124 holiday homes, Nieuwvliet-Bad

124 Holiday homes500 Metres from the coastline

Vroom Betonbouw is assembling pre-cast foundation beams for the foundations of 124 luxury holiday homes in Nieuwvliet-Bad, on the coast of the Province of Zeeland.

Vroom Betonbouw calculates, produces and assembles foundation beams. Building with foundation beams improves efficiency, speed of construction and the consistent quality of the end product. The pre-cast concrete elements have a KOMO-KIWA product test certificate. Vroom uses the structural engineer’s design as the basis for the foundation drawings. Then we make the calculations for the reinforcement that we incorporate in the drawings.

Pre-cast foundation beams are used in residential and non-residential projects and are particularly suitable for use over water, such as water-side dwellings and for temporary accommodation purposes, including schools and reception centres.

Precision dimensioning is needed to position the elements in exactly the right place. A wooden picket, incorporating a nail, is used in the dimensioning to indicate the measuring point. We drill a hole in the piles to be driven, into which we bond a bar using shrinkage-compensated grout. The piles are equipped with temporary cardboard formwork. The builder’s labourer marks the constructed height of the foundation beam using the laser. Then the labourer fills the formwork up to the mark with poured grout, which flows evenly over the surface. Two labourers and a mobile crane assemble the pre-cast foundation beams.

Pre-cast makes the difference

The holiday homes are finished in eighteen different styles, varying in size from offering accommodation for two to twenty people, and come with deluxe wellness facilities. The varying character is further expressed in the façade, which has masonry, stucco/plaster or wooden cladding. In addition, we also see variation in the roofs, which either have roof tiles or thatch.

What's more, all the holiday homes have been modelled in 3D and are pre-fabricated in the production facility in Goor, with the help of co-makers using concrete frameworks, pre-cast roofs and wall elements. As a result, not only can we build more quickly, we also limit waste streams, for instance, on site. The resort as a whole will also be all-electric, i.e. all energy requirements will be fulfilled with electricity.

It is very popular to have a second home on the coast of western Zeeland. The 124 holiday homes on the Dormio Resort Nieuwvliet-Bad sold like hotcakes: all of them have now been sold. For many buyers, putting their money in 'bricks and mortar’ is viewed as a nice investment or a safe pension fund.