On Thursday 17 May, the state office building De Knoop was officially opened. Annet Bertram, general director Central Real Estate Agency, Ruud Peters, directorr bcfd, Debbie van Noort, director Strukton Integrale Projecten and Piet Brittijn, project director Ballast Nedam performed the opening act in presence of Jaap Uijlenbroek, general director belastingdienst, ans Gennissen, chairman of the General Management Faciliom Group, Mariska Plomp, director SSO CFD en historian Herman Pleij.
The conversion of the former Lieutenant General Knoopkazerne into a modern office building and conference center for civil servants was realized within a 20-year Design, Build, Finance, Maintain & Operate (DBFMO) contract from the Central Government Real Estate Agency (RVB) by consortium R Creators - a consortium of Strukton, Ballast. Nedam and Facilicom. The architectural design is by cepezed.
The existing building from the late 1980s was dated, had a compelling structure and a closed character. Parts have been demolished, while the remaining parts have undergone a large-scale transformation and have been combined with new construction. In addition to a large area of office functions for various government departments with very diverse and stringent security requirements, the program includes a comprehensive, flexibly usable and subdivisable conference and meeting centre for government agencies.
state office de knoop officially opened
