Bao Podcast
34 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago -Every month, we invite a guest on the Bao Podcast who's active in the construction industry. With our guests, we discuss the latest evolutions and the future of this interesting industry.
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#32 Sunita Van Heers (pt.2) (Sureal)
May 13, 2024 22:05 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBFor episode 32 of the Bao Podcast, we invited a familiar face! Sunita Van Heers returns for a second episode. She’s the founder and managing director of SuReal. SuReal is a consultancy firm that supports companies and government agencies in making buildings, city projects and their companies more sustainable. Through a multitude of services such as studies, certification and project guidance in multiple fields, such as ESG, water, energy, waste, ecology, legislation et cetera, they guarant...
#31 Thomas Vandenbergh (BESIX Group)
April 11, 2024 22:05 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBFor episode 31 of the Bao Podcast, we invited Thomas Vandenbergh. Armed with a PhD in Engineering, Thomas is General manager of Besix Technology and CEO of BESIX STAY. These 2 enterprises are part of the BESIX Group. BESIX is a renowned global player in the construction and real estate development industry, based in Brussels. It has already completed impressive projects such as the Burj Khalifa, the European Parliament and many others. Show notes: Besix A-STAY Get in contact with...
#30 Dennis Vangeneugden (Kepler)
March 13, 2024 23:05 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBFor episode 30 of the Bao Podcast, we invited Dennis Vangeneugden. Kepler is a new player in the housing market that introduces a new housing standard in terms of technology and energy. With an Energy Level of -15, KEPLER homes are extremely energy efficient that save consumers up to €3,000 annually on energy. Kepler's homes are built in a workshop in timber frame, and delivered to the site 48 days after the start of the project. With this innovative idea, they managed to turn an immediate c...
#29 Michael Lefeber & Ken Spranghers (Kozo)
February 11, 2024 23:05 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBFor episode 29 of the Bao Podcast, we have another dual-guest episode for you, featuring Michael Lefeber and Ken Spranghers, co-founders of KOZO. Kozo designs and builds spaces that adapt to the people who buy them. Whenever something changes in their life, their house can change with them. Kozo’s innovative construction method ensures that you can choose to adapt your home. A small starter home can grow into a fully-fledged family home and then even evolve into a care home. On top of this...
#29 Michael Lefeber & Ken Spranghers
February 11, 2024 23:05 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBFor episode 29 of the Bao Podcast, we have another dual-guest episode for you, featuring Michael Lefeber and Ken Spranghers, co-founders of KOZO. Kozo designs and builds spaces that adapt to the people who buy them. Whenever something changes in their life, their house can change with them. Kozo’s innovative construction method ensures that you can choose to adapt your home. A small starter home can grow into a fully-fledged family home and then even evolve into a care home. On top of this...
#28 Wim Pieters & Peter Bertels (CIRCL)
January 11, 2024 23:05 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBEpisode 28 of the Bao Podcast marks a special occasion as we host our first-ever dual-guest episode featuring Peter Bertels, CTO, and Wim Pieters, CEO of CIRCL. CIRCL is reshaping the housing landscape with fixed-price, future-oriented single-family homes. Their unique approach integrates circularity and digitalization throughout the construction process. From digital design to a remarkable six-week construction period post-permit approval, CIRCL is at the forefront of efficiency and susta...
#27 Regina Zirion (Cutr)
November 27, 2023 23:05 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBFor episode 27 of the Bao Podcast, we invite Regina Zirion. Regina is Head of Sales at Cutr. Regina was born and raised in Mexico, she studied and worked there until she moved to Amsterdam in 2018. She worked for Uber from 2016, first in Mexico-City and from 2018 onwards in Amsterdam until she left the company in 2021 to join Cutr. Cutr is an Amsterdam-based company that was founded in 2021. At Cutr, experts from two worlds come together: software engineering and woodworking. As a team, th...
#26 Patrick Nijssen (NORNORM)
October 02, 2023 22:05 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBFor episode 26, we invite Patrick Nijssen. Patrick is Head of Growth Benelux at NORNORM. NORNORM is a Danish company that was founded in 2020 by former IKEA manager Anders Jespen as well as investor and Skype co-creator Jonas Kjellberg. With 10 million tonnes of office furniture ending up in landfills every year in Europe alone, the founders aim to apply the circular economy model to office furniture by having companies subscribe to furniture instead of buying it. The company looks to create...
#25 Idriss Goosens (PropTechLab, LuxPropTech, RecAp, ...)
August 30, 2023 22:05 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBFor our anniversary episode, number 25, we do a part 2 with one of our guests for the first time ever. He was our very first guest and now he's back: Idriss Goossens! Idriss has not stood still since the last episode, 2 and a half years ago. Today he's not only co-founder of PropTech Lab Belgium, but he also founded LuxPropTech, Relevation and RecAp, this last one is a joint venture between PropTech Lab and developer Revive. This may be a lot for you to take in, but the most important thi...
#24 Minne Warmenbol (BUURMAN Antwerpen)
July 01, 2023 22:05 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBFor episode 24 of the Bao Podcast, we welcome Minne Warmenbol. Minne is a master in Architecture and co-founded BUURMAN 3 years ago. BUURMAN Antwerp is a circular construction market where reused building materials from the region are collected, processed and offered. In this way, they offer a logical and local alternative to burning or low-grade recycling of good materials. The materials come from all kinds of different parties - from museums to demolition companies - that are unable to re...
#23 Simon Maillet (Cordeel Group)
May 30, 2023 22:05 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBFor episode 23 of the Bao Podcast, we welcome Simon Maillet. Simon is the Group Sustainability Officer of Cordeel Group. He’s originally from Germany and today lives in Belgium since almost 5 years. He did an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk and later studied economics part-time. He is now active at Cordeel for almost one year. The Cordeel Group, a leading European construction company based in Belgium, offers comprehensive services for the entire construction process. It consists of s...
#22 Ismaël Ben-Al-Lal (Futech & iLumen)
April 30, 2023 22:05 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MBFor episode 22 of the Bao Podcast, we welcome Ismaël Ben-Al-Lal. Ismaël is a visionary entrepreneur and innovator who made a name for himself in the world of renewable energy. After he finished his studies at Groep T at the University of Leuven, Ismaël went on to found his own company, Futech, in 2008. Later on he started another company named iLumen. Both companies work around sustainable energy. In addition to this, he’s an investor and consultant. This way he can share his expertise an...
#21 Lieven Smeyers (Lito)
April 03, 2023 12:10 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBLieven is CEO of Lito. He and his team managed to develop the ‘Litobox’: the Litobox combines a heat pump, solar water heater, PV system, battery storage, rainwater filtering, ventilation, electrical equipment and internet network in one unit. All this on 3 square metres and placed on site in less than an hour! We at Bao Living look with admiration at this innovative product and I am happy to talk to Lieven about it. Show notes: Lito Vlaio Flaminio Bertoni Citroën DS Ulrich Lib...
#20 Filip Timmermans (Skilpod)
March 02, 2023 23:05 - 57 minutes - 53.1 MBFilip is the founder of Skilpod. This is a company that builds houses using a prefab system. All parts of the houses are made in the factory, and set on site in an incredibly quick way. With this, Skilpod wants to disrupt the traditional construction industry where the duration of a project takes a huge amount of time. And all this without compromising on quality! Show notes: Skilpod Skilpod in the newspaper Katerra The Boring Company Mark Manson – The subtle art of not giving ...
#19 Sarah Parent (Go Forest)
January 31, 2023 23:05 - 56 minutes - 52 MBSarah is founder and CEO at Go Forest. Go Forest is a young company, established in 2020 that plants trees all over the world for companies and individuals who want to work towards a greener environment. Go Forest aims to restore nature by planting the right kind of trees in environments where they have positive effects on biodiversity, carbon storage, employment, livelihood, and local economy. With more than 200 companies having become clients in only 2 years time, they have had tremendou...
#18 Axel van der Donk (Bao Living)
January 01, 2023 23:05 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBFor our Christmas Special of the Bao Podcast, we welcomed someone very special: Axel van der Donk! Axel is CTO and co-founder at Bao Living. We thought it would be fun to dedicate an episode to what we do here at Bao Living and the learnings of the past 5 years. So I invited my partner in crime Axel to discuss it together. Show notes: Bao Living Antwerp Management School Studio Dott Vanhout.pro Climate Kic Luma Bao Living for Urbicoon Urbicoon Ray Dalio: The changing w...
#17 Kristof De Jaeger (Inhout & Mobble)
November 25, 2022 09:38 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBFor episode 17 of the Bao Podcast, we had the honour to welcome Kristof De Jaeger. Kristof is the director of Inhout, a company specialising in timber frame construction. Here they focus on sustainable business using bio-ecological materials. Since 2020, they have also been making modular homes, under the name of Mobble. This is the result of a collaboration with the University of Ghent. These houses, 'Mobbles', are also made from sustainable materials (wood frame with bio-ecological insulat...
#16 Özturk Taspinar (KPMG)
October 27, 2022 22:05 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBÖzturk Taspinar works at KPMG as Digital Innovation Consultant and is very passionate about entrepreneurship, innovation and anything that’s digital such as AI, Blockchain, robotics et cetera. With the ever-growing PropTech industry that's closing the gap between construction and the digital world, he’s the perfect guest for our Bao Podcast to tell us more about this interesting industry. For more information about Özturk, please visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/taspinar/. Show notes...
#15 Margaux Lespagnard (PhD Researcher VUB)
July 03, 2022 22:05 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBFor the last episode of this season, our guest is Margaux Lespagnard. Margaux is a PhD researcher at VUB - Vrije Universiteit Brussel - in architectural engineering. In her research, she aims to develop circular design guidance for architects when designing circular affordable housing. She does this under supervision of engineer-architects Niels De Temmerman and Waldo Galle. Her research obviously leans very closely to what we want to achieve at Bao Living, so we thought it would be interest...
#14 Johan Klaps (Madaster Belgium)
June 09, 2022 22:05 - 1 hour - 63.9 MBJohan is director of Madaster Belgium. This Dutch company developed a digital materials passport for buildings. This passport is a crucial link to make circular building possible. It’s a digital platform where users can list all the materials that are in a building. This information is enriched, among other things, with product data and commodity prices, and related to regulations and certification methods. For more information, please visit https://madaster.com/. Show notes: Thomas R...
#13 Xavier Leclair (Slow Cabins)
May 12, 2022 22:05 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBIn the 13th episode of the Bao Podcast, we welcome Xavier Leclair. Xavier is founder and CEO of Slow Cabins. This is a Belgian company that allows guests to rent cabins placed in secret locations across the countryside, and has plans to soon expand the concept throughout Belgium and Europe. These Slow Cabins are temporary eco houses that are completely self-sufficient when it comes to water and electricity provisions. In a Slow Cabin there is no internet as well, which means that you can slo...
#12 Sven Grooten (B-architecten)
April 21, 2022 22:05 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBIn episode 12 of the Bao Podcast, we welcome Sven Grooten. Sven is one of the founders of B-architecten. Throughout the years, he started two spin-offs named B-bis and B-city. Today, B-architecten, B-bis, and B-city have grown into a combined office of more than 75 people. Each B-team has its particular focus and way of functioning, yet they all share a distinct innovative view on the variety of projects the B-platforms stand for. For more information, please visit https://b-architecten.be/...
#11 Jérôme Constant (Rise PropTech Fund)
March 29, 2022 22:05 - 34 minutes - 32 MBFor our podcast episode for the month of March, our guest is Jérôme Constant. Jérôme is managing partner at Rise PropTech Fund, a venture capital fund dedicated to Late-Seed and Series A startups active in the PropTech sector. They invest in companies that have the ambition and potential to change the construction & real estate industry in Europe. Recently, they made their first investment in the company LEKO Labs. For more information, please visit https://riseproptech.eu/. Show notes:...
#10 Jan Kriekels (Jaga)
February 24, 2022 23:05 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBAfter a short winter break, we’re back with a bang! For our tenth podcast episode, our guest is Jan Kriekels. Jan is the owner of Jaga Climate Designers, a radiator manufacturer using innovative heating and cooling technologies. Jaga employs over 600 people and operates in over 35 countries across the globe. Under his leadership, the company has won a great many international design and export awards. Among many other big projects, they are the company behind the innovative heating technolog...
#9 Hans Verboven (Sustacon)
December 09, 2021 23:05 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBHans is the founder and owner of Sustacon. With Sustacon, he advises Flemish family businesses on (among other things) strategy, organizational development, and sustainability. They are specialized in helping companies to work more sustainably in the construction sector, but they also advise companies in other industries. Besides his work at Sustacon, Hans is a part-time professor in Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics at the University of Antwerp. For more information, plea...
#8 Rik Neven (Architectura.be, Circubuild.be)
November 11, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBRik is the founder of editorial office Palindroom, specialized in writing articles on construction and architecture. With Palindroom he creates websites where they publish the latest news about the construction industry. One of these websites, architectura.be, is the most visited architecture website in Belgium! Rik also has his own podcast, the ‘Architectura.be Podcast’ where he invites Belgian architects to share their vision. He’s also very passionate about circular construction and start...
#7 Jona Michiels (Groep Van Roey)
October 07, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 65.1 MBJona is Innovation Manager at the well know construction company Groep Van Roey. With 11 companies in this group, They are a specialist in total solutions for the construction industry, they develop projects from start to finish. On top of this they are probably also one of the oldest companies in Belgium: Groep Van Roey was founded in 1760, which makes them 281 years old! For more information, please visit https://www.groepvanroey.be/nl. Show notes: List of oldest companies in the world ...
#6 Chris Van de Voorde (JuuNoo)
September 02, 2021 22:05 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBChris is the founder of JuuNoo. This company has developed a circular interior wall, it’s a wall that is not demolished at the end of its life but gets dismantled and repositioned as a new wall. Chris started JuuNoo 5 years ago, with one specific goal in mind: to stop building waste created by interior walls. Currently, they are actively conquering the Belgian market, but their ambitions also extend abroad. For more information, please visit https://www.juunoo.com/. Show notes: Ash Mau...
#5 Serge de Gheldere (Klimaatzaak vzw & Futureproofed)
August 06, 2021 12:48 - 1 hour - 67.1 MBSerge is a “climate ambassador” of Al Gore, initiator of the climate case against Belgium (which he and his colleagues have won), and founder & CEO at Futureproofed. The mission of Futureproofed is to help businesses and cities become ‘futureproof’ by helping them reduce their CO2 emissions while saving costs, driving innovation, and becoming more attractive. Two branches of Futureproofed are working towards this goal: FutureproofedCities is a software platform that connects over 145 munici...
#4 Sunita Van Heers (SuReal)
July 07, 2021 14:30 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBSunita is the founder and managing director of SuReal. SuReal is a consultancy firm that supports companies and government agencies in making buildings and city projects more sustainable. To reach this goal, they do all types of studies. One of the projects they already worked on is the Victoria reconversion project in Brussels, which’s been developed by DWNTWN Real Estate & Baltisse. For more information, please visit https://sureal.be/. Show notes: SuReal (https://sureal.be/) Eur...
#3 Arne Allewaert (AMAVI Capital)
June 14, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBArne is the co-founder of AMAVI Capital. AMAVI is an independent pan-European investor, established to support the growth of the leading and most promising companies active in the European Proptech industry. AMAVI bridges the gap between the traditional real estate industry on the one hand and the most groundbreaking Proptech scale-ups on the other. For more information, please visit https://amavi.capital/. Show notes: Katerra bankrupt (https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/01/softbank-backed...
#2 Bart Verheyen (Stramien)
May 24, 2021 15:34 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBBart is the co-founder of Stramien Architects. This is a multidisciplinary design agency focused on architecture, urban development, spatial planning, and the design of public spaces. They have existed for more than than 20 years at this point and have designed some great projects like the Thomas More campus in Mechelen, Ringland, and more recently the railroad park in Borgerhout. Show notes: Jean Prouvé (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Prouv%C3%A9) Ringland (https://ringland.be/...
#1 Idriss Goossens (PropTech Lab Belgium)
May 24, 2021 15:33 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBIdriss is the founder of PropTech Lab, a Belgian community for real estate innovators. Since Proptechlab's founding in 2017, already 160 enterprises linked to construction joined PropTech Lab. Of these 160 members, 96 are start-ups and 64 well-established construction companies. Show notes: WeWork: Or the making and breaking of a 47 billion unicorn on hulu (https://www.hulu.com/movie/wework-or-the-making-and-breaking-of-a-47-billion-unicorn-c6deead3-f45f-43c6-b8bf-fc56e9f8a589) M...
#0 Introduction
May 24, 2021 15:32 - 1 minute - 1.03 MBYour host Benjamin speaks in this short introduction about the Bao Podcast and the enterprise behind it: Bao Living.