DESIGN & BUILD – TUC RAIL
TUC RAIL, a Belgian engineering company specialising in railway infrastructure, needed to rethink its Brussels offices for a post-COVID, hybrid-first workforce — across three floors, through three consecutive public tenders, over three years.
REDESIGNED ACROSS 3 PHASES
CONSECUTIVE TENDERS WON
FLOORS
FULL PROGRAMME TIMELINE
THE CHALLENGE
TUC RAIL is a Belgian engineering company specialising in railway infrastructure and technology. In 2018, it adopted a new organisational structure — shifting to project-based teams organised around a matrix model, triggering significant changes in how people work and collaborate.
When the project launched in 2020, just after the pandemic, TUC RAIL needed to rethink its offices from the ground up. The post-COVID context had fundamentally changed expectations: fewer individual workstations, more collaboration and meeting spaces, and full AV and IT setup for hybrid working.
AREMIS joined as a client-side Project Management advisor, winning three consecutive public tenders to redesign the 3rd–7th floor, the 4th floor, and the ground floor — nearly 3,000 m² in total, opposite Brussels Central Station.
PROJECT OBJECTIVE
Adapt the workplace to post-COVID hybrid working patterns
Reduce individual desks and increase collaborative and meeting spaces
Support cross-fertilisation between project teams with different structures
Deliver within a defined budget across three phased renovations
Equip all spaces with modern AV, IT and room reservation systems
APPROACH
AREMIS acted as a trusted client-side advisor throughout the entire programme — facilitating workshops with ambassadors, developing the design concept, coordinating all stakeholders, and overseeing delivery from design to final furniture installation.
01
AMBASSADOR WORKSHOPS
Two structured workshops per phase — one to capture the specific needs of each department, one to validate the design concept with key ambassadors before execution.
02
HYBRID WORKPLACE DESIGN
Fewer individual workstations, more meeting rooms and collaborative bubbles — with AV-equipped hybrid meeting spaces responding to the new post-COVID reality.
03
PROJECT MANAGEMENT ADVISORY
Full client-side PM support: measurements, stakeholder coordination, supplier management by the client, and oversight of works through to final delivery.
04
TECHNICAL UPGRADES
Improved air conditioning, acoustic barriers, full cabling review, LED lighting throughout, and height-adjustable ergonomic furniture with seating alternatives.
05
DIGITAL & AV INTEGRATION
Intelligent screens, room reservation systems and full IT infrastructure — enabling seamless hybrid collaboration across all meeting and work spaces.
06
PHASED DELIVERY
Three consecutive tender wins — 3rd–7th floor, 4th floor, ground floor — each phase building on the last, with consistent design language and delivery methodology.
SOLUTION
The opportunity was taken to give the building a complete facelift. Each floor was redesigned to create a flexible and diverse working environment that allows — and encourages — employees to move fluidly between focused work and collaborative interaction.
The post-COVID context reinforced the brief throughout the project: the impact of working from home and the rise of hybrid meetings became key design parameters. Workstation counts were adjusted and meeting room typologies were expanded accordingly on each floor.
Wellbeing was woven into every detail — plants, ergonomic furniture with height-adjustable desks, natural light, acoustic treatment and full LED lighting — creating a workplace that people genuinely want to return to.
PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE
CLIENT
Tuc Rail
SECTOR
Public Sector
LOCATION
Brussels (BE)
TOTAL AREA TRANSFORMED
3,000 m²
FLOORS RENOVATED
3
TENDERS WON
3 consecutive
EMPLOYEES SUPPORTED
~1,000
RESULTS
The transformation delivered more than a refreshed interior — it gave TUC RAIL a modern, flexible workplace aligned with how its teams actually work, backed by three consecutive public tender wins over three years.
01
FULL BUILDING TRANSFORMATION
Nearly 3,000 m² redesigned across three floors — a coherent, phased transformation of TUC RAIL’s entire Brussels office building opposite Central Station.
02
HYBRID-READY WORKSPACES
More meeting rooms, collaboration bubbles and hybrid AV-equipped spaces — and fewer individual desks — directly responding to post-COVID working patterns and team structures.
03
THREE CONSECUTIVE WINS
AREMIS won three successive public tenders to continue the programme — a direct reflection of the quality of delivery, client relationship and project management throughout.
04
WELLBEING & TECHNOLOGY
Height-adjustable desks, plants, LED lighting, acoustic barriers, intelligent screens and full room reservation systems — a workplace that supports both performance and wellbeing.
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