In de civiele sector wordt momenteel de ontwikkeling van het ontwerpen met een Building Information Model (BIM) doorgemaakt. Een Building Information Model is een integraal model waarin meerdere disciplines informatie delen. Elke discipline maakt een eigen deelmodel en deze modellen samen vormen een …

Voor de aannemer is het belangrijk om de kosten in de tenderfase zo laag mogelijk te houden. Daarom is ons gevraagd een programma / tool te ontwikkelen waarmee op een snelle en efficiënte manier de best toepasbare bouwkuip methode kan worden bepaald voor en zo laag mogelijke prijs.

De laatste jaren is er weinig aandacht besteedt aan de interne — en externe communicatie van de brandweer van de gemeente Waalre. Doordat de communicatie tussen de brandweer en de afdelingen die verantwoordelijk zijn voor de brandweerzorg niet optimaal is, verloopt de gemeentelijke taak brandweerzorg niet …

Since the nineties the Netherlands armed forces have become increasingly active in humanitarian aid and reconstruction in countries where they have carried out peaceoperations. This activity implies close cooperation with civilian institutions, for which the concept of civil-military cooperation (CIMIC) …

Some four years ago, the increased attention for civil military cooperation (CIMIC) led to a situation in which the Netherlands Chief of Defence Staff requested the Services to develop a CIMIC Policy, which would give him sufficient information about the CIMIC capacities needed for the Netherlands Armed …

Historical overview of CIMIC operations since 1945 : the authors deal with the development of CIMIC in World War II and its aftermath, during the operations in the decolonisation era, up to the current post-Cold War activities in the contextf PSOs. Their contribution clearly demonstrates that the content …

The author analyses the various differences between civilian aid organizations and the military and he concludes that the principle of neutrality of aid organisations no longer forms an obstacle for some civilian organizations to work with the military. He sees that the military and aid organisations …

While NATOs definition of CIMIC would suggest an unambiguous concept, the essays in this volume make clear how complicated it can be and how it defies simple categorization. CIMIC takes place both during disaster relief and during peacekeeping operations. It takes place after military conflicts as well …

The Royal Netherlands Navy operates on, above and below the surface of the sea. What does this mean for the naval officer? First of all, he operates in an inherently dangerous environ-ment. The sea itself, as well as life and work on board, harbours many dangers. Secondly, it isimpossible for the crew …

This paper focuses on three questions. Firstly, what causes civilian actors and the military to cooperate? Secondly, is civil-military cooperation limited to specific areas and, finally, how to decide to which civil-military alliances time and energy should be devoted? The authors describe an episode …