Several services are united in this offer with which Xella relieves customers during the entire construction process. Although Xella offers these services for all its brands, customers see the boost in efficiency, especially when applying Ytong panels and large formats: enormous time advantages can be generated here. Clients and partners who experience how a floor is completed in this way within half a day often no longer consider any other type of processing.

Pilot projects in the Netherlands Construction Services

Several services include product advice, engineering, planning, logistics, assembly, finishing and quality control. The first country where Construction Services has been implemented is the Netherlands. The proven concept of mounting Xella products has come under increasing attention within the Xella Group.

In the Netherlands, there always has been a long tradition with the construction department, which has been assisting customers there with the assembly and finishing of their products for over forty years.

Niels van der Wouden, Head of Construction Services, Xella

"By taking responsibility for the project right from start to finish and ensuring excellent quality, our partners can be sure of achieving outstanding results."

The idea behind Construction Services

The idea of Construction Services is that technical and commercial colleagues work closely together, says Niels van der Wouden. "They are jointly responsible within Xella for the solution delivered. That means that salespeople will go deeper into the content of a customer question. It is important that they know the question behind the question. It's really teamwork to provide a solution that adds value to the customer."

But this is not specific for the Netherlands. It is in general, that the sales representative work more and more technically, whereas the technicians support more and more the sales department.

Decisive in the choice

Delivering that added value is important for Xella. It seems to be a unique selling proposition to meet the customer’s needs regarding full service. The added value lies not only in the delivery, assembly and finishing of Xella materials such as Ytong, Multipor, Silka and Hebel, but also in technical advice, assistance with engineering and product knowledge. Customers strive for lower failure costs and more efficient construction, with higher quality. This gives clients security and peace of mind. Moreover, customers benefit from the financial security: clients can rely at an early stage of the construction process on the total price of the construction part.

Successful projects in Poland

The Construction Services project is a part of the Effective Building strategy, which is Xella Polska’s integrated offer including large-size systems, fast assembly, mechanization of on-site work, digitalization, and BIM. “We are consistently developing the range of our services. Construction Services is our response to the difficult situation on the construction market, where it is increasingly onerous to find professional contractors. We offer our large-size technologies, such as Ytong Panel or Silka Tempo, as a full package: building material combined with a BIM design and labor. This approach sets us apart from the competitors and strengthens Xella’s position as a comprehensive supplier of innovative construction solutions,” says Robert Turski, CEO of Xella Polska.

Robert Turski, CEO of Xella Polska

“We are consistently developing the range of our services. Construction Services is our response to the difficult situation on the construction market, where it is increasingly onerous to find professional contractors. We offer our large-size technologies, such as Ytong Panel or Silka Tempo, as a full package: building material combined with a BIM design and labor.”

Like for instance at the Novum housing estate in Rumia: Six multi-family houses were built here. On the construction site of each building 85 m³ of Ytong panels (GHT) were used, 510 m³ of Ytong panels in total. This estate is constantly being expanded.

The by far largest project executed to date in Poland by Construction Services was completed in October 2021. It is the Przedwiośnie Housing Estate in Warsaw at ul. Płochocińska, comprising six multifamily buildings with 183 apartments.

Within six months Xella Polska built all the walls there, including the filling, bearing and partition walls. The latter were assembled using five Spider mini cranes, also supplied by Xella, which allow to assemble elements just below the ceiling and were necessary due to the frame construction of the buildings. In this specific example, Silka calcium silicate blocks were processed, but the same service is also provided for Ytong panels.

“What convinced the investor to choose us was the completeness of our offer. The General Contractor signed an agreement with just one company, covering the supply of materials, construction design and delivery logistics as well as labor, that is all the aspects of erecting the walls of the apartment buildings,” says Paweł Łukaszuk, Key Account Manager at Xella Polska, responsible for this project. “The developer was also convinced by the bottom-line price per square meter of the walls, as fast assembly, and mechanization of work allowed us to lower the global construction costs,” adds Łukaszuk.

(Service-Caption) Xella Construction Services

Xella Construction Services support the use of Xella building materials through project-related delivery, provision, and processing of materials directly on the construction site. By assuming responsibility from start to finish of the cooperation and ensuring outstanding quality, Construction Services offers its customers decisive added value.

The result is future-oriented building solutions. The services range from technical consulting, contracting, and planning to logistics, safety, engineering, installation, and after-sales. The advantages for the customer: thorough planning, quality control and expertise in the company's own products make the work process on the construction site more efficient. In addition, the customer has full clarity on the budget in advance.

Xella Construction Services

Niels van der Wouden, Head of Construction Services: nielsvander.wouden@xella.com

Tomasz Malkowski, Communications Specialist at Xella Polska: tomasz.malkowski@xella.com