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CEO Jan de Ruiter said Thursday morning in the explanation of a draft commercial report. "We will continue to register for important work, but we will be more selective." The builder no longer sees any potential for infrastructure assignments where it is responsible for the design, construction, financing and long-term maintenance (DBFM).
Only 10 percent successful bid calls
VolkerWessels will take this step, which has already been said with caution, because the company has lost too much money in recent years to able to bid. The construction company has recently received only 10 to 15% of orders, while in 2014/2015, 25% of bids were retained. In addition to the losses that the company had to suffer Zeesluis IJmuiden, the infratak is lagging behind the rest of the divisions.
"We can conclude that our infra division does not have a sustainable business model", De Ruiter
No firing, but changes
That is why VolkerWessels will also launch the infra-type on the shovel. No one is fired, because, like many other builders, VolkerWessels desperately needs its staff, but it is a "repositioning" of the infra division. This means that in the organization will be pushed. "We need a different combination of call bidding teams," said De Ruiter. This renovation will take several months and will also entail costs.
Also in conversation with Rijkswaterstaat
Meanwhile, VolkerWessels is in talks with Rijkswaterstaat on issues related to calls for tenders. According to the manufacturer, too many things are still selected on price and not on quality. And according to the CEO, this is not a good approach, because in the end "nobody is immersed in missions that last longer and are more expensive".
VolkerWessels, for example, again had to lose its lock project at sea in IJmuiden. This time it is "only" 5.5 million euros. Previously, VolkerWessels had written millions in the OpenIJ folder just like his partner BAM. The additional costs for VolkerWessels already rise to 37.5 million euros this year.
"Always a chance to take the risk"
That's the last unforeseen costs of the project, the general manager De Ruiter could not promise. "It's just impossible to predict, the risks are still in. We have now achieved 60% of the project and we are already far away, but not all the risks have been eliminated."
The Project The sea dike has not only caused significant financial damage to VolkerWessels, but also has a great impact on the internal organization, De Ruiter said Thursday morning. "People dare to make decisions less quickly, for fear of making mistakes, which is why this repositioning of our infra division is also of great importance."
Repositioning has already begun
Repositioning has begun more early this year, when the infrastructure manager, Henri van der Kamp, left and his duties were taken over by co Alfred Vos.
With the new policy, VolkerWessels hopes to be successful in the division again by 2020. "We are putting this infratak back in order, I am sure, and we will take all the necessary steps to this end." concluded De Ruiter by explaining the trade notice.
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