About 10 years ago, the Market Vision was introduced. The sector was well done with the fighting contracts, and a broad need arose to start working together in a different way. One of the consequences was the emergence of construction teams and later the 2-phase approach. The advantages are clear: a construction team is an excellent starting point for constructive cooperation, client and contractor together arrive at a supported design, and a fair distribution of risks can be agreed.

Unfortunately, there are also disadvantages: cooperation turns out to be time-consuming and also quite difficult. And as a client, how do you know that you will negotiate a good price without competition at the end of the construction team phase?
Despite the disadvantages, it currently seems as if construction teams and the 2-phase approach is the answer to every question. But is this justified? Aren't many construction teams overshooting the mark? Isn't the mass use of the construction team approach ruining its own success? On 12 November, we will explore the answers to these questions together with Luuk Spijker.

About the speaker

Luuk Spijker has been working as a Market Approach & Contracting consultant at Arcadis since 2019. He has recently worked on high-profile assignments such as the Bridges and Quay Walls programme for the municipality of Amsterdam, and the HWBP dyke reinforcement SAFE. Even while studying Civil Engineering at the University of Twente, Luuk discovered that engineering is very interesting, but that you get nowhere without good cooperation. As a graduation thesis, Luuk therefore researched conflicts within integrated contracts. In the 15 years that followed, Luuk worked on the preparation and tendering of very diverse projects, with an increasing focus in recent years on looking for, and subsequently stimulating, the desired cooperation.

Drinks will start at 18:00 and the meal will follow punctually at 19:00, after which the lecture can start at 20:00. End around 22:00.

Further information, or to register, can be obtained via: kringrotterdam@kivi.nl

Please note that a payment link to pay the participation fee will be sent in advance.