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In 2025, Mobilis celebrated its 125th anniversary. A special milestone that was celebrated with colleagues, partners, clients and everyone who is or has been part of the organization in any way. Remco Hoeboer, chairman of the board, and Ivo Baert, statutory director, look back together but above all look ahead. What has brought Mobilis this far? What challenges does the organization face in the coming years? And how does Mobilis hope to contribute to the social challenges we face?
“What has characterized us all these years is the combination of craftsmanship and social commitment,” Baert said. “We have always been a production company with our feet on the concrete, but also a knowledge company that learns from projects and experiences. That learning attitude is perhaps more relevant than ever: staying the course, but also daring to innovate.”
Hoeboer: “We live in a time when major societal challenges place demands on the construction sector: the energy transition, the Water Framework Directive, the Replacement & Renovation task and the Defense task. And all with limited capacity and in a sustainable way. For construction, this means a necessary production leap: realizing twice as much with the same number of people and resources. That requires more efficiency and effectiveness, both as a company and in our cooperation.”
Mobilis is actively responding to societal challenges by investing in people, equipment and partners. “We invest in electrification, in smarter designs that require less material, in standardization of our products and collaboration skills,” Hoeboer explains. “Our internal Compass helps with this: it provides direction and tests strategic choices against social relevance and cooperation. We select our partners not only on price, but especially on their contribution to innovation, circularity and safety.”
Over the years, innovations have changed the work over and over again. Where free preconstruction used to be a breakthrough, it is now digital techniques such as parametric design and dashboarding that help Mobilis people work smarter and more transparently. Sustainability is gaining more and more weight: emission-free machines, circular solutions such as wood-concrete viaducts and new forms of contract show that innovation and responsibility for people and the environment go hand in hand. Every project receives an MKI calculation and a scope 3 reduction plan, and we actively manage sustainability performance via dashboards. At the same time, the way we work together is changing. Construction teams, two-phase contracts and strategic partnerships ensure higher reliability and social added value.
Energy transition is playing an increasing role in Mobilis“ work. Hoeboer: ”The pressure on the power grid is generating a stream of new projects, often in collaboration with TBI colleagues. Within the Croonwolter&dros and Mobilis (SC&M) partnership, for example, we are building dozens of high-voltage substations for TenneT. With innovations like Mobriq - a prefabricated foundation system that uses concrete elements to cover 90 percent of all grid fields - we cut construction time in half. This is how we accelerate the energy transition and limit the impact of congestion."
Mobilis projects are visible to everyone. That creates responsibility. Transparency, reliability and social relevance are not marketing words, according to both directors, but preconditions. “Whether it's two-phase contracts, which ensure fewer surprises along the way and more grip on the project, or circular construction methods: we are always looking for ways in which technology and social value come together.” That search also demands something of Mobilis' own culture. For example, it is building a learning organization where knowledge sharing and collaboration are natural.
Sustainability remains a fixed principle. Of course, this sometimes clashes with costs and production, but this is precisely where smart solutions emerge, according to Hoeboer and Baert. “Efficiency and sustainability do not have to get in the way of each other - they often reinforce each other. Clients and policy makers play a key role in this. Their choices determine whether sustainable solutions are given space. During the Round Table discussion in the Lower House in November 2024, we emphasized the need to increase the efficiency of the construction industry so that we can produce twice as much with the same capacity. This requires embracing uncertainties within projects, and developing solutions in effective cooperation with clients and partners - instead of continuing to look for false certainties.”
That ambition is also changing the industry from within. Scarcity of people and resources is forcing Mobilis to work smarter. Digitalization helps, but craftsmanship remains the core. “With our new vocational school, we are investing in new generations of professionals, linking juniors to masters and making the profession attractive to young people and newcomers,” Baert said. “The contractor of the future works with BIM, VR and PowerBI, but above all is also the connecting link on the construction site.”
“Working in this sector means contributing to social tasks and literally building the Netherlands. That makes our profession not only challenging, but also relevant. And exactly that is what Mobilis has been committed to for 125 years - and what we will continue to put our energy into for decades to come.”
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