achieving results

For more than 25 years, Geelhoed Engineering has been

providing advice on structures for a wide range of clients. From

the office in Moordrecht, centrally located in the Randstad,

our team of enthusiastic and experienced employees work on

projects throughout the Netherlands and abroad. Our strength

lies in the input we offer our clients from the very beginning of the

design process until the detailed engineering phase.

Our years of experience and knowledge of the performance

phase, combined with the latest technology, contribute to the

design of good, economical structures that do justice to the

architecture and the client’s requirements.

The many long-lasting relationships that we have with our clients

are proof of their appreciation.

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The goal of the quality handbook that Geelhoed Engineering

introduced in 2003 is the continuous improvement of our

organisation. Thanks to this handbook, the organisation is now

ISO 9001:2008 certified.

Geelhoed Engineering is a committed member of NLingenieurs,

the Dutch trade association of consultancy, management and

engineering companies. The members of NLingenieurs are

private companies that provide engineering services, adhere

to the principle of free competition and meet the association’s

quality requirements. The association’s members, varying from

small companies to companies that operate worldwide, all have

a reputation of providing high-quality, objective advice. This is an

excellent support for clients who are looking for a company with

sound and specific professional knowledge.

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The vision of Geelhoed Engineering is “cooperating to achieve

results”. These are not empty words; they express the way we

have operated for many years and our belief that cooperation

leads to the best results. We have participated in various long-

term partnerships, and the knowledge and experience we

have gained is used to continuously improve the entire team of

building chain partners and make it stronger. Thanks to years

of cooperating with architects, project developers, building

companies and consultants on building costs, installations,

geotechnics and building physics, we have developed into an all-

round consultancy with extensive knowledge of the construction

process with an eye for the work areas and the interests of the

other building partners.

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An integral design team works towards a common goal based on

equality and mutual respect by applying concurrent engineering.

This intensive, simultaneous form of cooperation shortens the

design process and increases the quality of the design.

It is important to be able to see beyond the limits of your own

discipline. Integral design involves intensive cooperation with the

other design parties, but goes further than that: the client and the

end user must also play a role.

The result is that the most optimal solution is found for every phase

within the lifecycle of a building: from design to performance and

from management and maintenance to demolition or reuse. integral design We develop a building model based on the requirements, wishes

or objectives. A (building) model is a description of the (future)

reality that is documented using a collection of standards and

definitions. The result of the digitalisation of this paper information

is called a Building Information Model (BIM). Depending on how

far you wish to go, a BIM can be a 3D model, a 4D model or

an nD model. Building Information Modelling is more than just

digital building models and CAD software. BIM is designed to

save information from all the disciplines involved in a building

project during the entire lifecycle of a building.

BIM

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Geelhoed Engineering saw the importance and the future value

of Building Information Modelling at an early stage and in 2007 we

started implementing 3D modelling in our organization. Gradually

adding more and more information to the model resulted in “small-

scale BIM”. Nowadays, practically every project is digitised in a

3D model, so that more information is available for the client and

the other BIM partners.

Geelhoed Engineering uses the 3D BIM drawing packages Tekla

Structures and Revit Structure.

Thanks to our experience and the use of this 3D BIM software,

we are able to be a partner for all building chain parties who are

active in the world of BIM.

‘Sustainability’ was clearly defined by the UN Brundtland

Commission in 1987: “Sustainable development is development

that meets the needs of the present without compromising

the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”

Sustainability is often believed to be about solutions involving

energy-efficient buildings or even buildings that generate energy.

Choosing the right structure and construction components can

have a major influence on the use of materials. Given that the

available raw materials for building materials are limited, we have

to design buildings with an eye on the reuse of the building, the

components and the raw materials.

sustainable design

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Oostpolderweg 6

2841 DA Moordrecht

The Netherlands

P.O. Box 29

2840 AA Moordrecht

The Netherlands

Telefoon +31 (0)182 - 37 26 33

info@geelhoed.com

www.geelhoed.com