Reinforcing a dike, making a residential area ready for construction or (re)designing a complete center plan, at FPH Ploegmakers they know what to do. The company from Vinkel specializes in varied infrastructure work and works daily on complex projects where many disciplines come together. They have all the expertise to take on a project from design to completion.
At an early age, brothers Gerbert and Erwin Ploegmakers took over the business and steadily built the contracting company into the multifaceted infrastructure specialist it is today. "We are at our best when many facets come together on a project," says Gerbert. "The more complex, the better. Together with an enthusiastic club of sixty of our own employees and a flexible shell of more than forty specialists, we build the most diverse projects."
A fine example of such a multifaceted project is new housing estate De Groote Wielen in 's-Hertogenbosch. "We have been involved in this project from the beginning, have prepared the area for construction and housing and are now working on the center plan," Gerbert continues. "In between we have also been doing the necessary work. The residential neighborhood has its own water system, where rainwater is pumped around the neighborhood in a playful way. The water makes stops in small parks where children can play with water in a safe way and eventually ends up in a 'purification' Helophyte filter where it is cleaned. Absolutely right up our alley. By the way, the same goes for the exterior design of the center plan, where we create a residential space against the pond. To this end, we are installing sheet pile walls that we are covering with concrete and masonry, creating a deck with walkways, a promenade with seating areas and a layout with greenery. In short, very varied and thus a project that suits us down to the ground."
FPH Ploegmakers is also a familiar face in the city of Tiel. Here, the company has been working for about two years on a special 2.5-kilometer dyke reinforcement in a challenging environment, close to existing (monumental) buildings, a beautiful city wall and even a Unesco World Heritage Site. "For example, we are installing almost 2 kilometers of sheet piling, have had to adjust the coupures of the fortification wall and are going to permanently close an inundation channel from 1850 of the Dutch Waterline," says operations director Ralf Reuken. "All in all, it's a labor-intensive piece of the Rivierenland Water Board's dike reinforcement program, part of the national High Water Protection Program. In between operations, the Appelpop festival also took place, during which we had to safely guide 80,000 festival-goers across our work area. That obviously brings other challenges, but these external environmental factors also make the project extremely fascinating."
Working sustainably is the starting point for all of FPH's projects. "We work a lot with large and heavy equipment, so every gallon of fuel we save saves the environment and promotes efficiency," states Ralf. "In addition, we always look to make work with work." Gerbert adds: "Eventually we are evolving toward emission-free, that's a fact, but the road to it is still a tall order for the market. Of our small equipment, such as mini excavators and shovels, we already have several electric variants. Now we are exploring emission-free trucks and crawler cranes. In any case, we are up for it because our new headquarters is completely self-sufficient and we generate enough electricity through solar panels to charge our machinery."
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