by Remko Zuidema | Jan 31, 2016 | Best Practices, Construction process, Governance
Cracks in the walls and subsiding façades because of earthquakes. When you live in Groningen, then this is your daily reality. A reality with big question marks and consequences, because can you still live safely in your home? No you can’t, not without taking...
by Remko Zuidema | Aug 31, 2015 | Best Practices, Governance, Sustainable Construction
Do we have no need in growing experience in renewable energy deployment anymore? Do we know everything already and never anything went wrong? Modifications to systems and buildings facilitates change from previous implementation versions. Without this key to improving...
by Remko Zuidema | Aug 20, 2015 | Best Practices, Governance, Sustainable Construction
Do you also have a wish list of things that you really want to see with your own eyes and experience up close, because you have already heard and read so much about it? My list has long included a visit to the building NEXT21 in Japan. The apartment building in the...
by Remko Zuidema | Aug 6, 2015 | Best Practices, Governance, Health
Replacing your total internal home fit-out without disturbing the neighbors? Sounds promising to do so in a week or so? Japan introduced this new legislation over 10 years ago and with over a 100.000 homes a year nobody wants to go back to the old times! Now Korea and...
by Remko Zuidema | Jul 30, 2015 | Best Practices, Governance, Health
Do you try out everything yourself or do you like to learn from the examples of others? Personally, I like to do the latter and I gladly share that new knowledge with you. That is the reason I travel around the world on behalf of BRIQS, in search of the best building...
by Remko Zuidema | Jun 26, 2015 | Best Practices, Circular Economy, Construction process, Invest in Real Estate
How do you act when in a situation you don’t like or that is not good for you? Do you walk away and let everything collapse behind you? Do you let things be as they are and just cope? Or do you use your imagination to escape the situation and create new rules...
