Zeeland Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management awards GTI strategic maintenance contract worth EUR 23 million

Efficient outsourcing method to improve Hansweert - Krammersluizen waterway passage

GTI was awarded a contract by the Zeeland Division of the Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management for the maintenance of the waterway between Hansweert and the Krammersluizen (Krammer Locks). The contract is the first step towards a new approach to outsourcing. The awarding of the contract proves that the Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management has great confidence in the multidisciplinary approach to project execution and coordination by the Netherlands' largest technical service provider. GTI has been collaborating with the Zeeland Public Works Division since 1990 and has been responsible for the maintenance of objects on the province's waterways for 15 years.

Maintenance strategy

The contract concerns the permanent and incidental maintenance and upkeep of the electrical and mechanical engineering systems. GTI's aim in that regard is to raise the standard of the maintenance strategy pertaining to the maintenance of the entire waterway. By also pooling the maintenance of a variety of disciplines, the maintenance activities will cause fewer obstructions to waterway traffic.  Strategic maintenance will also help lower the number of malfunctions on the waterway.

Innovative contracts

The contract with the Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management forms part of the Partner programme Infrastructure Management (PIM). The Directorate-General's aim with PIM is to realise improved harmonisation with market parties and thus create a win-win situation. Ruud Majenburg, Member of the Executive Team and General Manager of GTI's market sector and specialised businesses: "Our goal within the PIM is to take a constructive approach to shaping the collaboration. This requires innovative contracts that involve an ever-increasing focus on the achievements and the qualities of the market parties. To that end, we make efficient use of our vision and expertise in the field of maintenance and the administration of infrastructure-related objects, considering how we can best implement these. At GTI we call it 'Asset Efficiency'. We are also driven to apply our knowledge and experience to exceed our own achievements again and again."

GTI NV

Together with the companies Axima, Elyo, ENDEL, INEO, Tractebel Engineering and Fabricom GTI, GTI is part of GDF SUEZ Energy Services. As the European leader in multitechnical services, GDF SUEZ Energy Services offers global solutions to its customers in the industry, the infrastructure and the tertiary sectors, from the design, realisation and maintenance of installations to energy and utilities management and long-term multitechnical management. GDF SUEZ Energy Services employs 76,000 people and achieved revenues of 14 billion EURO in 2007. GDF SUEZ Energy Services is a business line of GDF SUEZ, one of the leading energy providers in the world.