Spatial management of contractors.: An analysis of the industrial sites of the Louis De Waele enterprise in Brussels (1867-1988)

Matthijs Degraeve; Jelena Dobbels; Inge Bertels; Heidi Deneweth; Stephanie Van de Voorde

Spatial management of contractors. An analysis of the industrial sites of the Louis De Waele enterprise in Brussels (1867-1988)

Matthijs Degraeve, Jelena Dobbels, Inge Bertels, Heidi Deneweth, Stephanie Van de Voorde

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Due to the recent attention paid to general contractors, business historical insights have revived within construction history. To obtain a better understanding of the role these contractors played in shaping the built environment, the historical analysis also has to focus on their spatial conduct. Confronting different business historical sources enables an evaluation of the spatial management of a Brussels contracting firm, the Louis De Waele enterprise, active since 1867 until today. It started as a small family enterprise and evolved into one of the most important Belgian contracting firms until 1945. Its spatial management was highly influenced by external factors, especially the general construction activity. The insights make clear that analysing a contractor's spatial management forms a valuable perspective for business historical research into construction enterprises.

Originele taal-2	English
Titel	Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories
Redacteuren	Ine Wouters, Stephanie Van de Voorde, Inge Bertels, Bernard Espion, Krista De Jonge, Denis Zastavni
Plaats van productie	Boca Raton, London, New York, Leiden
Uitgeverij	CRC Press
Pagina's	527-535
Aantal pagina's	9
Volume	1
ISBN van geprinte versie	978-1-138-58414-3
Status	Published - 9 jul. 2018
Evenement	6th International Congress on Construction history - Palais des Académies, Brussels, Belgium Duur: 9 jul. 2018 → 13 jul. 2018 http://6ICCH.org

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Conference	6th International Congress on Construction history
Verkorte titel	6ICCH
Land/Regio	Belgium
Stad	Brussels
Periode	9/07/18 → 13/07/18
Internet adres	http://6ICCH.org

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IRP7_a: Building Brussels. Brussels city builders and the production of space, 1794-2015
Wouters, I., Wouters, I., Bertels, I., Bertels, I., Deneweth, H., Ryckewaert, M., Scholliers, P., Sosnowska, P., Van de Voorde, S., van Heur, B., Verdonck, A. & Degraeve, M.
1/07/16 → 30/06/21
Project: Fundamenteel
SRP27: SRP (Groeiers): De bakermat van de moderniteit? Sociale dynamiek in de steden Brabant en Vlaanderen in een comparatief en langetermijnperspectief, 1350-1914
Winter, A., Buylaert, F., Baguet, J., De Koster, M., Ryckbosch, W., Van den Broeck, N., Verbeke, A., Feys, T., Deneweth, H., Horemans, B., Plettinck, G., Adriaens, M., Wauters, R., Vermeesch, G., Vanruysseveldt, V., Vervaeke, A. A., Everaert, J., Erkul, A., Volkov, V., Coppens, A., Debackere, E., Verbruggen, T., Loockx, K., Beeckaert, E., Saelens, W., Leloup, W., Degraeve, M. & Schepers, M.
1/03/14 → 28/02/19
Project: Fundamenteel

Spatial management of contractors. An analysis of the industrial sites of the Louis De Waele enterprise in Brussels (1867-1988)
Matthijs Degraeve (Speaker)
13 jul. 2018
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Degraeve, M., Dobbels, J., Bertels, I., Deneweth, H., & Van de Voorde, S. (2018). Spatial management of contractors. An analysis of the industrial sites of the Louis De Waele enterprise in Brussels (1867-1988). In I. Wouters, S. Van de Voorde, I. Bertels, B. Espion, K. De Jonge, & D. Zastavni (editors), Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories (Vol. 1, blz. 527-535). CRC Press.

Degraeve, Matthijs ; Dobbels, Jelena ; Bertels, Inge et al. / Spatial management of contractors. An analysis of the industrial sites of the Louis De Waele enterprise in Brussels (1867-1988). Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories. redacteur / Ine Wouters ; Stephanie Van de Voorde ; Inge Bertels ; Bernard Espion ; Krista De Jonge ; Denis Zastavni. Vol. 1 Boca Raton, London, New York, Leiden : CRC Press, 2018. blz. 527-535

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