Belgium Advanced Facilities Profile: Market Analysis

 Table of Contents

Advanced Facilities in Belgium: 1

1.0 Overview 10

2.0 Belgium Profile 11
2.1 Belgium Construction Investment Programme 13
2.2 Quality of The Belgium Business Climate 15
2.3 Belgium Construction Barriers for International Companies 16
2.4 Belgian Government Positions to Support Construction 18
2.5 Belgium Environmental Work Safety 20

3.0 Belgium Safety Culture 20
3.1 Belgian Worksite Safety Inspections 21
3.2 Belgian Worksite Labor Inspections 22
3.3 Belgian Initiatives for Safety Inspections 24
3.4 Belgium Environmental Positioning 24
3.5 Enforcement in Belgium 25

4.0 Taxation in Belgium 27
4.1 Taxation Authority 27
4.2 Belgium Corporate Taxes 28
4.3 Belgium Personal Income Tax Rates 29
4.4 VAT 30
4.5 Taxation of Non-Residents 32
4.6 Belgium Double Taxation Agreements 32

5.0 Legal System in Belgium 33
5.1 Legal System 33
5.1.1 Belgian Legislature 34
5.1.2 Belgium Executive Branch 34
5.2 Court System in Belgium 35
5.3 Belgium Application of the Law – Prison Systems 38
5.4 Belgian Legal System and Advisory Councils 38
5.5 Belgium Universal Access to Health Care 39
5.6 Belgium Typical Delivery Model Applicable – Contract Type 40
5.7 Belgium Regional Government 41
5.8 Belgium Local Regulations & Compliance 42
5.9 Supervision of Construction Contracts 45
5.9.1 Supervision of Construction Contracts via Software 47
5.9.2 Belgian Labor Union Market 47
5.10 Work Permits in Belgium 48
5.11 Driving in Belgium 53
5.12 Permitting Requirements of Developments in Belgium 54
5.13 The National Building Code of Belgium 55
5.14 Ministry of The Environment Steers and Monitors Construction 56
5.15 Municipalities Steer and Monitor Construction in Their Area of Belgium 57
5.16 Local Belgium - Municipalities 57
5.17 Responsibilities Building Project: Planning a Construction Project in Belgium 114

6.0 Environmental Issues in Belgium 114
6.1 Atmospheric Issues in Belgium 115
6.2 Belgium Needs to Meet Carbon Emissions and Climate Change Targets 115
6.3 Water Issues in Belgium 116
6.4 Waste Issues in Belgium 116
6.5 Belgium EIA’S 118
6.6 Belgium Sustainable Development 119

7.0 Advanced Manufacturing Sector in Belgium 120
7.1 Foreign Direct Investments FDI IN Belgium 120
7.2 Belgium – Investment Considerations 121
7.3 Belgian Government Measures to Motivate or Restrict FDI: 123
7.4 Description of Industry Sectors in Belgium and Companies Needing Construction 124
7.5 Industrial Companies and Construction in Belgium and the Nordic Countries 124
7.6 Major Companies in Belgium: 125
7.7 Belgium Shipping and Trading 127
7.7.1 Port of Antwerp 128
7.8 Telecommunications Services 131
Proximus / Belgacom 131
7.9 Automotive, Transportation, Manufacturing, and Retail 133
7.9.1 Van Hool 133
7.10 Pharmaceuticals, Flowers, Beer, Beverages, and Food 133
7.10.1 Pfizer 133
7.10.2 Anheuser-Busch InBev 133
7.10.3 Colruyt 137
7.10.4 Ahold / Delhaize 141
7.10.5 Coca-Cola 143
7.11 Belgium Bio-Pharma & Healthcare: 144
7.11.1 UCB 144
7.12 Chemicals, Minerals Technology, IT, and Data Centers in Belgium 146
7.12.1 Solvay 146
7.12.2 Umicore 152

8.0 Competition - Engineering & Construction Providers 156
8.1 Engineering Consultancies 158
8.1.1 SGS 159
8.1.2 Besix 159
8.1.3 ETEX 161
8.1.4 CFE 163
8.1.5 DME 164
8.1.6 TPF 164
8.1.7 Willemen Groep 167
8.1.8 Interconstruct Sa 169
8.1.9 Bonten 169
8.1.10 Godrej Construction Focusing More On Infrastructure 171
8.1.11 Tractebel Development Engineering (Belgium) 171
8.1.12 KU Leuven 172
8.2 Architects Serving the Belgian Market 172
8.2.1 Solvay Project Consortium Consisting of Danish firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and Belgian firms
MODULO Architects and VK Engineering. 173

9.0 Characteristics of Local Business Culture 174
9.1 Litigious or Deal-Making? 174
9.2 Belgium Anti-Corruption Credentials 174

List of Figures

Figure 1. Countries Surrounding Belgium 14
Figure 2. NATO Headquarters 15
Figure 3. Construction Output in Belgium 16
Figure 4. Construction Output in Belgium 17
Figure 5. Complex Business Culture In Belgium 19
Figure 6. Belgian Economic Indicators 21
Figure 7. Entities Subject To Corporate Income Tax 30
Figure 8. Regional Court System of Belgium 38
Figure 9. Regional Court System of Belgium 39
Figure 10. Judicial Map of Belgium 39
Figure 11. Legal services to Construction Companies in Belgium 48
Figure 12. Commonly Used Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Methods in Belgium 48
Figure 13. Brussels-Capital Region or Brussels, see List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region (19 municipalities) 59
Figure 14. Flemish Region or Flanders, see List of municipalities of the Flemish Region (300 municipalities) 63
Figure 15. Walloon Region or Wallonia, see List of municipalities of the Walloon Region (262 municipalities) 91
Figure 16. Belgian Trade 124
Figure 17. Belgium Key Industries 126
Figure 18. European Corporate International Headquarter Cities Located in Belgium 126
Figure 19. Advantages of Belgium for Corporations 127
Figure 20. List of Largest Companies in the Belgium 128
Figure 21. Belgium Large Company Revenue Market Shares, 2018 129
Figure 22. Port of Antwerp 131
Figure 23. Port of Antwerp Container Ship Management 132
Figure 24. Port of Antwerp 133
Figure 25. Proximus Headquarters Brussels 134
Figure 26. Anheuser-Busch Inbev is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium 136
Figure 27. Colruyt Headquarters 141
Figure 28. Colruyt Headquarters 141
Figure 29. Colruyt Dassenveld Location 142
Figure 30. Inside Colruyt 143
Figure 31. Ahold's Headquarters in Zaandam 144
Figure 32. Ahold Brands 145
Figure 33. UCB Headquarters in Belgium 146
Figure 34. UCB Changing Energy Consumption Since 2015 147
Figure 35. New Solvay Chemicals International SA Headquarters 149
Figure 36. Solvay Headquarters Design 151
Figure 37. Solvay Headquarters Design 152
Figure 38. Solvay New Headquarters Buildings 154
Figure 39. Umicore's Precious Metals Facility in Hoboken, Belgium. 155
Figure 40. Umicore SA’s Large Metal Manufacturing Complex in Hoboken 156
Figure 41. London Gold Bar Manufactured by the Umicore Group 156
Figure 42. Umicore Revenue by Segment 157
Figure 43. Umicore Revenue by Geography 158
Figure 44. Number Of Construction And Engineering Firms In Belgium 159
Figure 45. Volume Index of Production in Belgian Construction Sector 160
Figure 46. Largest Construction Companies in Belgium 160
Figure 47. Besix Rail Baltica Central Station project 162
Figure 48. Etix Revenue by Division 163
Figure 49. Etix Rate of Accidents 164
Figure 50. Etix Revenue 165
Figure 51. TPF Revenue 167
Figure 52. TPF Geographical Revenue 168
Figure 53. Elisabeth Center Antwerp 169
Figure 54. Willemen City Office t’Scheep 170
Figure 55. Willemen Contractors 171
Figure 56. Bonten Buildings Constructed 172 

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