by Remko Zuidema | | Circular Economy, Economy, Governance, Sustainable Construction
Is the grass really as green as we’d like to pretend in the circular economy?!? From the government’s perspective our current real estate is primarily a cash cow. What if commodity banks would take over the ownership of buildings and make them available to us for use?...
by Remko Zuidema | | 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...
by Remko Zuidema | | Best Practices, Construction Law, Construction process, Sustainable Construction, User
Can you imagine that you let somebody else choose a new car for you? Of course, that is out of the question! That is definitely something you would want to do yourself. For the simple reason that no one knows better than you what, how and where you want to drive. You...
by Remko Zuidema | | Circular Economy, Construction Law, Construction process, Invest in Real Estate
Imagine this! You are looking for a new car because your two children sitting in the backseat will soon be three. But before you can choose a car, you will have to build the road first. That sounds absurd, doesn’t it? And yet that is exactly how the traditional...
by Remko Zuidema | | Construction Law, Construction process, Invest in Real Estate, Sustainable Construction
What do you want from a contractor? That he builds exactly what you ask for, right? In the Netherlands you rarely get that, because you’re not the one in charge under a traditional Dutch building contract. Money is leading. Not your money, but the...