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Tebodin heats up Rotterdam

Underground pipeline

the heat, in the shape of pressurized water of up to 120°c, is obtained from the avr waste incineration plant in rozenburg. it will be transported through an underground pipeline with

an overall length of 16.8 km via the municipalities of vlaardingen, schiedam and rotterdam to the heat transfer station in rotterdam. the work started in september 2013, and the installation of the feed and return pipelines is in full swing.

the system needs pipes with an outer diameter of 900 mm, taking up considerable space in the subsurface. the top of the pipes is buried at least one meter underground. the urban character of the pipeline route presents the great challenge. crossings include a large waterway and many different

dutch energy cOmpany enecO is building a new heat transmissiOn netwOrk in rOtterdam, the netherlands. the first heat will be delivered tO hOmes and businesses in OctOber Of this year. tebOdin is suppOrting this challenging prOject with the engineering, the permitting prOcedures, and intensive cOOrdinatiOn between the many parties invOlved.

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elements of the (underground) city infrastructure.

important preparation

after the preliminary route study by tebodin, the project was still a long way from full acceptance by every governmental authority and all other stakeholders. the final alignment was carefully worked out together in extensive consultations. tebodin also coordinated all required research by external parties, including the geotechnical investigations and the studies on soil and groundwater, the possible presence of explosives, and the impact on other cable and piping networks.

tebodin prepared the specifications for 36.5 km of pipeline and for the

construction plan. Other important preparations included the health & safety plan and a comprehensive risk assessment and evaluation. On many locations, microtunneling and horizontal directional drilling (hdd) techniques are used to limit the inconvenience the works may cause.

more info:mr. huub van den houten director pipelines & infrastructure in the netherlands h.vandenhouten@tebodin.com +31 70 348 04 14

01_ Mr. Jan-Willem van Liere02 _ District heating pipes being

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Reducing carbon footprint

the project was initiated by financial controller ms. catalina dogeanu: ‘we were involved in a great day out, enjoying the fresh air and doing something that will have a long

lasting and positive impact on the environment.’ the 400 trees planted are meant to compensate the office’s cO2 emissions resulting from travel, power consumption, and gas consumption, as reported in tebodin’s corporate social responsibility report 2013.

staff frOm tebOdin’s Office bucharest, rOmania, planted 400 trees arOund the tOwn Of sinaia. besides the envirOnmental impact, the event alsO prOved tO be a gOOd OppOrtunity fOr team-building and expanding creativity.

Participants of the team building activity

Team-building opportunity

the participants worked on this non-conventional project in teams. besides the division of labor, creativity was an important part of the exercise. the teams were challenged to think about team branding, create their own slogans and logo, and write a twelve-line relevant poem with random words.

more info:mr. jasper van der kooi Office director romania jasper.vanderkooi@tebodin.ro +40 21 311 71 86

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Fast growth in Ahmedabad

since its establishment in november 2013, tebodin’s office in ahmebadad, india has scored numbers of projects from various clients. this office started with two people and without any particular project in hand. but, within a few months it was able to contribute to the further development of client’s portfolio in the asia pacific region. the employees of this young tebodin office are capable to provide in-house epcm solutions including process engineering. currently, the number of employees is over 20.

as a next step to continue this fast and firm growth, more space in the same building has been hired.

more info:mr. Ondrej sterbakOffice director ahmebadadosterbak@tebodin.in, +91 44 434 03 200

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Assessing the future of CHP plants

deltalinqs, the association of the port and industrial companies in mainport rotterdam, aims to strengthen their international competitiveness and sustainable development. the problem is that coal is cheaper than gas, and is likely to remain so for the foreseeable future. the resulting low electricity prices, make the gas-fired industrial chp installations within the hic difficult to operate profitably.

increase in CO2 emissions

several owners and operators are therefore considering a shutdown of these plants. they would then continue

by producing steam with boilers and buying electricity from the national grid. however, the associated increase in cO2 emissions will have a negative influence on the agreed objectives in the rotterdam climate initiative. tebodin was commissioned by deltalinqs to research the future of cogeneration installations in the hic.

‘tebodin started with an inventory of the current installations, and was able to produce an accurate picture after discussing the ‘critical installations’ with the plant managers and responsible operational staff. this information was the foundation for

largely due tO the current fuel prices, many gas-fired pOwer prOductiOn units in the netherlands Operate with marginal returns On investment. deltalinqs asked tebOdin tO analyze the prOspects Of cOmbined heat & pOwer (chp) plants within the harbOr industrial cOmplex (hic).

several scenarios with regard to the consequences of the shutdown of several chp plants,’ says mr. izak boot, tebodin’s energy consultant. the vision of the owners plays a crucial part in the final decisions. for example, striving for autonomy may make the economic return less relevant. in addition to this, there may be issues of far-reaching process integration and delivery contracts with third parties.

Practical opportunities

tebodin calculated the increase in primary energy use and cO2 emissions for several shutdown scenarios, providing deltalinqs with insight into the extent of the problem within hic. tebodin also advised on several practical opportunities to limit primary energy use, both with process measures and sustainable alternatives, and thus meet the goals of the rotterdam climate initiative.

more info:mr. björn erkens director netherlands west b.erkens@tebodin.com, +31 181 65 17 07

Greenfield project for tire manufacturer

Leading specialist

the canadian company camoplast solideal is the world’s leading specialist in off-road tires, wheels, rubber tracks, and undercarriage systems. their products are used in several industries, including material handling, construction, agriculture, power-sports, and defense. the company has over 8,000 employees in research and development centers and manufacturing plants in the u.s.a., canada, europe and asia.

strong partner

camoplast solideal is always looking carefully in the selection of its business partners. in this greenfield project, the company identified that one of the key success factor is to be well supported by a local engineering firm to manage the engineering, procurement support and construction management, and develop a strong long term partnership. tebodin has been identified as the best option. mr. doan ngoc son, project manager

for tebodin, said: ‘we have shown that we will carry out the works with good quality and meet the schedule. they chose us for our management system and manpower resources.’

international co-production

the scope of the work includes the engineering of three production lines with various machinery and transportation components. conceptual design is carried out by consultants from tebodin’s office in czech republic, with over 40 years of experience in tire manufacturing, whilst vietnamese engineers will take care of the

in vietnam, tebOdin is wOrking On its first prOject in tire manufacturing, the first facility fOr sOlid tires in the cOuntry. tire cOmpany, camOplast sOlideal, needs the greenfield factOry tO develOp prOducts fOr new markets.

engineering, procurement and construction management services. a total of 27 tebodin people are working on the project, which started early 2014 and it is scheduled to finish in september 2015. mr. doan ngoc son: ‘it is a good opportunity for technology transfer between the offices in czech republic and vietnam, combined with the client’s experience.’

more info:mr. ronald de vries managing director vietnam ronald@tebodin.vn, +84 8 399 06 993

bioprocess pilot facility (bpf) project in the Netherlands: a joint venture company of industrial partners and the delft university of technology for the development of new sustainable production processes.scope: epcm (engineering, procurement, construction management).

engineering partner for chemical organization smit & zoon in the Netherlands. scope: responsible for the whole investment program: front end loading, detailed design, construction management and consultancy.

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CURREnT PROjECTs

construction of management accommodation building and masjid (mosque) for gascO in Abu Dhabi.scope: feed and epcm services

greenfield project for electronic automotive parts for apag in Czech Republic.scope: detailed design, value engineering, epcm services, tender documentation, and commissioning

general engineering & technical services for Oman gas company projects in the Sultanate of Oman.scope: engineering services contract

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Offshoring made easy for pharma wholesaler Orifarm

the denmark-based Orifarm group sells parallel imported and generic drugs in scandinavia and germany. at its facilities, the imported drugs are tested and repackaged with labelling in the relevant language. to remain competitive, the company must constantly monitor its cost levels, and in 2008 it decided to explore the possibility of opening facilities in a country with a better cost competitive position, including a good quality labour force equivalent to western good manufacturing practices-standards.

Cautious approach

Orifarm, in business since 1994, is not a company to rush into an offshoring

adventure. it adopted a cautious strategy with very smart first steps and one of them was finding a local engineering partner. preferably one with plenty of experience and the backing of a multinational organization.

tebodin’s czech office won the race. according to Orifarm´s project manager mr. tomas placatka, ‘tebodin stands out on account of its professional approach, offering ´turnkey service´ solutions. it has in-house experts in the full range of disciplines. i like the high-level commitment and sparring capabilities of tebodin staff, and the 100% follow-up they provide on all issues.’ the original project for

it was in 2008 that danish pharmaceutical parallel impOrter Orifarm tOOk its first steps tO set up OperatiOns in czech republic. tOday, it has cOncentrated all its repackaging facilities there. frOm day One tebOdin was Orifarm’s lOcal partner.

which tebodin was contracted was to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (epcm) for a new greenfield facility in velké prítocno.

40 years in the Middle East

this year, tebodin middle east celebrates its 40th anniversary. the first activities in this region started in 1974 in abu dhabi, with water projects for the water and electricity department. tebodin still strong in this segment, and, of course, the booming Oil & gas market. today, tebodin middle east operates throughout the region with 1,800 employees in offices in abu dhabi, dubai (1981), bahrain (1997), Oman (2002), qatar (2003) and the kingdom of saudi arabia (2012).

from its early days, mr. de vries was on the scene. now retired, he remains enthusiastic about his more than three decades in the region: ‘life and work in abu dhabi are inspiring; it offers so many opportunities.’

from maverick to pillar

mr. de vries, originally an aerospace engineer, joined tebodin in 1974. abu dhabi was tebodin’s first office outside the netherlands. ‘Our office was considered a bit of a maverick, while now it is a pillar of the international

network. when i first started, the country was young and undeveloped, only recently independent. there was little infrastructure - we had frequent power failures - but oil income started to flow, so we did project after project.’

from water to oil and gas

through economic and political changes in the region, the work moved from water supply projects to oil and

‘sO there i was, On my way tO a client On the fOurteenth flOOr, withOut a wOrking elevatOr, Or air cOnditiOning, Or a mObile phOne, Of cOurse,’ tells mr. age de vries, remembering his early days in abu dhabi, arOund 1978: ‘i decided tO climb the stairs, in 40 degrees celsius, and arrived cOmpletely sOaked. the client, seeing what we wOuld gO thrOugh fOr then, gave us the jOb.’

gas and industrial projects. to name a few big ones: ‘we worked on the masterplan for water supply in the northern emirates, in 1984. i was the man on the ground, interviewing locals with very little english. in 1994, we did a watershed pipeline project for adnOc, the state oil company - an important step in our development. in 1997, we started a long association with aluminium bahrain, providing project management and maintenance. and before i left, the focus shifted to renewable energy.’

through time, tebodin remained a stable factor in the local engineering community. many international competitors were taken over or changed name or structure, but tebodin always stayed the same, stable, image of strength and growth.

Change of course to rental waters

On consideration, however, Orifarm decided to put the project on hold and start with a small test facility, for which it rented space in an existing industrial building. when the time was right to upscale, Orifarm rented a bigger building in hostivice near prague, starting operations in 2012. since then all its repackaging activities have been relocated to hostivice.

Over the years tebodin has been providing numerous consultancy and engineering works to Orifarm. ‘as a true

partner, we take care of their needs, be they big or small. work for Orifarm is an ongoing thing, involving anything from one to several of our employees at a time. when they need something, we almost always find an in-house expert that can solve the task,’ says tebodin’s project manager mrs. lucie Švermová, ‘and in the meantime, we are keeping the permits for the velké prítocno facilities updated.’

more info:mr. jaromir kriz area director central europe j.kriz@tebodin.cz, +420 251 038 342

Working 7,5 years LTI-free for NAM cofely, a.hak and tebodin are cooperating in the company aquaintance to take care of the engineering, procurement, implementation and operation of all nam onshore projects in the netherlands. after having worked together for nam for over 10 years in the joint venture lOp vof, the companies signed a five year contract as aquaintance b.v. in 2012.

nam is the largest gas producer in the netherlands and produces about 50 billion m³ of natural gas every year, providing about 75 percent of the total natural gas production in

the netherlands. at the end of 2013 nam awarded aquaintance with an extension of the contract for maintenance work.

aquaintance reached a new milestone by working lti (lost time incident) free for 7,5 years in a row. this means that no accidents occurred that led to absence from work.

more info:mr. martijn van der heidendirector engineering hengelom.vanderheiden@tebodin.com+31 74 249 62 67

Mr. Bas Schellenberg (project manager NAM, left) hands over an award to Paul van der Graaf (director aQuaintance) and his team for 7,5 years of working LTI-free

Employees office Abu Dhabi in the 90‘s

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Radius Group commits to world-class warehousing

radius group is committed to exceed customer expectations by delivering innovative, responsible and collaborative real estate solutions on-time and on-budget. tebodin has played a leading role in helping radius group to develop large warehouse premises not only to tenant

specifications but also to the high standards required for achieving breeam certification. breeam is a leading global assessment system for sustainable buildings. it defines the standards of modern design and construction, and allows for real comparisons between buildings in

effective warehOusing used tO be a relatively straightfOrward prOcess Of receiving, stOring, and shipping. nOwadays, glObal supply chain integratiOn and e-cOmmerce have made warehOusing mOre cOmplex, cOstly, and critical tO the bOttOm line result. few understand this better than radius grOup, the develOper Of sOuth gate industrial park, clOse tO mOscOw’s dOmOdedOvO internatiOnal airpOrt.

terms of quality and impact on the environment.

BREEAM standards

south gate is a multiphase project in which 650,000 m² of warehouse facilities are being built and certified to breeam

Opening of RMA’s pipeline equipment plant

tebodin’s office in ekaterinburg started with the concept design for this epcm project in the middle of 2012. the project consisted of two buildings: production shop and social building of an overall area of approximately 8,800 m². the main production of the new plant is the ball valves used for transfer pipelines. these valves have a diameter of 400 mm up to 1,400 mm.

tebodin’s scope of work included concept, basic and detailed engineering, procurement of the construction contractor, construction management and supervision and permitting.

the construction of the plant started on march 2013 and already by may 2014 it obtained the operation permit. such

On may 2014 the Official Opening ceremOny Of the pipeline equipment plant Of rma rheinau gmbh & cO. tOOk place in the special ecOnOmic zOne ‘alabuga,’ in russia.

standards. the 144-hectare industrial park offers high quality warehousing facilities for lease, land lots for build-to-suit developments, and fully serviced plots for independent development.

Proud of certifications

radius group managing director david simons commented; ‘we are proud of our breeam certifications. they demonstrate our ambition to reach the industry’s highest standards and as importantly the standards of our clients.

we are pleased with our cooperation with tebodin’.

On behalf of tebodin, project manager mrs. galina solyannyk of office lviv explained, ‘tebodin improves quality with designs in 3d revit. avoiding any design conflicts is extremely important since the project is actively under construction by radius whilst the final design is still in progress.’ mrs. solyannyk went onto say; ‘a key success factor for all projects is to fully understand the needs and business goals of the client. Our technical support helps meet all targets by eliminating or preventing alterations, thus avoiding additional costs and risks for all parties involved.’

more info:mr. wout voorthuis area director eastern europea.voorthuis@tebodin.ru, +7 495 258 80 58

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in 2012 radius group became the first real estate developer in russia to be awarded breeam certification for two south gate warehouses. in 2013 a third breeam certificate was awarded for a 20,000m² medical care manufacturing facility and national distribution center, built for germany’s hartmann group. constructed with technical support from tebodin, the facility achieved a 58.36% breeam rating, which is the highest ever awarded to a commercial real estate object in russia. in 2014 radius group received breeam certification for the new 32,000 m² national distribution center of decathlon.

good results were achieved due to a well-coordinated and efficient work between tebodin and rma’s project teams.

rma is a regular client of tebodin – in 2011 a similar plant was designed in bahrain (middle east). tebodin is expecting that rma request them new services for the expansion of the new production facilities in alabuga.

more info:mr. wout voorthuis area director eastern europea.voorthuis@tebodin.ru, +7 495 258 80 58

EPCm contract for Shidean Legrand tebodin in china has been awarded an epcm contract for shenzhen shidean legrand relocation project. this relocation project is to move shidean legrand’s current production and office area to a new building. tebodin will provide epcm services to refurbish the building. the areas that will be refurbished during this project are the warehouse and injection workshop; inspection quality control for supplied material test and finished goods test; assembly workshops; and showroom, offices and laboratory.the scope of work consists of engineering design, procurement support and construction management. tebodin’s office in guangzhou started working in this project on may 2014 and they are scheduled to complete it by december 2014. shidean legrand is a video door phone and entry systems manufacturer and belongs to legrand group. in 2012, shidean legrand was proclaimed as a top supplier of video door entry systems in china and has over 6,000 facilities in the country.

more info:mr. wei wei managing director china w.wei@tebodin.cn; +86 21 2309 9966

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BIM design for new Gentherm factory

gentherm is a worldwide leader in thermal technology for a variety of sectors, including the automotive industry. named gentherm after the acquisition of german company w.e.t. by the michigan -based amerigon, the company is active in 11 countries already and employees over 7,000 people worldwide. gentherm has an excellent reputation in the thermal electric and automotive industry for designing, developing and

manufacturing heating, cooling and ventilation devices such as heated seating, climate seating and all related electronics, cabling and blowers.

demanding requirements

currently, gentherm is in the process of building a new facility on a 37,500 m² greenfield area in the dong van ii industrial zone in vietnams’ ha nam province, approximately 50 kilometers

advanced design methOds and excellent safety perfOrmance were just twO Of the reasOns why gentherm chOse tebOdin in vietnam fOr the design and prOject management Of its new facility in the dOng van ii industrial zOne, vietnam.

from hanoi. On an actual construction area measuring some 20,000 m², the facility will consist of a factory, a clean room and related offices and utilities.

‘the project is being built to a high international quality standard’, says mr. nguyen van dong, project manager at tebodin. ‘the design for the related regulation has referred to the standard list and also the ‘w.e.t. special project design criteria’ as recommended by

Prove safety mathematically: evaluating residual stresses at pipeline construction

Avoiding catastrophic failures

together, operational stresses and fatigue stresses combined with residual construction stresses may cause catastrophic failures. timely evaluation of construction stresses results in safer operations. construction stress evaluation also provides contractors with calculations for clients and authorities, to prove their procedures are safe. mr. guru prasad, pipeline engineer at tebodin in abu dhabi: ‘it is the engineer’s responsibility to determine whether to evaluate

construction residual stresses. Our pipeline team has extensive expertise.’

Conventional and unconventional situations

mr. guru: ‘we have performed detailed numerical analysis to evaluate each construction procedure, conventional or unconventional. we have done calculations for various contractor companies across the uae. projects included a calculation for pipe lifting and laying using side booms, a ground settlement calculation, and assessment

during transpOrtatiOn and cOnstructiOn Of OnshOre pipelines, the pipes get gripped, stacked, jOstled, bumped, and dragged. straps and stOnes may cause dents. the grOund they are put On, Or in, will settle and shift, sOmetimes due tO blasting activities Or even earthquakes. temperatures may fluctuate significantly frOm day tO night, especially affecting metallic pipes. jOints and bends are particularly critical zOnes.

for weld misalignments of line pipe joints.’

Tailor-made methodologies

construction stress evaluation requires specific expertise, says mr. guru: ‘all operational scenarios are covered in stress evaluations during detail engineering. however, concepts for stresses induced during construction are not quantified effectively in international codes. so we develop tailor-made methodologies to evaluate different construction scenarios, keeping relevant codes, practices and beam theories as a basis. for example, stress intensification factors (sif) can quantify the effects of induced stress. if the pipeline is in a critical zone, we also have some good experience in performing finite element analysis (fea) to analyze these scenarios with software tools such as abaqus and ansys.’

more info:mr. srinivasan mahalingam director abu dhabi, market unit chemicals, Oil & gas msriniva@tebodinme.ae +971 2 406 64 30

gentherm. when we had the chance to tender for this project we made sure our offer matched those standards in quality and innovation.’

the scope of tebodin’s tasks comprises the full design and construction cycle, from conceptual design to permitting design and submission and from procurement to construction management of the non-process parts of the facility.

Advanced design methods

‘special attention is being paid to cost and time optimization during the production stage,’ says mr. dong, ‘as we are using 3d modeling with bim to pre-visualize the entire construction.’

‘tebodin’s use of bim technology was an important factor in the award of the contract,’ says gentherm’s project manager, mr. hans haueise, ‘a decision that was also based on their suitable

procurement strategy, good safety performance and reputation as on-site managers.’

the design stage of the new facility in vietnam started on april 2014, and the construction is due for completion on august 2015.

more info:mr. ronald de vries managing director vietnam ronald@tebodin.vn, +84 8 399 06 993

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All eyes on laser technology

the speaker was mr. pascal morovic from tebodin peters engineering in germany. his presentation covered – amongst other topics – technical aspects of laser scanning technology, conversion of data into complete 3d models, plant design and as-built design.

Tebodin’s laser expertise

laser scanning is steadily gaining ground, especially when it comes to planning refurbishment and upgrades for existing plants. mr. morovic gave a detailed explanation of the need for laser scan survey and presented a wide portfolio of reference jobs – for example in nuclear power and chemical plants – that have been executed within the tebodin and bilfinger network. he highlighted his office’s capabilities in the area of 3d modelling software development, which can boost tebodin’s competitive position in the middle east market.

around 100 clients and other contacts attended the seminar. clients like gascO, adcO, adma-OpcO, adgas, borouge, takreer, zadcO, masdar, npcc, mc dermott, aecOm, abu dhabi municipality and emirates steel were present and showed interest in this exciting topic.

Outreach

due to keen interest of clients working on site on the previous day, tebodin in abu dhabi went to ruwais, where mr. morovic held the same presentation for borouge and gascO employees. they appreciated tebodin taking the trouble to travel and present on this new technology, as future enquiries from the adnOc group of companies may come up in the future.

tebodin peters engineering: www.pegmbh.com

more info:mr. srinivasan mahalingam director abu dhabi, market unit chemicals, Oil & gas msriniva@tebodinme.ae, +971 2 406 64 30

On june 4, tebOdin’s Office in abu dhabi Organized the seminar ‘laser scanning and 3d mOdelling’, in cOllabOratiOn with imeche. interest amOng clients was keen.

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Partners in science

international consortia

both projects (induse and gipipe) were carried out by international consortia, consisting of universities and research institutes in germany, greece, italy and the netherlands. they addressed all the important design issues and included novelties in numerical analyses of above-ground piping systems and installations, as well as buried pipelines. the analyses were validated by extensive testing programs at various locations within europe.

tebodin was involved in all stages of the projects, providing calculation examples from practical projects, providing help with the research programs, identifying the important design issues and finally drafting new piping design guidelines. ‘specifically, we prepared the soil-pipe interaction models and prepared extensive strain-based strength and flexibility calculations that served as a basis for the test set-up at the test

locations in greece, sardinia and delft, says project manager mr. gert dijkstra. in our role as the link to the daily practice of pipeline engineering, we ensured that all theoretical calculation models and tests were converted into practically feasible design guidelines.’

spin-offs

‘this successful cooperation with renowned universities and testing institutes throughout europe is not only a recognition of our standing as a high-tech engineering and consultancy partner,’ says mr. dijkstra, ’but it has also improved our international network giving easy access to the knowledge of

pipelines are the lifelines Of sOciety. basic necessities like water and gas reach us thrOugh pipeline netwOrks. alsO the (petrO)chemical industry cannOt survive withOut pipelines. but what happens tO these systems when an earthquake Or landslide Occurs? twO eu research prOjects have been lOOking intO this issue, with a view tO drafting new internatiOnal design standards.

our partners’ to which his co-manager mr. hildo van der heden adds, ‘within the framework of the project, a new numerical fem model was developed by our partners, which is now also accessible for tebodin. Our involvement in the research has already led to spin-off activities for clients in the netherlands who have been faced with the effects of gas production induced earthquakes.’

more info:mr. huub van den houten director pipelines & infrastructure in the netherlands h.vandenhouten@tebodin.com +31 70 348 04 14

Bogdanka project back on track

lubelski wegiel ‘bogdanka’ s.a. is one of poland’s leading producers of hard coal (anthracite). this high-grade energetic coal is used mainly for the generation of electric and thermal energy, as well as for cement production. its key customers are industrial companies, most of all power industry players situated in east and northeast poland.

the company has set itself the target to double its production by 2015 (compared to the 2011 level). to achieve this, it has already initiated significant infrastructure investments, including the expansion of the mechanical coal processing plant to a capacity of up to 2,400 tonnes per hour.

Building in an active plant

this is an extremely challenging undertaking: the new assets, needed for complicated technological processes related to coal enrichment, have to be constructed in an active

plant amidst working machines and working people. and the deadline for the project is in september 2014.

because of the complexity of the project, at some points, operations were running increasingly behind schedule. to get a grip on the situation, management of the company, decided to appoint an external project supervisor.

Tightening up procedures

tebodin’s polish office sent a four-strong team headed by mr. mieczysław jendza. their tasks were to take stock of the state of the construction work, represent the client in meetings with the general contractor and subcontractors, verify schedule assumptions, report deviations and risks and advise on how to continue realizing the investment.

mr. jendza discusses the progress achieved since tebodin’s involvement.

when its investment prOject threatened tO Overrun its schedule, pOlish cOal mining cOmpany lubelski wegiel bOgdanka decided tO hire tebOdin as prOject supervisOr.

‘by tightening up construction site procedures and getting everyone to cooperate, we have succeeded in getting the project back on track, with completion expected in september of this year. the client, needless to say, is very pleased,’ he grins, ‘and so are we!’

more info:mr. jaroslav hrabeĕ managing director poland j.hrabe@tebodin.pl, +48 22 334 43 11

Opening Feed Design Lab

tebodin is one of the partners in this project and helped to create the designs of the lab, and served in the coordination for finding partners and the right equipment.

in the feed design lab an actual working production line for feedstuffs (and animal feed) is available with which product developers, nutritionists and feedstuff technologists can test endless variations and combinations with widely diverging processing operations. they can grind, sieve, weigh, mix, dose, dry and even expand, extrude and vacuum coat under all sorts of strict conditions. it is an ideal

environment in which to conduct all sorts of trials and experiments and test all sorts of production processes without running up large costs.

the feed design lab can also serve as a small-scale production location. the development factory has a production capacity of 200 to 2,000 kg per hour.

more info:mr. lou dost director deventer a.i., the netherlandsl.dost@tebodin.com, +31 570 638 900

the feed design lab in wanssum, the netherlands has been Officially Opened. this lab is a research and educatiOn center fOr the animal feed industry where, in a high-quality test envirOnment, innOvative prOducts fOr animal feed will be develOped.

Part of Tebodin‘s project team in Bogdanka‘s coal processing plant

Two EU research projects

since 2010, tebodin has been a professional partner in two eu research projects. the induse project is aimed at improving international design standards for above ground piping and equipment under earthquake conditions, while the gipipe project investigates what happens to buried pipelines in earthquakes and other large ground-induced actions, such as landslides. the knowledge gained in these research projects is already being applied in the netherlands, where gas production induced earthquakes pose a potential threat, but is likely to benefit seismic and landslide areas all over the world. the results were presented at international symposia in corfu, greece and, this spring, at delft university of technology, the netherlands.

01_ Mr. Gert Dijkstra (left) and Mr. Hildo van der Heden. 02_ Finite element simulation of a

pipeline under seismic fault (GIPIPE, University of Thessaly)

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Janssen Biologics: ice-cold delivery

janssen biologics, a subsidiary of johnson & johnson, produces innovative drugs for the treatment of cardiovascular and immunological diseases and of cancer. the production process involves pre-formulated pharmaceutical bulk products which are very expensive – and very sensitive to spoilage. even a relatively brief hiccup in the production line could lead to end products that were unfit for use, leading to significant costs for the company.

Minus 40 degrees

tebodin proposed a solution to keep the bulk products in perfect condition and readily available: a freezer complex adjacent to the production line. the concept was based on 17-foot containers, providing plenty of storage room, with a minus 40 degrees celsius blast freezer to ensure that products are frozen very quickly, which minimizes the risk of damage to their structure. special designs in electrical and control systems were required to secure reliability and redundancy for storage of these high-value products.

fast realization

kicking off in august 2013 with a first feasibility study for this new facility, tebodin went on to develop engineering and design and continued with a successful fast-track project realization performing epcm services. the construction started in march 2014 and was completed in june.

working for tebodin on this project are engineers mr. peter adrichem, mr. rene

duineveld and mr. jaap meijvogel. ‘it takes good planning and excellent cooperation to realize a project of this scale in such a short time,’ says mr. adrichem. ‘but our relationship with janssen biologics goes back a long time, to when the company still bore the name centocor. we know the client’s

tebOdin is clOse tO cOmpletiOn Of the pharma freezer prOject it is carrying Out fOr janssen biOlOgics in leiden, the netherlands. the building Of this freezer On site was prOpOsed as a cOst-effective sOlutiOn tO OperatiOnal bOttlenecks.

business and requirements. that means every project for them gets off to a running start.’

more info:mr. niek de koning director global pharmaceutical projectsn.dekoning@tebodin.com +31 43 329 47 03

cocoa is a high-value crop grown predominantly by smallholder farmers.consumption of cocoa continues to grow at about 3% or 60,000-90,000 mega tonnes per year. projections show that global production is lagging behind the increasing demand, indicating a clear need for expanded production, especially of higher quality cocoa.this has impact on investment projects throughout the value chain, from cocoa bean processing, manufacturing of chocolate and chocolate-based products (confectionery).tebodin has built up significant expertise over the last decade to make production facilities ranging from storage facilities, cocoa bean processing plants, chocolate factories and plants for the production of chocolate drinks and confectionery in various countries around the world.

services include consultancy (site selection studies, due diligence surveys, environmental studies and permitting) as well as full design and engineering, procurement and project and construction management.since tebodin has more than 50 offices in 25 countries, it has strong local work forces fully aware of local rules, norms and standards making the realization of projects swiftly, safely and efficiently.

furthermore, the fact that we are deeply rooted in the agro industry and food sector and are fully au fait with the rules of the game when it comes to issues like hygienic design, means that we are able to transfer your investment plans into a commercial reality.

more info:mr. hans kleiboerdirector corporate business developmenth.kleiboer@tebodin.com | +31 70 348 04 89

Industrial, Energy & Environment, Health & Nutrition, Chemicals, Oil & Gas, Infrastructure, Property

Food & Beverage

Cadbury_Nigeria

Ferrero_Russia

Nestlé_Dubai

01_ Part of Tebodin‘s project team 02_ -40 C freezer complex

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Up and coming in Asia Pacific

the asia pacific region brings vast opportunities for tebodin. so far, tebodin has been growing rapidly and successfully in this region. to celebrate success, discuss future developments and ‘simply’ to get to know each other better for the benefit of the business and our clients, regional meetings are organized on a quarterly basis.

the meeting, held in shanghai and hangzhou in china, was attended by close to 50 people from all 13 tebodin offices in the region. the four days were filled with client meetings, presentations, workshops on talent development and business, and team building.

ten years agO, tebOdin had nO presence at all in the asia pacific regiOn, nOw it has Offices in china, india, vietnam, thailand, malaysia, myanmar, singapOre and indOnesia.

Participants of the regional meeting

tebodin’s operations in asia pacific have expanded considerably over the past ten years. at present the offices employ close to 1,000 people who have been supporting great number of new as well as repeated clients. the plan is to keep growing to be able to support the business objectives of more clients who plan their investments in asia pacific.

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Mr. dirk van der ven has been

appointed country director malaysia.

Mr. Haytham El Rez has been

appointed country director saudi

arabia.

Mr. Wout voorthuis has been appointed

area director eastern europe and

chairman of the board eastern

europe.

New logistic terminal for the LDPE4 production line

slOvnaft, producer of motor fuels, fuel oils and petrochemical products, sees a big market opportunity in the growing demand for ldpe. the biggest petrochemical company of slovakia already produces this thermoplastic that is made from oil and used for the manufacturing of, for example, plastic bags, trays, containers, packaging material and six pack rings. but now slOvnaft wants to increase its annual ldpe production capacity to 220,000 tons. this investment will result in a cost-effective and a more eco-friendly way of production.

demanding requirements

to meet its goals, slOvnaft is building a new production line of ldpe and a logistic terminal in bratislava, slovakia. the construction of the new production line of ldpe and the logistic terminal already started mid-2013; the estimated completion is scheduled for 2015.

talke was awarded by slOvnaft to build the new logistic terminal for the new ldpe4 unit. this german company provides logistic solutions for the chemical and petrochemical industries. since talke has no engineering office in slovakia, the company commissioned part of the engineering and project management scope to tebodin. ‘we did several successful projects with tebodin in other countries’ says mr. faissal boujadayni, project manager of talke. ‘they supported us during the tendering phase with slOvnaft and helped us to prepare the permit documentation, ippc, detail

engineering, procurement of both civil and electrical installations.’ according to him, talke and tebodin are preparing more projects in different countries.

Understand client’s needs

for the logistic terminal tebodin manages all design, procurement and construction work for the civil part of the project. the epcm contract consists of building permit documentation, ippc, detail engineering, procurement of both civil and electrical installations, a hazOp study and construction management of the civil part. ‘to meet slOvnaft’s demanding requirements, we have to use their standards and know-how. we rely on our network expertise and in some cases we

the slOvakian petrOchemical cOmpany slOvnaft wants tO increase the prOductiOn capacity Of ldpe, a thermOplastic that is used fOr the manufacturing Of, fOr example, plastic bags. therefOre a new prOductiOn line and lOgistic terminal have tO be built. the lOcal expertise Of tebOdin prOves tO be very useful.

cooperate with bilfinger industrial services in slovakia’, says tebodin’s project manager mr. marian kusy.

the logistic terminal will have three main buildings. first, a building with silos for the storage of ldpe granulates. this will contain a bagging area and an area for the loading of cistern trucks. then, there is a storage warehouse of 10,000m² with a palletizing area for bagged products. the third building will contain offices and it will be connected to the warehouse.

more info:mr. jaromir kriz area director central europe j.kriz@tebodin.cz, +420 251 038 342

Storage silos for LDPE granulates

Long serving employees in Abu Dhabi tebodin’s office in abu dhabi honored 37 employees for having served with the company for over 15 years. the group ranged across seven different nationalities and 11 different

departments, representing all market units. together, these employees represent 803 years of experience in tebodin with an average of 21.7 years.a remarkable achievement for the

individuals concerned, but also for tebodin as a whole. it demonstrates the success of the company’s strategic focus on attracting and retaining talent. experience is, after all, a key success factor in our business. it equals competence and reliability. this leads to growing recognition among clients - and in the job market.

Part of the group of honored employees

Mr. Ronald de vries has been

appointed Office director singapore, besides his position of country director

vietnam and myanmar.

Mr. jan Klein Wolterink has been appointed director project

improvement.

Ms. valeriya Ruda has been appointed area

director eastern europe.

Mr. Maxim Krasnoshtanov

has been appointed Office

director kiev, ukraine.

june 1, 2014

july 1, 2014