This year, Vroom will have been in existence for 60 years. We will reveal our rich history here regularly, using images from back then illustrated with, not least, facts, figures and anecdotes from our past.
A lot changed in the foundation business in these years. It had always been the case that every time the piling rig was in use you could hear every hammer blow and feel every vibration. Changing legislation meant that low-noise, almost vibration-free foundation techniques would need to be the norm. “First, they said they didn’t want to hear us any more, then that they didn’t want to feel us. Soon they won’t even want to see us,” says Peter Vroom. In a changing market, the five successors to the founding fathers saw big new opportunities. And Vroom accordingly reached out for those new opportunities, taking on projects in Belgium, Germany, Poland and even Morocco.
Reminiscences from yesteryear
2009 PSV: Vroom Hammers Piles
Driving of 1431 vibration-free piles with noise-reducing jacket at the PSV complex in Eindhoven. Back then, there was still quite a bit of noise pollution and vibrations, but that wasn’t the fault of Vroom. There was an enormous noise barrier formed by containers around the project site. It went so far that our people were subjected to a hail of stones. But we were ultimately able to round of this project satisfactorily, too.
2009 Eye Film Museum
The architectural jewel that is the Eye Film Museum was built on the former Shell site in Amsterdam-Noord. ‘Chiselling’ using a casing with a tip welded to it prevented us from sustaining damage from residual waste and old pile foundations.
2012 Silver Jubilee: Vroom at 50
In 2012, Peter Vroom was not shy about his enthusiasm for Vroom’s silver jubilee. In a powerful welcome address on the Jules Verne floating event location, he emphasised the fact that the workforce as a whole was celebrating its anniversary. He proudly looked back on the many takeovers and praised the expertise, experience and flexibility of the company. During the jubilee party, the new logo was officially unveiled. This saw the end of the old logo with the ‘bar code’ that had served as a symbol for driven piles for so many years.
2012 Morocco
An adventure in Tangier (Morocco) to build new production halls for Klaas Puul. Klaas Puul deals in shrimp that are caught and farmed in all parts of the world. It administers all aspects of the processing itself. To help its customers as quickly and efficiently as possible, Klaas Puul has five facilities at strategic locations. Naturally, these are as close as possible to the places where the shrimp are caught, processed and eaten.
