The Cordeel barbecue embodied a delightful summer evening, brimming with warmth, scrumptious food, and achievements!

Beachclub Perry's at Brouwersdam in Scharendijke hosted our annual summer barbecue for the sixth year in a row. Employees gathered to celebrate the start of the construction holidays by catching up and enjoying some delicious food.

We also looked back on the past six months together. Our CEO, Erik De Bruyn, noted in his speech that we are right on track to achieve our 2023 targets for customer satisfaction, zero lost-time injuries based on 350,000 working hours and carbon emission reduction, including fleet electrification. "Let’s stay in the zone", said Erik.

The summer barbecue has traditionally been used to recognise a number of employees for their proactive attitude towards safety, quality, sustainability and innovation (continuous improvement).

After awarding the prizes, with a big round of applause from everyone, Erik closed his speech by saying, “I would like to thank all of you for your commitment, flexibility and proactivity. All our accomplishments are the result of good teamwork. Cheers!”

Many of us will be on holiday next week. Our offices will be closed from 24 July until 13 August. Construction work on several projects will continue during these three weeks. We appreciate our colleagues’ flexibility and willingness to work over the construction holidays.

We’d like to wish everyone a great summer!

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