cluster of Jeddah Season events & zones. I enacted detailed and bespoke Crowd Safety studies for selected events.
February 2022 - March 2022
Crowd Management Lead for Jeddah GP Formula 1
Jeddah
Development and implementation of the Crowd Management plan for the Jeddah Formula 1. The project covered the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, the Last Mile and the Concert Area. For the Concert Area the focus was in Entry & Exit.
2022Â - 2023
J&J Security Audit & Data Analyst
EMEA Region
J&J EMEA Security Audit, data analysis & Report. For this project I designed a Security Audit Tool based on the Clients SOP's and Internal Guides for the EMEA Region.
Soundstorm 2021 & 2022
Balad Beast 2022
Crowd Safety Advisor
Riyadh
Simulation & modelling of site/zone evacuation and front of stage barrier design. On-site crowd safety, Crowd Safety liaison in Event Operation Centre for Soundstorm.
2019
Crowd Flow Analyst & Modeller
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Bruges
Pedestrian flow study, simulation and recommendations in the design (tender) phase of a new museum in Bruges for CIT Blaton and Robbrecht & Daem Architects.