'The challenge is in the scope and size of the project'

Electrical installations

The electrical installations and fire and evacuation installation (including data network) for Van Mossel will be carried out by ETB Cas Sombroek. It has no less than twelve weeks to carry it all out. With ultra-tight Lean planning, preparation in 3D and the deployment of additional professionals, she gets this done.

"It's the first time we've worked for Van Mossel," says Rob Kwakman, project manager of ETB Cas Sombroek. "Then you want to live up to it, but the short execution time requires quite a bit of artifice. We prepared the entire project in 3D, eliminating the clashing of cables, light lines and doors in advance. We made a detailed Lean planning and of course deployed as many people as possible."

Lean planning

The Lean planning describes for each week what is expected of ETB Cas Sombroek's professionals. Kwakman: "All activities are carried out when the previous one calls for it; no earlier and no later." To carry out Lean planning, however, sufficient skilled workers must be on hand. "That's a problem for everyone at the moment, and so it is for us as well. We spent hours on the phone. Then the external specialists - like our own people - have to be willing to work twelve hours a day and stay overnight in Dordrecht three nights a week."

Scope and size

The intensive preparations are bearing fruit. As soon as the concrete floor in the garage has hardened, the men from ETB Cas Sombroek are pulling the first cable ducts. "This is exclusively traditional work. There is no home automation or other innovative electrical applications. The challenge lies in the scope and size of the project. Lifts, in reel cabinets, overhead doors: everything occurs in large numbers and gigantic lengths."

Viewing

Now these factors do not mean the mechanics do not enjoy the project. "In the garage, the installations remain in plain sight. This means they have to pull the cables and pipes neatly and tightly, at right angles. This kind of challenge is always welcomed. The mechanics then have more credit for their work." In the offices, the installations are concealed.