Welcome to the first edition of our new look Range International magazine. Last year many of you took part in the Range reader survey. Based on the results of this survey we have come up with a completely new and fresh magazine - one that is tailored as much as possible to what you as readers want. The new magazine is more compact, but still allows us plenty of space to look at issues from your perspective and follow developments in our market( s). Issues in the field of sustainability, innovation and diversity, for example. We are also keeping pace with our increasingly digital age. In front of you is a digital magazine, with all its additional benefits in the form of links and films. And if you would like even more information or want to find out the technical background to a particular issue, you will find further reading on our website www. royalhaskoning. com. Sending out the magazine in digital format is our preferred option, due to the importance we attach to corporate social responsibility. We are living in a time that calls for creativity and new solutions, with sustainability and economic feasibility playing a significant role in projects. These are the kinds of projects we will focus on in Range International. In this edition you can therefore read more about the Hague University of Applied Sciences in Delft, our innovative sustainable concept for the Port of Hamburg that has been awarded first prize and our work for the BritNed Interconnector, an innovative development to link electricity supply between the UK and the Netherlands. We are extremely grateful for the confidence you have placed in us and hope to be of service once again by developing new and effective total solutions - for you and with you. As always, our focus will be on finding sustainable solutions for people and the environment. We look forward to working with you and wish you all prosperity, health and success! Jan Bout Chairman of the Board of Management foreword Jan Bout >> rangeinternational >> 3

THE MOST SUSTAINABLE EDUCATIONAL BUILDING IS IN DELFT >> When would you call the design of a new school building successful? If the building is sustainable and innovative? If the new building wins the National Energy Future Trophy as presented by the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment ( referred to as VROM in Dutch) for the most sustainable educational building in the Netherlands? Or perhaps if the building attracts many more ( new) students? Director Marian van Noort is aware that the new accommodation of ' her' Haagse Hogeschool ( Hague University) in Delft meets all of these conditions. She is confident: " The Haagse Hogeschool has innovative and energy- saving technologies, including an internal energy generator and heat and cold storage facilities in the basement. For example, the finish on the parking facility on the roof and the access ramp towards it are used as solar collectors. And careful attention has already been paid to the future installation of a fuel cell that should make the building entirely self- sufficient in terms of energy." Inspiring to study To keep HBO ( higher vocational education) students interested and actively involved, one needs to carefully consider the proper design of a school building. For instance, the decision to build at the TU Delft campus was a deliberate one. This encourages exchange with won several prizes because all parties involved ( the architects, installation consultant, the building physics consultant and the project manager) have worked consistently as a team in opting for sustainability and innovation, carefully protecting the style selected." Project architects Jorge Moura and Syb van Breda of Royal Haskoning signed up for the successful design and the architectural elaboration of this modern Academy for Technology, Innovation & Society in Delft. Well above the legal standard " We are sustainable and that is a fact," says Marian van Noort, " because our EPC ( Energy Performance Coefficient) is a third of the permitted maximum level. We are clearly using very little energy. The building is very compact and has a flexible layout; sustainable tools have been used to make the building as energy- efficient as possible. It is also fitted with >> 4 rangeinternational