Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences Projects

Installation advice

We are specialized in all aspects of installation advice. Our consultants in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, measurement and control technology and transport installations are available to realize an optimal installation concept, from a straightforward one to very complex.

Sustainability and circularity

Sustainability and circularity are important in our installation advice. After all, comfortable, healthy, flexible buildings and installations are necessary for a sustainable future. We also like to think along about the use of raw materials and the reuse of building materials.

Commissioning

Commissioning is a process of quality control: do the building installations meet the predetermined principles and do they function in practice as agreed. We have the experts in-house to guide this process from the preliminary design through to delivery and commissioning.

Smart building

When designing installations in buildings, more and more buildings are made 'smart': we integrate smart, innovative techniques to improve the working and living environment – the well-being and health – of the user.

Healthy buildings

In healthy buildings, the installations are designed in such a way that the user can live, work and recreate optimally. And which therefore benefit health. After all, people spend much of their time in buildings.

Our team

At Valstar Simonis about seventy employees work in all disciplines of installation consultancy. This means we always have the right team at hand for every project.

Our organization

Preserving our earth, that's what we do it for. It is not without reason that our mission is to make maximum use of our knowledge for a healthy and sustainable world.

Vacancies

With about 70 colleagues spread over five locations, we make society healthier and more sustainable. Our smart advisors use their knowledge to devise the best (technical) solutions for healthy, circular, flexible and comfortable buildings.

Vacancies

We are always looking for good, professional but above all nice colleagues who, just like us, feel the urge to leave behind a better world for future generations.

Internships

Valstar Simonis welcomes students (third year or higher) who want to conduct research into a current technical problem as an internship or graduation assignment.

Objective of this project

A sustainable school building that is also energy neutral, flexible and circular. Due to the transparent plinth, which houses the media library, the incubator zone with business lobby and a grand café, this will soon become the lively heart of the campus. The design focuses on the themes of 'openness' and 'connection'.

Rotterdam

Rotterdam Business School University of Applied Sciences

Paul de Ruiter Architects

35.000 m2

An inspiring and sustainable education environment

After a European tender procedure, Valstar Simonis, together with DGMR, has been awarded the contract for the component 'Advisor Installations, Building Physics and Fire Safety'. Paul de Ruiter Architects has been selected for the architectural design. It is a beautiful new building at the Kralingse Zoom location, adjacent to Erasmus University Rotterdam. The client is the Hogeschool Rotterdam Business School.

All economic and business courses of the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences will be housed in the new multifunctional education building. The building connects to the existing educational complex that will soon cover a total area of 35.000 m2 and where more than 10.000 students can enjoy an inspiring and sustainable educational environment. As intensive users of the future building, these students were able to contribute ideas about what their new school should look like; In workshops, students of the university of applied sciences were able to explain their vision of the ideal educational environment.

The new building is expected to be ready for use by the students in 2023.

Durable and healthy

The complex will be designed to at least the Breeam Excellent sustainability level, with the aim of creating a healthy indoor climate in a very energy-efficient manner; for example, triple glazing is used. There is also a lot of attention for plenty of fresh air, pleasant room acoustics and well-controlled temperature conditions that are regularly monitored. Daylight can enter through the atrium roof and the glass facade in a controlled manner. On the roof of the fifth floor is a green roof with plants for birds and butterflies.
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