Skandia multi-purpose building
In the Skandia district of Geldrop, a multifunctional building will be constructed. In this building, elementary school Beneden Beekloop and Dalton Child Center Dommeldal will be combined and child care center Potje Knor will provide child care. In addition, neighborhood association Hulst-Skandia will also use the building. To make this new school accessible and to minimize the inconvenience of traffic, it was decided to redesign the immediate vicinity of the school. Would you like to stay up to date with the latest news? Then sign up for the schools Skandia newsletter.
Temporary housing
To build the new school, the Lower Beekloop will be temporarily housed in makeshift classrooms. These will be placed on the lawn directly adjacent to the school. They are expected to be placed in June 2025. From August 2025, the students of Beneden Beekloop will attend school here and the neighborhood association Hulst-Skandia will rent two classrooms for neighborhood activities. In addition, child care center Potje Knor will place a unit. So that the children of Potje Knor can come here in August 2025.
Once the temporary housing is in use, we can start demolishing the old school building. And removing the emergency rooms behind the school building. The Map below shows where the temporary housing will be placed.

Temporary construction road
For the delivery of materials, it is important to create as little inconvenience to the neighborhood as possible. Therefore, it has been decided to construct a temporary construction road for all major construction traffic. This will remain in place for the construction of the temporary housing and for the construction of the new building. This temporary construction road will be located next to Beemdstraat.
In addition, we also make arrangements with all parties to make as much allowance as possible for drop-off and pick-up times of children during school hours so that there is as little inconvenience as possible to the students, the school and nearby residents.
The road is for construction traffic only. Parents dropping off children by car will use a temporary parking lot. Below is the situation of the temporary construction road.

New design
We want to create a safe school environment by designing the public space according to Sustainable Safety. We find it important that the environment radiates safety, accessibility and livability. We do this by, among other things, providing sufficient parking space and designing the area mainly for slow traffic in the vicinity of the school.

New play facility
After the new school building and its associated public space are completed, we will start work on the play facility. In the new situation, this will be above the proposed parking lot. For this we will talk to the neighborhood and ask them to contribute to the design.
Planning
Completed: Temporary access route ready -
Gemeente Geldrop delivers the temporary access road to the construction site.
Completed: Commencement of groundwork -
Site preparation for placement, foundation work and digging, installation of casing pipes for utilities.
Still to do: Placing temporary housing -
May-June 2025 places temporary housing
Still to do: Furnish and move Lower Beekloop/Potty Knor to temporary housing -
July-August furnish and move Lower Beekloop/Potty Knor to temporary housing
Still to do: Walk-in evening -
Walk-in evening design Skandia building (location bs Dommeldal)
Still to do: Demolition Lower Beekloop -
September 2025 - December 2025 demolition Lower Beekloop
Still to do: Selection and award phase procurement of new construction -
September 2025 - March 2026 selection and award phase procurement of new building
Still to do: Realization phase new construction -
April 2026 - July 2027 realization phase new construction
Still to do: Furnish and move Lower Beekloop/Potje Knor/Dommeldal to new building -
August 2027 furnish and move Lower Beekloop/Potje Knor/Dommeldal to new building
Still to do: Remove temporary housing / construct additional construction road demolition Dommeldal -
September - October 2027 remove temporary housing / construct additional construction road serving demolition of Dommel Valley
Still to do: Demolition of Dommel Valley -
October 2027 - January 2028 demolition of Dommel Valley
Still to do: Removal of construction road -
February - March 2028 remove construction road