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Proptech

Development of Proptech strategy for Bpost

Our assignment at Bpost started with evaluating whether their current IWMS (Archibus) meets the requirements of a backbone and whether it can/should be retained.

In a second phase, Freestone mapped out all functional requirements of all departments within Service Operations, and then prioritized them, in order to arrive at a concrete implementation plan for 2022.

Facility

Masterplan RIZIV and shaping the new facilities organisation of RIZIV, FOD Volksgezondheid and FAGG

Freestone has continuously provided RIZIV and by extension the FOD Public Health and FAGG with advice since 2015 with regard to their housing strategy. The assignment can initially be reduced to three stages:

Masterplan RIZIV
Vision creation modern FM organisation + development of roadmap
Implementation

Building

Inventory technical assets, condition measurement and energy quickscan for ZNA

In 2019, Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen wanted to get an overview of the maintenance costs for 9 of their hospitals in Antwerp for the coming years and chose Freestone's expertise for this extensive assignment.

Building

Quickscans, conditiemetingen en meerjarenonderhoudsplanning voor Brandweerzone Kempen

Na het afsluiten van een erfpachtovereenkomst van 50 jaar voor 6 kazernes, wou de Brandweer "weten waar ze voorstaan". Per kazerne werd eerst een quickscan uitgevoerd van de gebouwen en de terreinen.

Space

Accommodation plan for the municipality of Kuurne

An accommodation plan was implemented for the municipality of Kuurne with the aim of optimising the use and occupancy of the patrimony.

Building

Conditiemeting, meerjarenonderhoudsplanning en audit brandveiligheid bij UZ Leuven (Hospital Logistics)

Het gebouw (loodsen en inpandige kantoren, incl. cleanroom) van Hospital Logistics werd overgedragen aan UZ Leuven. UZ Leuven wou als nieuwe eigenaar aan de hand van een conditiemeting en een meerjarenonderhoudsplan inzicht krijgen in de staat van het gebouw en in de toekomstige kosten die nodig zijn om het gebouw te onderhouden.

Building

Audit gebouwen VUB

Freestone werd aangesteld voor een doorlichting/audit van de gebouwen van de VUB voor de site Etterbeek en Jette.

Facility

FMIS support voor gemeente Willebroek

Building

Conditiemeting Gemeente Schilde

De gemeente Schilde wil inzicht krijgen in de huidige bouwkundige en technische staat van het patrimonium en zicht op toekomstige investeringen nodig om hun gebouwen te onderhouden en operationeel te houden.

Facility

Facility

Compliance audit Technical Maintenance (doorlichting Maximo) voor Brussels Airport Company

Compliancy audit Technical Maintenance (Doorlichting Maximo)

Building

Conditiemeting en plaatsbeschrijving voor Kuehne + Nagel

Facility

Uitrol unieke organisatie en opmaak lastenboeken voor Partena

Uitrol unieke organisatie en opmaak lastenboeken voor Partena

Facility

Quick scan facility organisation and strategy maintenance

AZ Alma recently moved from two branches to one new branch. As part of this move, the facilities department, more specifically the technical department, wants to perform a quick scan of their organization and building maintenance strategy.

This move is an opportunity to evaluate and improve the functioning of the technical department.

Building

Condition measurement and long-term maintenance planning for the Turnhout OCMW patrimony

OCMW Turnhout wanted to carry out a study to draw up a multi-year maintenance plan and investment plan for their patrimony.

Facility

Uitrol ééngemaakte FM organisatie bij CM

Building

Bouwkundige audit voor Defensie

Defensie gunt aan Serco het contract voor de exploitatie van hun kazernes te Meerdaalwoud en te Heverlee, dat ingaat in september 2018. Voordat Serco het beheer en onderhoud ervan aanvat, wensen ze zicht te krijgen op de stand van zaken m.b.t. de staat van gebouwen, technieken, terreinaanleg en omheining. Daarom maakt Freestone een conditiemeting op, inclusief meerjarenonderhoudsplan voor 68 gebouwen en een totale vloeroppervlakte van 105.000 m².

Space

Masterplan Aleris

Management of Aleris, world leader in the production and sale of aluminum products, asked Freestone to assist them in the preparation of a master plan and to guide them in the step-by-step implementation thereof.

Building

Bouwtechnische audit Museum M (Stad Leuven)

Facility

FM proces & organisatie analyse + FMIS tool

Building

Condition assessment and multi-annual maintenance planning for the City of Geel (NEN 2767)

The Patrimony department of City Geel wanted to gain insight into the condition of its buildings at Werft 20 in Geel and asked Freestone Advisory for a condition measurement according to NEN 2767.

Facility

Roll-out FMIS bij Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) startte in 2015 met het gebruik van een Facility Management Informatie Systeem (FMIS, myMCS). Het hoofddoel is het centraliseren van curatief en preventief onderhoud, alsook het voorzien van een communicatiestroom van meldingen voor alle medewerkers binnen CCEP.

Facility

FM output audit DB Schenker

FM output audit

Space

Screening CC De Ploter in Ternat

As part of their patrimony management, the municipality of Ternat wanted a review of the entire building block of the Cultural Center De Ploter. This study allowed the municipality to make an informed decision about the future of the various buildings and functions.

Building

Conditiemeting en meerjarenonderhoudsplanning bij Stad Vilvoorde

Proptech

Optimization FMIS tool City and CPAS Lier

An FMIS system is generally known today in facility centers. Experience shows, however, that not every facility organization uses the tool optimally. This is also the case for City and CPAS Lier. Their Ultimo FMIS tool was insufficiently used. Ultimo therefore advised to approach Freestone in order to refine and optimize facility processes based on the Ultimo FMIS tool.

Building

Inventorisation of assets at Brussels Airport

As anyone who has ever flown from Brussels Airport or gone to see somebody off knows: the Brussels Airport Company (BAC) site is gigantic. Plus, as a passenger, you are only seeing a fraction of all the areas at the airport. All hands on deck, then, when we were tasked with inventorising the assets at the site.

Space

Project POOF (Proud Owner of Facilities)

A large pharmaceutical company in Belgium recently presented a new, powerful vision with a clear future project. The company wants to create a ‘nice place to work’ and offer its staff the workplace of the future. Besides the workspaces, this project aims to provide a modern layout for the cafeteria, the lobby, the main reception and the meeting rooms, among other areas.

Building

Drawing up Programme of Requirements for a new build

Agristo was founded in the early 80s as the evolution of a soil-bound agriculture firm. It took only a short time to grow into a large-scale production unit for all manner of potato products, including fries.

Building

Inventorisation and condition assessment for Delhaize

Delhaize Belgium hired Freestone to take stock of the technical installations of a dozen Delhaize department stores and to perform condition measurements. Both actions form the indispensable basis for the tender that Delhaize wants to launch for installation technical maintenance.

Building

Spectacular condition assessments at Proximus Towers

Connectimmo, Proximus' real estate subsidiary, approached Freestone to carry out condition assessments of the Proximus Towers in Brussels. The two office towers, each with 28 floors, date from 1988 and are no less than 335 feet tall. Furthermore, one of the towers has a 105-foot antenna, bringing its total height to 440 feet. The towers are connected to one another by walkways on the 25^th and 26^th floors.

Space

Accommodation study for Municipality and PCSW of Mol buildings

The administration wished to use an accommodation study to provide the future management team with all the necessary information so that strategic decisions could be taken. These strategic decisions would form the backbone of the new strategic policy plan and the investment plan.

Space

Drawing up real estate strategy for the City & PCSW of Leuven

At first, it was felt that the further strategy for the portfolio should be designed based on the results of the condition assessments and multi-annual maintenance planning. Freestone indicated that the technical state is only one of the many decision-making criteria for determining a real estate strategy.

Space

Drawing up strategic vision paper and macro scan of all buildings for the City of Antwerp

Freestone was commissioned to draw up a macro scan of the entire portfolio. The intention was on the one hand to look to the future needs in real estate and accommodation based on the various policy plans, while on the other to look out for use cases and synergies across different business units in terms of accommodation and buildings.

Space

Drawing up strategic plan for technical buildings in the City of Antwerp

Freestone was commissioned to draw up an accommodation plan for the city's technical buildings. This involved a framework contract with sub-assignments. In total, 105 buildings used by a range of business units were involved. This had led to a great deal of ‘overlap’ in the past, which meant the various sites were no longer being optimally used.

Space

Requirements analysis and study on functional optimisation of buildings and accommodation policy for Antwerp Local Police

Freestone's assignment comprised an analysis of the existing buildings (analysis of the location, spatial-technical performance, operating costs, investment needs, rental and market value, benchmarking of the use of space and of the costs, evaluation matrix).

Project Manager Construction for AZ Nikolaas

AZ Nikolaas was looking for a Project Manager Construction, to replace an employee on sick leave. The replacement period was at least 6 months.

Stay-or-leave study for The Conference Board

The Conference Board had a lease in their offices in Watermael-Bosvoorde that expires in 2021. A stay-or-leave analysis was necessary to make a forward-looking decision regarding their accommodation. It was considered to move more towards the city center, near a main train station. Stay-or-leave was not excluded, possibly on a somewhat smaller surface.

Site selection and lease negotiation for Celgene

Celgene is an international biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving the lives of patients around the world.

Conditiemeting, MJOP en implementatie O-prognose bij ConnectImmo

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Facility

Brussels Airport: Marktstudie en lastenboek conciërgerie

Brussels Airport Company heeft in samenwerking met Freestone een marktstudie uitgevoerd naar het aanbod en het potentieel van de conciërgediensten. Het aanbod, vandaag beschikbaar op de markt, werd afgetoetst aan de wensen van Brussels Airport Company met grote diversiteit aan aangeboden diensten.