Services in Real Estate
We work in various markets including education, healthcare, public and commercial real estate. Our broad-based services and market knowledge enable us to approach the built environment from a cross-market perspective. This requires us, on the one hand, to put ourselves in our clients' shoes and, on the other, to approach issues from the perspective of the stakeholders involved. This results in an integral approach that we use for every question.
Change is the constant factor in today's and tomorrow's world, regardless of the market or sector. This makes determining organisational strategy more important than ever, especially when it comes to the quality of working, learning and living environments. The demands we make on the built environment are becoming increasingly higher. Accompanied by scarcity of space, climate change, mobility, growing regulations and financial constraints. This creates more and more issues, where all the pieces of the puzzle rarely fit together immediately. Tackling these challenges requires brainpower, strategic insight and a passion for unravelling puzzles and put choices into practice. This also means that you can count on us for well-considered and strategic advice to make the right choices for today's and tomorrow's working, learning, and living environments.
You have made the decision to start a real estate project, the dot on the horizon has been set to realise your ambitions. Now, the question arises of how to bring this project to fruition, when (re)developing real estate projects is such a challenging task. Not only the regulations and technical aspects, but also the multitude of interests and the human factor, which is essential in this phase. It remains an art to make the steps of the development process transparent so that you, regardless of your background in real estate, can follow the process and have an influence on it.
The realisation phase is the period where a project truly comes to life. Every day, a changing construction site brings your real estate ambitions closer. This is also the period where plans on paper are turned into reality, because building involves bringing together a large number of documents, agreements made between parties and clear lines of communication. The purpose of this is to keep a sharp eye on the final picture. A successful start to this phase requires documents and agreements that fit together to avoid miscommunication, delays and financial risks in the construction process. After all, construction involves a high degree of speed where decisions have to be made in a timely manner, when influencing the design, without consequences, becomes increasingly limited. The result of this phase is that you get what has been contracted with the executing parties, namely a building that meets your requirements and wishes, as conceived on paper.
In each project, the questions of feasibility, usability, permitability, and achievability need to be answered. These answers, combined with well-thought-out communication to the various stakeholders, are crucial to arriving at a finished design. We make the development process transparent and predictable. You can rely on us to take the lead as the design team's driving force during this phase, with the goal of achieving a widely supported design. In addition, we act as liaison with the municipality to obtain the necessary (RO) permits, and at the same time, we are also your sparring partner. We prepare your decisions with advice, choices and scenarios in order to make well-considered decisions and oversee the whole picture.
As far as we’re concerned, steering towards the objectives in terms of money, risk, organisation, time, information, and quality (GROTIK), is a minimum requirement. We believe that managing projects is ultimately about people. Gaining support ensures a smooth process where there must always be a balance between design, usage, costs and (sometimes) income in relation to time. Our working method includes putting ourselves in your situation and fully understanding your interests, so that we can implement them as much as possible in the (re)development task.
Of course, effective project management requires the right knowledge and expertise. We are very much at home in the world of development and project management, with a proven track record. Our people have the right skills to help you in the full breadth of your challenges. We’re not a factory for producing reports nor fee burners. Instead, we provide advice that gets projects off the ground. Our advisory style is more than a partnership; we’re clear about what is and isn’t possible. We never pass on the so-called “hot potatoes”, we grab them with both hands to prevent you from having to take backwards steps later in the process. So no stories with “rose-tinted glasses”, just realistic and feasible solutions.
Our involvement doesn’t have to stop with these services. Our Realisation & Control service ensures that we are there for you from the initial idea to realisation, making what has been conceived a reality.
Our services in the Development & Preparation phase include:
Development management
Process management
Project management
Program management
Area development
Tender and procurement management
Risk management and planning
Environment management
Program of Requirements
Due Diligence
Second opinion
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