Bedrijf & Logistiek 2010

Tell about yourself, the company and your role in the organisation?

My name is Maurice Lemmens and I am the managing director of ASK Romein. I am also responsible for the marketing and sales activities in the company. ASK Romein is a general and structural steel contractor. We design and built a/o industrial buildings and warehouses for the logistic sector in the Netherlands and Belgium.
How come your interest in the product / solutions / this sector?

ASK Romein has build onto its legacy as contractor for warehouses in the Southern part of the Netherlands and as contractor for stables in the Kempen. From the 70-ties onwards the company has developed onwards and today operates as reputable general contractor having a strong foothold in the logistic market segment. I have joint ASK Romein in 2007; before that I worked in the international contracting arena, engaged with contract management and sales.
What is the most complex case you have ever had? And how did you manage that?

The complexity of our business pertains to budget, conformity and scheduling. Developing the most economical design solution from a concrete substructure and a steel superstructure aspect is vested with ASK Romein; an integral team effort by our own design engineers is a recipe to arrive at the right solutions compliant with the project requirements and budget. In addition, professional and experienced project management constitutes the basis to deliver the right quality in time. An investment needs to generate cash: the sooner a project is handed over the better.
Where stands your company in 10 years?

We aim for a further but controlled expansion over a spread of different market segments. Our position as acknowledged contractor in the logistic market segment will thereby form an important element of this
portfolio of different market segments.
If you could start all over again, what would you have done different?

Our strategy to aim at a wider spread over market segments should have been introduced some years earlier. A more pro-active market approach in the logistic market segment would probably have resulted in a faster growth of our company.

The statement of Maurice Lemmens:

"Durability is no longer a hype and has entered the area of developing and constructing logistic buildings. Initial investment cost are thereby increasing; life cycle costs of buildings are decreasing. Despite this fact it seems not to appeal to customers: only few customer opt for true durability of buildings in the logistic market sector."

03 mei 2010