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Project: Dispensing Chemist's                Malburgen-West Arnhem Principal: Mediveen Utrecht Architect: SW Architecten, Wageningen
Explanation: refurnishing exisisting shopping-premises into customer-dedicated dispensing chemist's Arnoud van der Leede does not mince matters. Competitive pricing was the decisive motive for the senior project manager of Mediveen in Utrecht to join hands with Devier for the production of the interior of the new, customer-dedicated dispensing chemist's in Arnhem. Add to this the positive signals he had received from many architects that had been working with Devier before. Competitive pricing alone is not sufficient to win the favours of the experienced project manager. Quality comes first. Van der Leede has no doubts about it. For Mediveen, a 100% subsidiary of OPG Group, the wholesale trader for dispensing chemist's that is officially listed at the Amsterdam stock exchange, Van der Leede supervises 15 to 20 furnishings and refurnishings of dispensing chemist's yearly. There is no question of any kind of standard-formula as seen with the major supermarkets such as Albert Heijn and Etos. That is the reason why again and again he has to work out the optimum design together with the selected architect, so that all demands of the apothecary concerned are met. It is the apothecary that must work there, so as a matter of course he has the final say in specifying the requirements. Besides selecting the architect Van der Leede is also personally involved in the selection of the contractors proposed by the architect. "In each and every case I want to have three quotations for the respective parts of the project: construction, furnishing and installation, because I want to stay in control of things', according to the project manager. From the interior building company he expects that it dots its i’s and crosses its t’s as functionality, materialisation, eye for detail and colourisation is concerned. 'I can and do not wish to be involved in each and every cupboard', Van der Leede summarizes his share in the project. The project manager is satisfied with the performance of Devier: 'They have done an excellent job at a fair price.'