Geplaatst op: 8 February 2024
A classic example of an ambitious hard worker; that is our newest colleague Moutaz Bellah Ajjan. Over nine months ago, he started at our Gouda office in the role of structural modeler. A job that was tailor-made for him after completing his civil engineering studies at the Hogeschool Rotterdam. Together with our structural engineers, Moutaz ensures that drawings, models and calculations for various phases within projects can be delivered at Pelecon.
Moutaz came to the Netherlands in 2015 with a huge ambition to become a successful engineer. In doing so, he says: “falling is a new opportunity to stand up. Every time life frustrated me, I discovered that I had become stronger. I am a highly motivated person with great perseverance, someone with the will to get the best out of myself and succeed at all costs in everything I do.” How wonderful it is that we were able to add such a motivated colleague to our team!
The first period as a ‘Peleconner’
Moutaz explains that he was fully inducted into Pelecon in a short time. “My learning speed was helped by the experienced colleagues. The friendly atmosphere and helpfulness of all colleagues, combined with the informal corporate culture really appeal to me within Pelecon.”
The work of Moutaz
As an entry-level modeller, Moutaz works on all projects; after all, you gain experience by simply doing! Moutaz says he has developed a special interest in modelling distribution centres and steel structures. He also wants to delve more into that and we give him every opportunity to do so. Why Moutaz finds it so inspiring to work for such assignments? “Developing large distribution centres in a model is very challenging. It requires me to maintain an overview, both for myself and for my colleagues and our clients. Although; concrete structures are more complex and challenging, especially when it comes to the reinforcement of the structure (beams, floors, columns).”
Pride
“My pride is project Hall 6 for the Technische Unie in Alphen aan den Rijn. It was my first major project at Pelecon in which I was involved. We had to build a new hall to an existing hall. This project taught me an enormous amount about the entire project process; from A to Z.”
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Geplaatst op: 1 November 2023
TODAY IS THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF PELECON GOUDA! THAT MEANS 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS A CONSULTANT IN THE FIELD OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING. FOR 25 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN CALCULATING, DRAWING, CHECKING AND ADVISING ON LOAD-BEARING AND STABILITY STRUCTURES OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS, SUCH AS DISTRIBUTION CENTERS, BUILDINGS, OFFICES, SHOPPING CENTERS, HOMES AND SCHOOLS. THAT IS WHY OUR ENTIRE PELECON TEAM IS CELEBRATING THIS AFTERNOON!
Pelecon Gouda was founded in 1998 by Wim van Leeuwen and Piet Peters; two men with a passion for building structures. Please find attached the newspaper article from the Rijn and Gouwe of Tuesday, September 22, 1998 about the registration of this fifty thousandth company in the Trade Register. Nice to know is that both Wim and Piet already had 25 years of experience in the structural engineering profession at the time. Enough knowledge on board, therefore, to start the successful Pelecon!
GROWTH OVER THE YEARS
Over the years, our services have only improved. For example, we have become strong in the field of logistics real estate, (food and dairy) industry and complex residential buildings. We also expanded our knowledge and capacity by merging with the 47 years of experience of engineering firm Reijneveld from Amersfoort in June 2021. From then on, we will have two offices, each with its own set of clients, but where the knowledge of people from Gouda and Amersfoort will be used back and forth! This enables us to learn from each other and keep up with current market developments.
NO PELECON WITHOUT CLIENTS AND PELECON PARTNERS
Thank you clients and partners for your trust over the past 25 years. But above all, thank you Peleconners for your loyalty and inspiration! On to the next 25 years of PELECON!
This building, BESTSELLER’s new logistics center in Lelystad occupies a whopping 155,000 m2. In a nutshell: the largest wooden building in Europe is being created here!
The architect Henning Larsen, now part of Ramboll in Denmark, chose from the beginning of the design to save as much CO2 as possible and improve biodiversity on the site, despite the building. As a construction material, therefore, as much wood as possible was chosen. For the finish, natural materials were also sought, for example hay as insulation material. Where it could not be otherwise, due to high loads and/or space requirements, prefabricated concrete and low-CO2 produced steel were chosen.
Knowledge step forward
For Pelecon Amersfoort, selected as a local partner by Ramboll Denmark, the timber construction is a huge knowledge step forward. Knowledge of the possibilities, the conditions during execution, the (good) resistance to fire, etc. André Verschoor, register designer of Pelecon: “we expect an explosive growth in the application of laminated wood in the coming years, in combination with wooden hollow-core slabs, for example.”
Increasing biodiversity
The architect’s desire to increase rather than reduce biodiversity on the building site is expressed in a roof garden almost 300 meters long. The roof of the high-rise is (naturally) full of solar panels.
Partnership during this project
In addition to Pelecon, architectural firm Denc (part of Sweco) from Bussum was also selected as a local partner for architectural design, building permit and building installations. Pelecon regularly works with Denc on large logistics projects. With direct communication and respect for each other’s profession, we form a strong team on this project as well.
Are you interested in a wooden version of your building design? Then contact the colleagues at Pelecon in Gouda and in Amersfoort.
📷 Henning Larsen
