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The most flexible magazine ever!

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Snel tells

One-two on the beach NK Beach Volley Ball, Den Haag

sat路is路fied Customer satisfaction the aim

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CONTENTS Found in this issue...

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MOPP, Botlek Rotterdam E-ON MPP3, Maasvlakte Rotterdam Floriade, Venlo Showroom, Hilversum CHIO, Rotterdam NK Beach Volley Ball, Den Haag Sports hall, Zwolle Janssen Pharmaceutica, Beerse (B) Sports hall, Beek NAM, Den Helder

Snel dictionary

sat·is·fied

sus·tain·a·ble

un·bur·den·ing

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Satisfied Sustainable Unburdening

Snel miscellaneous

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From onshore to offshore Snel Flexibles Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Collaboration engineering company IOB Sustainable transport solutions 2rent Full service Rental OK-rooms 'Dutch Medical Space' ‘Nil nobis absurdum’ Arrivals hall Eindhoven Airport Partnership Koole

Jan Snel at the focus of attention... we continue to focus our attention on you While flexible building is being embraced by an increasing number of companies and organisations, we at Jan Snel are extending our own market position. While previously we were primarily engaged in communicating the advantages of flexible building in general, there is now room for us to show what we can do as a business.

As you may expect from us, we set to work with enthusiasm from the outset. No half measures. In June and September we conducted a national campaign on TV, on radio and in magazines. I am definitely proud of this, and the results from the campaign have been promising. We have received lots of phone calls from people who saw or heard about us. Firm contracts have come out of this, and we have really established Jan Snel as an A-brand.

Brand recognition in new target groups is great, but the good opinion of our existing clients is much more important. A recent customer satisfaction survey gave us extremely good scores - proof for me that our growth has not been at the expense of our focus on ongoing projects. We intend to press on in the same spirit and are on the look-out wherever possible for improvements.

Better means greener as well - here there is always room for improvement. In this regard, Jan Snel Transport has acquired new trucks complying with the latest sustainability requirements. As a result we are a lot greener when on the road. Finally I would like to refer you the article on page 16. Our subsidiary Holland Composites is currently involved in one of the most attractive projects in the history of the business. The new fa莽ade of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam will be a top international attraction. A better calling card for our group of companies is scarcely conceivable.

We have made the greatest effort to publish this JNSNL ahead of Christmas, so that you will be able to page through it during a quiet moment. It seemed a bit over the top to send a Christmas card as well, so I take this opportunity of wishing you a happy Festive Season and a fantastic 2012!

Lots of fun reading and until the next time!

Het meest flexibele magazine ooit!

Harry van Zandwijk On the cover:

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

E茅n-tweetje op het strand NK Beach volleybal, Den Haag

te路vre路den Klanttevredenheid is het doel

General Director of Jan Snel

Blu Beach pavilion

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Kalsbeek College in Woerden: a Snel project Requirement for 1,464 m2 in additional space for a period of use of 11 (!) years Photography: Jos Drop

This flexible building will provide space for more than 400 students 17 classrooms, 2 women's and 2 men's toilet units, each containing 5 toilets

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sat路is路fied Flexible building is the means, customer satisfaction the aim We can improve only if we know what you think about us. In a recent customer satisfaction survey, we scored well in process, staff, service procedure and in customer satisfaction overall. For you, the words that come to mind in connection with Jan Snel are 'fast', 'quality', 'flexible', 'customerfocused' and 'reliable'. Does this mean that we are now satisfied? By no means! When it comes to flexible building, it is clear that an increasing amount is being geared towards the Internet. We are currently making a great effort to expand our online and social media presence.

From onshore

to offshore...

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Jan Snel has gone into partnership with HMM bv, a developer of lightweight offshore units.

This is a significant step for Jan Snel that dovetails with the company's strategy and ambitions. We are not simply jumping in at the deep end, but executing a self-assured dive into a highly promising new market. Harry van Zandwijk, General Director of Jan Snel, and Leo Oostendorp, an investor in HMM, are joining forces in this new step.

adds: ‘We have long been toying with the idea of developing our units for the offshore sector. At a certain point we made contact with HMM, and we soon decided to join forces.’

Why is Jan Snel taking this step offshore?

'We have hit on a success story together'

Harry: ‘We have been supplying units to offshore companies for a long time, but

there is considerable demand, and by

this has involved onshore units only until

collaborating in this way, we can service

now. These are flexible accommodation

the market optimally.’

units for use onshore. With the design and production of these new lightweight

How has the market reacted?

units, we are now ready to move into

Leo: ‘The reactions are extremely

the offshore market. This is a major new

promising. We have a unique product

How did this collaboration come

step for us, because it allows us to show

that cannot be supplied by any other

about?

our strengths in innovation, to expand

producer. We got a lot of positive feedback

Leo: ‘Weight is everything in the

our expertise and to be able to serve our

during the O.T.C. trade fair in Houston.

offshore sector. The current offshore

customers better and in a more complete

The module that we are now going to

platforms are due for an upgrade, but

way. Apart from that, it stabilises our

produce has been optimised even further

in the meantime oil and gas exploitation

production process: with the regular units

from the prototype. Considering the

methods have changed. Using different

we are always faced with production runs

Lloyds A60 certification, we can only say

drilling techniques, it is possible to pump

of very short duration and production

that expectations are really high.’ Harry

more oil and gas than previously, but the

peaks. The production run for these new

adds: ‘The first units have now been sold.

disadvantage is that the equipment used

units is longer and can also be predicted

Our customers realise that this type of

to do this is heavier. In addition, the safety

better in advance. So it cuts both ways for

accommodation is a genuine breakthrough

standards in connection with corrosion

us.’

as no other for the offshore sector. We can

are increasingly stringent. For this reason,

say with confidence that here we have hit

oil companies are looking for options to

What is the driving force behind

reduce the weight of the platforms and

this collaboration?

ships. One way to do this is to cut the

Harry: ‘We turn each other's

weight of the accommodation units. To

strong points to the best

date that has not been possible owing

possible advantage. The

to stringent fire safety and insulation

innovation has been developed

standards. In cooperation with Theo

by HMM. The engineering

Wanders, the other investor, HMM has

is done here in Montfoort.

developed an aluminium unit of half the

We do the marketing and

weight, which still complies with all the

sales ourselves. Our strong

stringent requirements that insurers Lloyds

contacts with offshore

set for fire safety and insulation.’ Harry

companies mean that we know

on a success story together.’

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Flexibles At Jan Snel we like flexibility in all shapes and sizes. There are innumerable innovative products that are at least as flexible as our designs.

Here we present some of the flexible gadgets we have spotted for you to see.

Snel flexibles

Flexibles Wine rack Problem: a wine rack looks best when it is completely full, but wine is there to be enjoyed. Solution: the ‘VacuVin’ flexible wine rack. Easy to erect from attractive steel rings that can be assembled in various shapes thanks to a flexible joint system. At the end of the Festive Season, simply remove a couple of rings and the VacuVin looks nice and full again.

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Snel flexibles

Flexibles Sit on rolls?

Collapsible chairs are convenient, but usually also hideous. This prompted designer Uros Vitas to come up with the idea of his Miesrolo Chair, a magnificent chair in the natural materials wood and felt, which can be rolled up. Whether or not it is comfortable is not that significant, we feel. What an exceptional design!

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Flexibles Flexibility in essence With all the must-haves that we are showing you in this column, the danger is that you will start to regard us as completely materialistic. To counterbalance this we call for your attention for the most flexible thing in the world: a baby. Once a child has just been born, really a lot of flexibility is expected from the parents...

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Snel tells

The St Vincentius care home in Kalmthout (B) has big aims.

The existing building is being completely rebuilt and extended, along with a care boulevard for support services. In the meantime, they are using Jan Snel's flexible accommodation units. But how temporary is temporary?

Well looked after with Jan Snel Willy Piedfort is the care home director.

expressed scepticism regarding how com-

with the residents more often. This has

He says: ‘Within three months, Jan Snel

fortable the temporary accommodation

all happened spontaneously, simply as

erected the temporary accommodation

would be, but in practice it all turned out

a result of the accommodation change.

for some of our residents. This consists

unexpectedly well. We soon noticed that

From our point of view, this has been

of rooms for 32 residents, a nursing

those living in the temporary rooms were

an extremely positive side effect of the

station, a reception room, two bathrooms,

sleeping better. We believe this is a result

temporary accommodation: enhancing

a technical room and a storage room.

of the pleasant and open atmosphere

mutual contact and getting residents to

The partnership was amicable and

that prevails there. The walk to the day

be active is a policy goal that is providing a

professional. The working methods

room is shorter in the new setup, meaning

measurable effect in a spontaneous way.’

were quick and efficient.’

that residents see more of each other and are more active. They participate to a

Slope

Sleep

greater extent and more often in collective

Is it all praise, or are there also points for

The residents' experiences are positive.

activities and stay in their rooms less.

improvement? Willy concludes: ‘The only

Willy: ‘Before the move, the residents

Visitors also go to the common rooms

critical remark that I can make is that the

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temporary accommodation units are all built higher off the ground. It's difficult for our older, often handicapped, residents to cope with this height. At times you are confronted with a fairly steep slope. If this step were literally smaller, that would be a positive outcome for us. But for the rest I'm absolutely satisfied. Some are saying that these accommodation units should be left standing for more than four years because of the positive results and the way the residents feel enthusiastic about them. How temporary this temporary accommodation will be ultimately has yet to be seen!’

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Patrick Waumans Age 46

Snel boy In each magazine, a Snel boy tells his story

Civil status Lives with partner, one son Position Deputy manager Jan Snel Belgium nv An employee since 1996 Education HBO Electrical Engineering (Bachelor) Hobbies Cycling, relaxing in the sauna, activities with his son

Snel boy

This is Patrick A commercially-minded Belgian, and that is something out of the ordinary My roots are in electrical engineering.

Belgium. We work for a large number of

Following my education and national

big companies in the region, from Esso

service, I found a home at Dow Chemicals

to ArcelorMittal. The Movix system is also

in Terneuzen as a technician. But this was

frequently used, primarily in the retirement

not really my thing. I made the move to a

and care sectors.

commercial position, in which I travelled a large part of the world selling construction

Belgian law differs vastly from the Dutch.

cranes. I enjoyed that, but I also realised

The guidelines governing the tendering

that I did not want to live like that. But

process and safety are so different that it

at a commercial level I was extremely

is difficult for a Dutch company to succeed

motivated. After this adventure, I found

in the Belgian market. An example: In

a position at Sjaak Moens, where I was

Belgium, a semi-permanent building is

responsible for service and maintenance.

allowed to stand on a vacant site for only

It felt like a kind of breathing space to see

two years. Any longer, and the building

competition from outside. Belgians are

what I really wanted to do. Around the

is regarded as a permanent structure

also not that commercially minded. They

same time, Sjaak Moens came up with

and you have to comply with stringent

are often too modest and reserved. The

the proposal for me to head up the Jan

requirements in the areas of fire safety

Dutch are better at selling; everyone

Snel branch in Stekene along with his

and insulation. For this reason we have

knows that Belgians make the best beer in

daughter - something that really appealed

developed the Koma HL. This accom-

the world, but what flies on the top of the

to me. This was - and is - a job with future

modation unit meets the stringent Belgian

Himalayas? A Heineken flag.

prospects. A few years later, Sjaak Moens was taken over by Jan Snel. Then we went to work on the continuing expansion of Jan Snel in Belgium in consultation with the current director.

We began with standard containers, but were able to enhance our position

“ Work does not feel like work�

Work does not feel like work to me. I love doing it. But I am not the only one who works hard - the whole team goes for it.

We also have good relations outside of work. This year we climbed Mont Ventoux with a group of staff. Next year we plan to do Alpe d’Huez. We go out for a drink

by looking proactively for solutions to

EPB requirements and may thus stay up

or a meal frequently. I place great value

customers' problems. Everything now

longer. The fact that we innovate in this

on the fact that everyone works so hard

turns on custom work. We work with

way makes me proud.

for our success. After work there is not a

project leaders who guide the customer

lot of time for hobbies, although I try at

right through the entire process. This

It is frustrating that the rules are so

the moment to take in a movie with my

approach is bearing fruit; 2011 has been

different in a single Europe. Each country

girlfriend regularly or to go to the sauna

the best year in the history of Jan Snel

uses its own rules to try to guard against

for an evening.

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Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum New faรงade is 'the largest objet d'art in the world'

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nears completion Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum has been surrounded by scaffolding for several years.

The refurbished building will be handed over as a whole at the start of 2012. One thing is already clear: the new façade of synthetic material - measuring 100 metres in length, 15 metres high and with an extended roof of 25 metres wide - by Holland Composites is the main eye catcher. Curious about how installing 271 elements each weighing 1,000 kg went off? Take a look at hollandcomposites.nl/nieuws.

This short film is a preview of a film being made of the entire façade project!

a part of Jan Snel, we are all proud of this

Construction now proceeding

international prestige project.

apace Not only has a completely new element

Artistic and technical innovation

been added to the Stedelijk Museum, but

The façade sections are made partly of

the old building has been refurbished as

aramid and carbon fibre. This material

well, and it has now reopened its doors.

has five times the strength of steel and

The newbuild was launched in 2007,

its uses include material for bullet-proof

suffering several setbacks, including the

vests and aircraft. It is being used in a

bankruptcy of the Midreth construction

construction project on a large scale

company at the beginning of 2011. The

for the first time. Once all the elements

newbuild has proceeded apace since the

are in place, the seams will be sealed

appointment of VolkerWessels as main

tight and the elements sanded down.

contractor. We are all looking forward to

The entire extension will be sprayed in

the handover in 2012!

one process with a special heat-resistant aircraft paint.

Bathtub or objet d'art?

The new and seamless synthetic façade, sprayed gleaming white will soon grace the Stedelijk Museum on Amsterdam's Museumplein (Museum Square). The newbuild section has acquired the nickname ‘the bathtub’, because it looks like an enormous bathtub seemingly hovering in the air. The museum authorities refer to 'the world's largest objet d'art', and in fact the façade forms the largest seamless composite building structure in the world.

The museum believes that this piece of art will make a name for the Stedelijk Museum and enhance the architectural reputation of the Netherlands. It will certainly be exceptional and, as Holland Composites is

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Snel developments

the latest

DEVELOPMENTS Challenges in construction, appearance and sustainability

Blu Beach Pavilion

Challenging construction • 200 terrace seats, restaurant with space for 30 and an event hall for 100 guests (900 m2 in total) • Pile-driven on the beach; seawater-resistant piles and concrete • Entire structure can cope with wind force 11 • Protected steelwork suitable for the beach • All transport was done via the beach (300 m)

Special finishing • Special roof with open wooden rafters • Folded aluminium roof finishing • Attractive wooden Iroko finishing for the outside façade • Full wooden floor for the passage, event hall and restaurant • Large French windows for the event hall and restaurant

A new beach pavilion has to be erected in

• Special windscreens on the terrace

Noordwijk in time for the season. Resistant to seawater, wind force 11 and peak periods in the summer. Jan Snel needs just 10 weeks, from pile driving to handover.

The result is a durable beach pavilion with atmosphere, containing a restaurant, hall for events and large terrace. Sound as a

Sustainable energy

rock, it meets the strictest requirements

• Equipped with a complete heat

and is even provided with a complete heat

recovery system with all the

recovery system.

accompanying advantages: reduction of CO2 emissions, lower

Blu Beach is in every respect a clear symbol

energy costs, low-maintenance

of flexible building and sustainable quality.

and comfortable

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sus路tain路a路ble Sustainability is: first take a good look at yourself Flexible buildings are outstandingly green. Apart from our designs, we also want to make the way we do business increasingly sustainable.

As a result, we are engaged in cutting back the CO2 emissions of our vehicle park. But there is sustainability to be found also in small intelligent applications. We have, for instance, a beautiful new house style, but the old envelopes are being used up first!

Snel tells

1+1=3

Creating value by having people work together

The need for combined effort has now percolated through to all levels at IOB engineering practice. The awareness that you can achieve the best results only by combining expertise provides a view of the future. Routine has to be abandoned, because only then do you arrive at innovation. At the same time it creates a sense of togetherness. Doing things solo for yourself makes way for excelling. Tackling projects no longer in sequence, but alongside each other shoulder-to-shoulder. A multi-disciplinary approach ensures value creation and limiting the costs that result from mistakes - so 1+1=3.

Engineering, Construction Consultancy, Building Plan Assessment, Quantity Surveying, Management & Maintenance, Systems Consultancy, Geometry, and Civil Engineering. This versatility facilitates finding a suitable solution to every problem.

Creating value by having people work together. Not anonymous personnel behind a brand name, but real, involved

Another way of adding value is taking a

centre - something that every property ow-

people who listen to each other, immerse

sustainable approach to projects. There

ner is pleased with. This is also the reason

themselves in a project and who deliver

are a whole lot of words in circulation that

that Jan Snel and IOB work together.

added value through their professional

indicate that you as an organisation place

skills and personal qualities. Letting go of

a high priority on sustainability. Building life

IOB is an independent engineering

established methods places the emphasis

cycle sustainability for example indicates

practice with a staff of close to 200 that

on people as individuals and promotes

green thinking. Flexibility is a key word in

has been in business since 1979. IOB's

cooperation at a level of equality. The

designing for life cycle sustainability, and

creative, multi-disciplinary and flexible

market economy has to give way to a

this is what Jan Snel is all about. Looking

approach dovetails perfectly with what

value economy with quality as its starting

not just at the construction costs in

Jan Snel stands for. Thinking together

point. Jan Snel and IOB have found each

isolation, but more importantly at the costs

beyond the limits of the contract is leading

other in the above, resulting in a magnifi-

in use [Total Cost of Ownership] ensures

to successful and growing collaboration.

cent and unique joint effort that allows us

a better overall result. Whenever this is

We have a range of specialists on hand

to face the future in full confidence.

properly applied, you have a situation

for the whole spectrum of issues. IOB staff

where Total Value of Ownership is at the

members work in the fields of Structural

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For IOB, Rob Stekelenburg

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Soundly-built office premises with washroom

Snel in pictures

MOPP, Botlek Rotterdam MOPP is a specialist in the sustainable pre-treatment and protection of offshore units, ships, storage tanks, industrial systems, bridges, and lock and dock gates.

Its new permanent office premises houses 17 workstations, with a staff washroom on the lower floor as well. Jan Snel erected the building (2 floors, 468 m2) in six weeks. That is a long time in our business, but all the interior work (walls and ceilings) was installed in situ, on the building site.

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Charging the batteries with Jan Snel

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E-ON MPP3, Maasvlakte Rotterdam E-ON MPP3 is building a new power station on the Maasvlakte. Where can the 1,200 construction site staff charge their batteries and freshen up? In 10,000 m2 of office accommodation and sanitary facilities of Jan Snel. Delivered complete with furnishings, Internet and phone lines, cleaning, and rental agreements with the subcontractors. This allows E-ON MPP3 to focus its energies on the construction.

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Gardening building shoots up

Snel in pictures

Floriade, Venlo The Floriade takes place every 10 years in the Netherlands. The World Horticultural Expo is being held in Venlo for the first time in 2012. Organisers DuoFlora 2012 need an office building on the Floriade site within six weeks. Cannot be done, does not exist; and so we build an office building of 600 m2 with 15 workstations as well as 25 flexible workstations, all fully in line with the schedule. A flexible building from where the hard work over the past two years has been done to arrange and execute Floriade 2012.

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Premium showroom

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Showroom, Hilversum When one of the absolutely premium brand names in the world of cars needs a temporary showroom, it definitely wants it to exude the kind of aura that fits the brand. Adriaanse/Van Kuyk Brand Events plays it safe and contracts Jan Snel to build the flexible building. Within a short time we build an open, transparent and inviting space covering 375 m2 that is up for around three months.

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Pulling the reins tight

Snel in pictures

CHIO, Rotterdam The Concours Hippique International Officiel (CHIO) is the biggest international (outdoor) equestrian event in the Netherlands. It is, in addition, Rotterdam's oldest top sports event. We are thus proud that we have provided here approximately 60 workstations, storage, office space and canteen, spread over 46 units. The event always takes place at the edge of the Kralingse Bos, an area of great natural beauty. From a logistics standpoint there were thus a few hurdles for us to jump.

Successfully; the project was handed over within three working days and stayed up for around two weeks.

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One-two on the beach

Snel in pictures

NK Beach Volley Ball, Den Haag TIG Sports is a specialist in the organisation of large-scale sporting events, like the KLM Open, where Jan Snel has been providing the units for six years. TIG Sports is also behind the HP Beach Open and NK Beach Volley Ball. Both events naturally take place on the beach. We provide accommodation for the organisation, jury and DJs at the southernmost tip of Scheveningen beach.

In addition to around 35 workstations, there are storage and sanitary facilities in the 34 units over 600 m2. Wind and sand provide us with some challenges, but all the units were in place within a single day!

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Sport played here!

Snel in pictures

Sports hall, Zwolle A residential area in Zwolle has a new eye-catching building: a flexible sports hall used during the day by primary schools and in the evening and at weekends by sports clubs. A conscious choice has been made not to try to hide the temporary building, but to draw the eye. Bright yellow colours and attractive graphic design by sports people make clear to everyone that sport is being played here! There are now voices saying that the building should be allowed to stand for longer than the scheduled five years. We always see this as the most sincere compliment!

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Super quick and low-energy

Snel in pictures

Janssen Pharmaceutica, Beerse (B) Janssen Pharmaceutica develops and markets medicines, particularly in the fields of neuroscience, oncology, infectious diseases and vaccines. A new control room and landscaped office have to be built within an extremely brief time. Jan Snel constructs the premises quickly in accordance with EPB’s E 80 standard, but innovative applications mean that the level E 71 is in fact achieved. The premises are also finished and furnished to a very high standard of luxury.

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Unlimited options

Snel in pictures

Sports hall, Beek The Beek municipality has the aim of developing into the regional epicentre for sport for handicapped people. A second sports hall for handicapped sports is being erected next to the existing sports hall. In just 14 weeks, Jan Snel erects the sports hall, which is to remain in use for at least 15 years. The hall can be divided into three segments, so that local clubs can also make use of it.

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Blast proof entrance

Snel in pictures

NAM, Den Helder The Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM) (Dutch Crude Oil Company) needs better access controls. In the space of four weeks, Jan Snel erects a new gatehouse using the unique Movix system. If you think that this is a temporary solution, you have got it wrong. The new gatehouse will be there for at least 10 to 15 years and is even proof against explosions. This was one of the definite specifications resulting from the materials being processed on site. No problem for Jan Snel.

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Asbestos at school... quick emergency solution!

Snel in pictures

Martinuscollege, Grootebroek The discovery of asbestos compelled Martinus College in Grootebroek to rehouse temporarily a large proportion of its students. Creative answers are required, and quickly. You know the answer already: Jan Snel is called in to provide the school with emergency classrooms. In just 13 days,19 emergency classrooms have been erected, furnished and connected. Ready for use. Around two weeks after the discovery of asbestos fibres in the school building, 600 students are attending their lessons in comfort and safety.

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un路bur路den路ing Solve problems before they arise 'Unburden' is a wonderful word - a promise you will find in several advertisements. Living up to the promise is something else again. Unburdening can take place only if everything is properly harmonised with everything else within the business. That is what we are aiming for at Jan Snel Flexibel Bouwen, Jan Snel Transport and Holland Composites - so that we take all the cares out of your hands from alpha to omega, including transport and fa莽ade cladding.

Jan Snel Transport

Snel ♼ green

Sustainability. Eco footprints.

Corporate Social Responsibility.

These are not hollow words, if it is up to Jan Snel Transport.

More than that: they are a firm foundation for policy, because by focusing on sustainability in both the short and the long term, we aim to leave behind a world that is a little better. And if that also has beneficial consequences for costs, that is a welcome added bonus.

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Green vehicle park

Good news for the natural environment

Investment in 13 new trucks ensures

we live in.

that the vehicle park is once again fully up to date. The trucks are spread over

Green drivers

various types and capable of use in a

We can draw up as much policy and as

multi-functional way as a result of their

many objectives as we like, but achieving

design and construction. All the new

results is possible only if the people behind

vehicles have a Euro 5 motor (according to

the wheel back them. For this reason, all

European standards), which was a decisive

our drivers undergo a practical training

factor in the purchase. This standard

course to get the best out of the new

means even more efficient fuel consump-

vehicle park. One example: sharp braking

tion and significantly lower CO emissions.

and rapid acceleration cause unnecessarily

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have a new fuel and vehicle registration

in green! By this means we are achieving

system. Using this built-in system, Jan Snel

cuts of 50% in CO2 emissions. Green

has a real-time overview of fuel consump-

power!

tion, driver behaviour and emission. We share this information with our drivers as

Green and blue go together

additional motivation.

Jan Snel looks beyond the road. We are increasingly opting for road transport in

Green combination

combination with rail or waterways (the

Alongside the acquisition of new vehicles,

so-called 'blue road'). In this way we cut

we have for several years been busy

costs, go to work more efficiently and

setting up the vehicle park in the most

are able to provide our customers with a

efficient way. The advantage of this is

better service. This combination generates

that we are able for example to combine

considerable savings and is less harmful to

several loading flows. By providing some

the environment than running up the road

of the vehicles with special bodies, they

mileage.

can be used for transporting both units and loose goods for recycling in skips.

Green world

One example is the transport of units from

Thinking sustainably on transport generates

Montfoort to the Maasvlakte, where a

more than just a better world and cost

40-foot import container subsequently has

savings. Sustainability is the driving force

to be erected at the terminal. Whereas

behind innovation and leads to solutions

before we had to do these two transport

that our customers frequently also benefit

runs using two vehicles, they can now be

from. We can think of no better colours.

done with just one. We may be known for

Can you?

our red vehicles, but we are on the road

high consumption. By training drivers to anticipate better and having them drive more in accordance with the flow of traffic, they acquire a driving style that is more economical and safer.

Green driving Thanks to the training course, the drivers drive more economically and generate less in CO2 emissions - killing two greens birds with one stone. We also work with a large fuel supplier. All the vehicles from now on

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Complete solutions for industry

industrial systems, large projects at which for example major maintenance is being carried out.’

Why the collaboration with a temporary accommodation unit supplier?

Regarding the reasons for the collaboration Eelco says: ‘As well as the equipment, our customers increasingly demand temporary accommodation at large projects. We went into collaboration with Jan Snel to be able to provide them with the best possible service.’

Why Jan Snel precisely?

Eelco: ‘Jan Snel is a logical choice for us.

2rent and Jan Snel have a number of

Together we are greater than the sum of the parts. This credo applies perfectly to the collaboration between Jan Snel and 2rent, a specialist in leasing equipment to industry. Eelco van der Leij, 2rent director, speaks.

equipment that we lease out. 2rent is active in a number of fields: oil and gas, chemicals, energy, in steel and concrete construction, and in shipbuilding. We have 24 branches spread across the whole of the Netherlands.

We also have operations in Germany, Belgium and France.’

Where do the company's strengths

What kind of company is 2rent?

lie?

Eelco: ‘2rent is an industrial equipment

‘2rent focuses on safety and providing the

manager that aims to enhance the pro-

correct solutions,’ Eelco continues. ‘In our

ductive capacity of its customers. We lease

sector, certification is extremely important.

equipment to industry. Think of hand tools,

Working with safety in industry is often

welding equipment and for example mobile

literally a matter of life and death. We

electricity generators. In addition we also

supply a lot of equipment for example

supply the consumables that go with the

for shutdowns or turnarounds at large

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important points in common. Just like

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Jan Snel, we are flexible and strongly quality-driven. Apart from that, we are of the same mind in striving for innovation. We both try to devise customer-oriented solutions that really assist our customers. Moreover, they increasingly demand this, in the field of both safety and sustainability. Both of us like to anticipate this. We are well aware that innovation in the areas of products and process enhances the

Jan Snel working on

portable operating rooms

factors that set us apart. Customers increasingly look for companies with similar ambitions and standards to those they themselves have. Both of us fit in there outstandingly. We think together and aim to exceed the expectations.’

Can you name examples resulting from this collaboration?

‘We have been working together for more than four years,’ Eelco says. ‘A

Hospitals undergoing renovation or that are experiencing a (temporary) shortage of operating rooms (ORs) will be able to make use of a portable operating theatre from 2012. This is the outcome of a strategic partnership between Jan Snel and Van Dijkhuizen Consulting BV. To this end we have set up DMS (Dutch Medical Space).

good example of our collaboration is

the accompanying rooms. A complex of this kind extends over several units.

There is also the option of placing the inner tube in an existing building.

Class 1 certification The OR's internal walls are made of composite supplied by our associate company Holland Composites. These walls are virtually seamless, which is a major point in their favour. The portable OR has been accorded Class 1: the highest class in the Dutch certification!

an assignment we completed together

Complete operation unit

The fittings are installed in consultation

on the Maasvlakte, with Jan Snel

Research has shown that there is consi-

with specialists and the OR is equip-

erecting a temporary hotel for

derable need for temporary ORs, both at

ped with the latest techniques. The

Port of Rotterdam. In addition, we

university clinics and regional hospitals

walls are in olive green and they are

worked together in Germany for BP

and at private and temporary hospitals,

provided with green lighting to be able

Lingen on a number of major mainte-

in the event of a disaster. Consultants

to see blood and organs better while

nance projects. These projects went off

in this area have been active for some

operating. These portable ORs will

outstandingly well, and so, if it is up to

time with the aim of filling this need in

be unveiled to medical experts in the

us, we will certainly see more of each

an optimal way. We are now there. We

Netherlands and Belgium at the begin-

other in the future.’

supply a complete operation unit with

ning of 2012.

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‘Nil nobis absurdum’ What do you do when a customer asks for 20 office units, 3 emergency first aid stations and a 30,000-litre water tank to be shipped to Nigeria and installed all within a week and a half?

You simply organise it. And it was that simple for Hans van der Neut and the Jan Snel Zuid team.

Nigerian port of Onne. They needed office

also slept. We are currently busy with

space, along with supplementary accom-

designing a tropical roof for the offices.

modation units. Within a week and a half

Given the high local temperatures, it can

we had designed everything, constructed

get really hot inside sometimes. And so we

it to the desired configuration, arranged

are building an additional roof above the

the documentation, and the goods were

existing one. The resulting airflow ensures

on the quayside ready for shipping.’

lower indoor temperatures.’

Together

Special

Two Jan Snel Zuid staff members went al-

Hans continues: ‘For us it was a great

ong. ‘Patrick de Frel and Ben Kints flew to

challenge, even if we have of course

‘“Nil nobis absurdum” we say here,’ Hans

Lagos for onward journey to Onne. They

done projects abroad often in the past.

says. ‘Nothing is too crazy for us. When

erected the whole building site with the

The short runtime and the long-distance

Koninklijke Boskalis asked us to supply

help of the local employees. It was quite a

transport needed a lot of organisation,

a number of units and to install them at

job, but thanks to the efforts of the staff

but we were able to arrange everything

very short notice, we took on the job and

it went off outstandingly well. Patrick and

on time. Moreover, it makes no difference

arranged everything. Boskalis is working

Ben spent the nights at the compound,

when abroad to our way of working.

on a land reclamation project in the

where the other 1,500 staff members

There we work in accordance with the

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Snelle renewal

J.W. van de Meeneschool Successful handover

In the last JNSNL we reported on the construction of the J.W. van de Meeneschool in Utrecht. This was an exceptional project, as in just 10 weeks, a school had to be built to last for 40 years. The school has now been handed over and we can look back on a challenging project. The specifications for the technical requirements were even more stringent than in the Building Decree. With such tight scheduling moreover, our flexibility is stretched to the limit, certainly if things do not go according to plan and an oil tank turns up in a completely different spot than shown on the drawings! The fact that we nevertheless managed to deliver the modular school within a very short time is thanks in part to Holland Composites. Cooperation with our subsidiary on the composite gable demonstrates that the synergies aimed for between the two companies in fact works in practice. You can read more about this project

“ Abroad, we work in accordance with the VCA regulations as well” VCA (Health & Safety) regulations as

in the next JNSNL. The school launched a competition for a new name, which

well and we ensured that everything

has in the meantime been chosen: Blauwe Aventurijn.

was delivered in line with our own high

The name refers to a special precious stone (Aven-

quality standards. Boskalis is happy, and

turine); we could not have come up with a more

our staff members Ben Kints, Patrick de

beautiful name.

Frel, coordinator Jacky Vermeersch and the undersigned can look back on a successful project.’

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Ready for take-off!

Eindhoven Airport is one of the larger Dutch airports when it comes to carrying passengers. A new terminal is needed to provide space for the growing stream of holidaymakers. In the meantime, a temporary accommodation unit from Jan Snel is handling the travellers. Leon Wernaart, general and technical services manager, is satisfied with the collaboration and does not hide the fact.

to them with an easy mind. It all went off outstandingly well. The flexibility and professionalism shown by Jan Snel and its staff is outstanding, just like the speed and accuracy. Relations were professional but amicable. When consultation was necessary, I was notified as a matter

‘In April last year, Jan Snel built us a new,

During the works there were always

of course by Harry van Zandwijk or

temporary arrivals hall,’ Leon Wernaart

airport security personnel keeping an

Peter-Paul Naaijkens. This kind of project

says. ‘Following a tight schedule, as 30

eye on things. This has nothing to do

is far-reaching for us, but Jan Snel's

April is our busiest day every year, because

with trust or mistrust, but is a standard

expertise and experience meant that we

the May holiday starts then. The job was

component of procedure for us.’

got through it all superbly.’

First passenger

Eindhoven Airport is one of the larger

Safety

Within four weeks the arrivals hall was ready

Dutch airports when it comes to carrying

Constructing a terminal requires different

for use. Leon: ‘Jan Snel built the hall and

passengers. A new terminal is needed

methods than building a temporary

made all the connections. Then fitting out

to provide space for the growing stream

accommodation unit for a school for

the hall was done by our own technicians.

of holidaymakers. In the meantime, a

example. Leon: ‘Safety is our first priority.

On 28 April, the first passengers entered the

temporary accommodation unit from

The workers were operating 10 metres

hall, and since then many have followed.

Jan Snel is handling the travellers. Leon

from the nose of an aeroplane, and for

At the moment we are busy building a new

Wernaart, general and technical services

this reason the safety requirements were

departures and arrivals hall. In 2012 this

manager, is satisfied with the collaboration

strict. Nothing could be left lying around,

temporary accommodation will no longer be

and does not hide the fact.

as the risk that loose tools or building

needed.’

finished in just under four weeks.’

components could get sucked into the engines is there all the time. In addition,

Cooperation

all staff members had to be screened

Leon has nothing but praise regarding the

beforehand to check their backgrounds.

cooperation. ‘I could hand this job over

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Partner in the spotlight

Koole rapidly clears the

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building site We are able to keep our promises at Jan Snel owing to the efforts of our staff along with the cooperation of our strategic partners. For example, to prepare the ground for building we work with Koole, an organisation with precisely the same attitude and drive that we ourselves have.

demolition and disassembly, recycling and storage. With its versatile operations and high quality standards, Koole is a highly valued partner for Jan Snel.

Reliable partnership stretching back 15 years Koole ensures that the ground is made ready for construction for Jan Snel, arranging everything in this regard, such as processing unexpected asbestos, complete

Decontamination, demolition

demolition of the old building or premises,

and recycling

and clearing the ground. This is all done

Since 1984, Koole has made a unique

in accordance with tight scheduling, as

contribution to processing waste and the

every minute counts for Jan Snel. We have

demolition of industrial buildings in the

been working with Koole for more than

Netherlands and abroad. The company

15 years, always with full consultation and

has evolved into an international player

outstanding results.

in the field of asbestos decontamination,

Projects that Koole has carried out for Jan Snel include: • J.W. van de Meeneschool Utrecht: demolition of the old school, including removal of asbestos • Kalsbeek College Woerden: demolition and removal of the old temporary classrooms • Jan Snel Montfoort: internal demolition of wash line in response to changed environmental stipulations • AVL/NKI Amsterdam: disassembly and removal of four K600 units.

• Jan Snel Montfoort: internal demolition of production hall as a result of a change in operations in the hall

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Jan Snel Flexibel Bouwen now in Germany as well!

and the social media

Tel. +49 2327 56 39 74, Fax. +49 2327 56 39 73, E-mail: j.de.boer@jansnel.com

Jan de Boer/Jan Snel, Talstrasse 30, 44869 Bochum, Germany

Unlimited fun If you spend the whole day driving a huge truck, you tend to forget what a great experience it is. A couple of times a year, our drivers are reminded of this in a special way. They participate voluntarily in a range of events during which they allow physically and mentally handicapped people to experience a trip in a truck at first hand. Our drivers were involved in the Truckrun in Woerden (18 June), at the Truckroll in Hulst (10 September) and at De Waardse Truckers (17 September). Our passengers for the day could not get enough of it, and nor could we in all honesty!

At Jan Snel we like short lines of communication, and so social media are just made for us. You can follow us via Twitter, LinkedIn or YouTube. We see these as new channels for keeping you up to date on our latest projects, background films and updates. But that is just one side of the story; we

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You need to experience the quality of our solutions at first hand. There is plenty of

Snel via the Internet and to send us

opportunity to do this, as we will be exhibiting at the trade fairs below. You will be able

a message from time to time. Once

to get to know Jan Snel at our spectacular new stand to see the latest developments in

things become more important, we

the field of flexible building. If you would like to know more about specific options for

will simply come to visit you. After all,

your organisation, come and see us at one of the events below or make contact with us

nothing is better than "old-fashioned"

at no obligation. We will then come to see you in person.

personal contact.

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twice a year with a print run of around

publisher and without acknowledging the

5,000.

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