"Less than three weeks after the tornado, the greenhouse was already largely repaired"

A crack in December left a trail of devastation behind in the greenhouse of Dutch gerbera nursery Van der Wilt . Repairs started right away and right now the final touches are being made on spend a penny the greenhouse operational again .

design the repairs"On Friday afternoon I was on my direction back to the shop when Aad called me , " read John Torenstra jr . of Horticulture Service bv , with whom Van der Wilt has been a customer for year . " I at once plough towards Mijdrecht . In the darkness , we recorded the damage and early Saturday morning we ride down with the emergency religious service of the insurance fellowship to prepare a design for resort . "

John has seen a lot of storm damage over the geezerhood . " After recording the damage , it ’s first of all crucial to secure thing . Then you look at how the crop is doing . Can a part of it be saved or should everything be written off ? And then it ’s crucial to arrange fixing material and manpower as chop-chop as potential . "

There was a lot of impairment , but within three week after the tempest , 3,500 window had been repaired , which meant that the greenhouse was largely closed again . By mid - January all holes were fixed and now the end is at long last in batch . The last of the low glass silicon chip have been collected , the screen initiation is mend and the glass supply has been replenished . " In the starting time it ’s always a dubiousness of how we can get the line done . And then when thing are moving , we are very happy for the customer , " says John .

InspectionThe client is always numeral 1 , which , allot to John , is paying off . " In increase to restoration and new mental synthesis , we are engaged all year around with preventive maintenance . particularly before the winter , this is a must . A small wisecrack can cause the glass to collapse under pressure level from the coke . Glass in your greenhouse , insensate inside and ignite outside , you do n’t want that . The gutters and drain also have to be costless of leaves and junk so they do n’t crack up when suspend . We come every twelvemonth for a variety of review of the few hundred hectares that we have in maintenance . "

Lessons of the crisis yearsIn 2018 the company celebrated its 12.5 - year anniversary . reckon back , John says : " The first two years were expand , thing went well . From 2008 , the market became less and we end up in the crisis that lasted until 2013 . We have been suffering from this for six years . It ’s a shame it had to be like that , otherwise we might have been further now . On the other script , I really did larn a lot during that time . Like saving on thing that could be bum , such as reducing overhead costs and looking for work around the populace . To keep our heads above water , we build up up an outside client base in commonwealth like France , Switzerland , England , Belgium , Germany , and we do some study in Finland , America and Australia as well . Our employees can work worldwide and have the necessary credentials and qualification . Our equipment has also been adjusted consequently . So if we get an duty assignment from China today , that is wanton to arrange . "

Keeping citizenry busyJohn has a fortune of employees , and he values his workforce . " I am not only the possessor but also the planner . I always do my good to keep my group busybodied . If I have to depart my people unemployed at home , then I failed . And so the Guy can do everything from demolition , concrete work and piddle installations , to the program of insect gauze , mounting doorway and solar panels and the construction of hobby greenhouses . "

For more data : Horticulture Services BVJohn TorenstraSlotenmakerstraat 152672 GC NaaldwijkNetherlandsT +31 ( 0)6 41 526 266E[email protected]Wwww.johntorenstrajr.nl