Beddeleem scores 2 MEGA projects in a week!

Pole Star

The Pole Star project is the second phase of an office complex for the new headquarters of GDF Suez - Electrabel at the North Station in Brussels.

This H-shaped building with a total area of 75,000 sqm will accommodate 3,100 staff workers who were previously spread over several sites. This new building is the mirror image of the North Light building in which Beddeleem already installed 14,000 m² of JB relocatable partitions.

In the course of 2012 Beddeleem will install in the Pole Star building :

12,000 m² of JB 2000 Rf00 relocatable partitions
1200 Rf00 glazed units
350 Rf00 door units

2,500 m² of JB 2000 Rf30 relocatable partitions
350 Rf30 glazed units
140 Rf30 door units

800 m² of new JB SKY partitions !
30 JB SKY door units

New Orban

By the end of 2012, the Research Directorate-General of the European Commission will move into the New Orban building located on the square Orban in Brussels.

For this building, with its 24,000 m² offices Beddeleem now got the order for 21,000 sqm of JB 2000 Rf30 partitions and 860 JB 2000 Rf30 doors.

Earlier this year, Beddeleem already started with the installation of 18,000 sqm of JB Cool climate ceilings.

Police Tower Bruges

The new police station in Bruges, designed by "Architects Beel & Achtergael - Technum" is a very flexible building that can easily be extended in the future.
The new building will consist of an office complex and a logistics complex. The logistics part will accommodate garages, an archive and a large cell block. The administrative complex will house 150 staff members. The new building will centralize several police departments of Bruges.

In the course of 2012, Beddeleem will install
 
2800 m² of JB2000 Rf00 relocatable partitions
300 window units at full height Rf00
100 door units at full height Rf00

European headquarters of Polo Ralph Lauren in Switzerland

Since 2003, Polo Ralph Lauren has consolidated its various European entities in a European headquarters in Geneva.

Beddeleem will participate in the design of the newly built offices of the headquarters.

Following JB products will be installed :

1,300 m² JB 4000 relocatable partitions and 2,350 m² JB 2000 partitions
105 JB 4000 doors and 32 JB 2000 doors

PSA Peugeot Citroën - Vélizy

Beddeleem got the contract for the finishing works in the large R & D center of PSA Peugeot Citroën in Velizy near Paris. This site consolidates all of the group's styling studios and innovation teams.

In the mean time, the works have been started and will end in Mai 2012.

Works :

7.500 m² of mineral fibre ceilings
3.000 m² of JB 2000 relocatable partitions
300 glazed JB 2000 units
120 JB 2000 door units
100 JB DOOR door units

Ocean House Zaventem

Beddeleem has been assigned by Befimmo for the complete renovation of the Ocean House in the business park Astra Garden in Zaventem.
The existing building with a total area of approximately 4,000 m², spread over four floors, will be completely stripped and refurbished.
Beddeleem will be responsible for the implementation and coordination of both the demolition and the fit-out.

+ - 4,000 m² of JB CEILING (metal ceilings)
+ - 100 of JB DOOR units
+ - 4,000 m² carpet
All the paintwork
Renewal of all sanitary fittings
The new interior of the hall
HVAC, electricity and even solar panels.

Start of works : November 2011
End of works : February 2012

Beddeleem obtains EN ISO 14001 : 2004 certificate

The environmental management system focuses specifically on managing and improving our environmental performance. Through this system we structurally pay attention to the environment.

It focuses on two key principles :

Meet the prevailing laws and regulations and manage the environmental risks.
Strive for continuous improvement in environmental performance in our company.

Residence Palace in Brussels

BEDDELEEM supplies and installs partitions and ceilings for the prestigious project RESIDENCE PALACE in Brussels !

Since 2002 the European Council assembles in the Justus Lipsius building. Because of the entry of many new member states however this building became too small. It was therefore decided to renew and expand block A of the nearby Residence Palace.

In these new headquarters, the offices of the President of the European Council and several delegations (Member States, European Commission, European Parliament, visitors from third countries) will be housed, together with the General Secretariat of the European Council.

At the front of the building there will be a new construction representing a lantern and which will contain the main entrance. This structure will look like a large glass cube whose walls are decorated with a patchwork of old wooden windows from all European countries. The cube will include a volume in which conference rooms, press room, cafeteria, restaurant, ... will be integrated.

In the period August 2011 - July 2013 Beddeleem will carry out following works :

Partitions :
6.000 m² JB 2000 Rf30 relocatable partitions
30.000 m² gipson walls

Ceilings :
11.000 m² gipson ceilings
8.000 m² metal ceilings

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Article published in the Newsletter on Architectura.be

Oost@work

To promote the East-Flemish construction companies, AVS has dedicated part of the programme Oost@work to Beddeleem.

UZ Gent

Beddeleem delivered and placed a partition of 350 meters long, in one piece, inside the new pedestrian connection on the campus of Ghent University Hospital.

Concept:
It is a covered pedestrian bridge connecting several buildings of the campus and will be used by the staff and for the transportation of bedpatients.
The building will be clearly visible both day and night and will be "the backbone" of the campus. In a second step, it wil reach up to the K4 building.

Beddeleem goes green !

In the context of a sustainable energy policy and a green image, Beddeleem invests in photovoltaic solar installation of more than 1 Megawatt Peak !!!

The sun, as an inexhaustible source of energy, lies at the root of a lot of forms of renewable energy. From now on we will get all our electricity from solar energy.

The 26,000 m² roof area of our factory in Nazareth will be equipped with more than 5,500 solar panels, representing approximately 1.1 Megawatt Peak power. Meanly 50% will be for own consumption and 50% will be returned to the net.

Duration of work : April - June 2011

BEDDELEEM RESHUFFLES

Beddeleem is using the departure of partner Peter Beddeleem to simplify the structure of the shareholdership. The 25% of shares belonging to Peter Beddeleem are being taken over by the 3 other partners. He wants to look for other horizons outside the firm.

VIVAQUA

Mid-March Beddeleem started the renovation of the VIVAQUA headquarters located at the St. Michael's Cathedral in Brussels. VIVAQUA is one of the main drinking water producers in Belgium.
Beddeleem will work in temporary with ITB and will also be responsible for the coordination of the techniques.

Works :
5,600 m² of JB FLUSH relocatable partitions with 600 m² in high quality wood veneer
      • 160 pieces JB FLUSH Rf00 door frames
      • 1220 pcs JB FLUSH window frames
Auditorium, meeting rooms, cafeteria
8 kitchenettes
8 lounge furniture
1,250 m² solid oak parquet
300 m² Carrara marble

Budget : 4.5 Mio €
Start of works: March 2011
End of works : June 2011

BEDDELEEM also carries out the 2nd phase of the KAM building !

The "Kam" building at the station on the Koning Albert I avenue in Sint-Michiels-Brugge was designed by Eurostation on behalf of the NMBS Holding. The building owes its name to the shape.

It comprises 34.000 m² of offices, underground parking for 800 cars, a bicycle shed for approximately 1000 bikes and a new station entrance.

The tunnels under the platforms, the platforms and canopies itself have been extensively renovated.

The office area will accommodate a number of NMBS services and the Flemish Administration Centre with several civil services.

Commissioned by the THV Antwerpse Bouwwerken-Van Laere, Beddeleem has already carried out following works :

• Plasterboard partitions : 4.000 m ²
• System ceilings : 16.000 m ²
• JB partitions : 6.000 m ²
• JB-door : 50 pcs
• Metal pelmets : 1.600 pieces

Currently, we are carrying out the following works :

• Plasterboard partitions : 3.000 m ²
• System ceilings : 16.000 m ²
• JB partitions : 6.000 m ²
• Metal pelmets : 1.600 pieces

OostCampus

The town of Oostkamp is transforming the industrial building of the former Coca Cola site at the Siemens avenue to accommodate its municipal and public welfare services.

The 5.000 m² building will be fully refurbished to a revolutionary concept of the Spanish architect Carlos Arroyo. The multi-disciplinary practice ELD Partnership will be responsible for the project follow up.

The building has a large indoor space in which modular clusters will be placed.
On behalf of General Contractor CEI-De Meyer, Beddeleem will supply and install 3.700 m² bubble structures in cast plaster. There will be 5 hexagonal clusters with more than 2.000 m² freestanding JB 2000 - 2500 and 4000 relocatable partitions.
Beddeleem will also install 1.000 m² plasterboard ceilings and 2.400 m² of metal ceilings in the clusters.

Start of works Beddeleem : April 2011
End of works Beddeleem : December 2011

University Ghent - Project Kantienberg

"PPS Kantienberg" is a new students residence for the university of Ghent situated in the centre of Ghent. It offers 715 rooms (129 comfort rooms), a parking, a bicycle shed and a restaurant for 600 students.

Beddeleem furnishes 25.000 m² gipson partitions and 1800 JB DOOR door unnits !

MG Tower Ghent

Beddeleem will furnish 5.000 m² gipson partitions, 17.000 m² metal ceilings and 3.000 m² JB COOL climate ceilings for the prestigious "MG Tower" project situated along the E40 highway near Flanders Expo in Ghent.

The tower will become the highest building (27 storeys - 119 m) in Ghent and will offer 20.800 m² offices, 430 underground parking spaces and a bicycle shed for 150 bicycles.

Beginning of the works : September 2011

Beddeleem International opens offices in Paris

Beddeleem International has opened a new office for the representation on the french market in the "Pleyel Tower" in the north of Paris.
This office will provide a permanent follow-up of our activities in the field of partitions, metal ceilings and climate ceilings.

BEDDELEEM contributes to road safety.

Since late October 2010 one of the trucks of Beddeleem has been equipped with a blind spot warning system. It is a test launched by resigning Secretary for Mobility Etienne Schouppe. The system alerts the driver when cyclists and pedestrians come too close to the truck. If the system works well it could be required on all trucks.

Journal on Eén - 25/10/2010

Bouygues Telcom - Mozart project

Beddeleem has made his first important steps with JB partitions in Paris.

At the end of September, the staff and the management of Bouygues Telecom havec moved into their new offices in the Mozart tower.
Beddeleem supplied 32.000 m² ceilings and 8.000 m² JB relocatable partitions.

The offices have been equipped with a mix of JB 2000 and JB SKY partitions (and 295 door units at full height).
Two management levels have a high quality walnut finishing.

Beddeleem also furnished :
- 100 identical meeting boxes
- 32 round copy and coffee corners
- 35 large meeting rooms
- 20 telephone booths
- 6 cafeterias