Specialized engineering and calculation firm

Company history/background

Key Summary

The company is a specialized engineering and calculation firm that provides complete structural calculations for roofs, facades, steel plate-concrete floors, and light steel frame construction. The firm holds a unique position in the Netherlands and Belgium: it is the only party that performs full system calculations – including fasteners, diaphragm action, lateral buckling, water accumulation, and specific load combinations that vendor software does not structurally support.

With approximately 100 regular clients, proprietary calculation software modules, and a portfolio of large utility and industrial construction projects, the company is a niche expert that structurally experiences more demand than capacity.

References & Reputation

• The company worked on, among other things:
• A large-scale underground bicycle parking facility combined with a renovated quay area next to a busy transport hub.
• A large congress and events complex with multiple halls and high-volume visitor flows.
• An important transfer station for regional and national rail traffic with heavy passenger traffic.
• A multifunctional waterfront development project with offices, logistics functions, and leisure.
• An elongated retail and hospitality building directly alongside a motorway, aimed at high-traffic passers-by.
• An architecturally iconic office building for a maritime/industrial organization.
• An international airport with significant passenger capacity and multimodal access.
• A modern sports and education facility in an urban park landscape.

Customers describe the company as:
“very knowledgeable”, “fast”, “reliable”, “proactive”, “the only agency that correctly includes fasteners in calculations”.

Company activities

Core activities

• Roof calculations (wind, snow, explosion, shear action, lateral buckling stability)
• Facade calculations (inner boxes, omegas, facade profiles, fasteners)
• Steel plate-concrete floors (strength, deflection, shoring, reinforcement)
• Light steel frame construction, incl. NPR 9998 calculations
• Detailed solutions for complex connections
• Practical courses for technical teams

Unique selling points

Unique Positioning

• The only specialist in the Netherlands/Belgium for complete roof, facade, and steel plate concrete calculations.
• Vendor-independent, with depth far exceeding SAB-Static and other vendor software (which falls short in ±80% of projects).
• Proprietary calculation software modules, developed based on 20+ years of practical experience.
• An indispensable link in the construction chain: contractors and roof/facade specialists rely on the Undenreming for critical calculations that are usually not available internally.
• Reports are almost always immediately accepted by lead structural engineers and construction supervision.

Other

Strategic Opportunities

The company can function as an internal center of excellence for roof, facade, and floor engineering within a larger construction or engineering organization.

Benefits for a buyer

• structural reduction of failure costs
• less dependence on external advisors
• greater predictability and quality in design and execution
• faster decision-making and fewer project delays
• stronger tender proposals and distinctiveness
• Internal standardization of calculations and detailed engineering

This expertise is scarce in the market and constitutes a direct strategic advantage when brought in-house.

The company is open to

• full acquisition of assets, IP and goodwill
• 24 months of knowledge transfer and employment
• Variable earn-out (partly) based on performance and synergy

The full Information Memorandum is available after the NDA.