Valerie Diemel-Spruit

Senior Technical Consultant, Bridges and Viaducts

Rijkswaterstaat

Valerie has been working on making concrete more sustainable over the past 5 years, the translation of sustainability goals into more sustainable concrete. An appropriate market approach and collaboration with other authorities to jointly implement the reduction of CO2. Valerie studied engineering at the university of applied sciences in Utrecht.

Speaker Sessions

Stream A - Wednesday 9 March 2022

Sustainable procurement – the experiences of Rijkswaterstaat

Rijkswaterstaat is undergoing a period of transformation in order to meet a number of sustainability goals over the coming years. What expectations does Rijkswaterstaat have of the contractors, and what results does it want to achieve? How do the different parties come together on this journey? And how to ensure that project outcomes are in line with sustainability goals? The presenter will share insight into the sustainability goals of Rijkswaterstaat including how the organisation has put into practice the procurement of concrete with a lower footprint, and its re-use.


Valerie Diemel-Spruit , Bart van den Broek , Jose Maria Sanchez de Muniain (CHAIR)

: 10:35-11:00
x Workshops - Thursday 10 March 2022

Concrete and sustainability – a practical implementation

Rijkswaterstaat shares its goals and experiences in how to assist the contractor to give substance to sustainability. These include requirements in contracts for the contractor to achieve a lower footprint for concrete as well as through aiming for a lower Environmental Cost Indicator (ECI) and setting requirements for reuse.


Valerie Diemel-Spruit

: 14:00-14:30
Bart van den Broek Zunaid Sagir

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