by Remko Zuidema | | Best Practices, Construction process, Invest in Real Estate
BRIQS likes to raise the flag for ‘comfyOWNhome’! A new concept home with as many building blocks as a well-stocked box of LEGO. With those you compile your new home. With an example like this in the building industry of the Netherlands, we can no longer...
by Remko Zuidema | | Circular Economy, Construction process, Sustainable Construction
The quality you get delivered in construction, rarely meets your expectations and desires. Why is that? I have studied this strange reality for years and the reason why is just as simple as it is shocking. They learn nothing and always start at the beginning,...
by Remko Zuidema | | Construction process, Health, Invest in Real Estate, User
Creating a new home or a new workplace is an emotional deal for you as a user. All that talk about dimensions, materials and structures is of secondary importance when it comes to being truly satisfied after moving in. It is useful for you to know who in the building...
by Remko Zuidema | | Circular Economy, Construction process, Invest in Real Estate
If we would make buildings like we make ships and planes, we will get a fantastic, new home for much less money. How is that possible? Shipbuilding and the aircraft industry work systematically and learn from every step they take. Yet, every ship and every plane is...
by Remko Zuidema | | Construction process, Economy, Governance, Health
Half a million building permits: are we going to sink or swim? What benefits you the most as a resident? Your municipality spending money on a safe living environment, employment and beautiful green landscaping? Or it spending money on issuing stacks of individual...
by Remko Zuidema | | Best Practices, Construction process, User
Do you rent a house or apartment and does your landlord not allow you to customize your home to your personal needs and wishes? Unless you restore everything to its original state when you leave? Then use the approach of the housing corporation ‘De Goede...