Founding the Future

Founding the Future is a business transformation programme that aims to:

• Implement a uniform Van Oord way of working, with efficient, standardised and robust processes supported by user-friendly business applications.

• Provide access to reliable, accurate and up-to-date data, enabling confident decision-making.

• Continuously improve cost-effective project delivery by standardising breakdown structures and closing the loop between project execution and estimation.

We implemented the HR software program Workday and started implementing IFS to support full project control and the continuous improvement of our Enterprise Resource Planning. These software programs will also optimise process efficiency by implementing fleet-wide asset management.

Artificial Intelligence

Van Oord realises trusted and applicable AI solutions to drive better decisions and operations in relation to:

• operational excellence in our projects;

• available and reliable equipment;

• organisational effectiveness;

• global uncertainty and market resiliency.

We already have close to 30 AI systems registered for use in areas that rely on analysing large amounts of data, such as estimating tenders, or require identifying outliers in data sets, such as using sensor data for predictive maintenance. To ensure understanding and support for our AI strategy, 8 leaders of top management received AI training in 2025.

Security

We are committed to maintaining a mature cybersecurity practice, shown through actions such as renewing our ISO 27001 certificate and assessing the organisational impact of NIS2 regulations. We continue to enhance the practice throughout the organisation and fleet to prevent unauthorised access, theft and damage and to protect critical infrastructure, assets and data, such as personal and financial data and other confidential business information. Our Be Secure programme, which focuses on our employees’ security and training, remains a key part of our information security roadmap.

The evolving and increasingly complex threat landscape means using the most current tools, like AI, for example, to ensure navigation resilience in the face of GPS jamming or spoofing.

Van Oord is a proud contributor to the Seabed Security Experimentation Centre (SeaSEC), a partnership between 6 European countries—the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland—aimed at safeguarding critical underwater infrastructure in the North and Baltic Seas. As Van Oord, we leverage our expertise and share information to support the Royal Netherlands Navy in monitoring and protecting subsea infrastructure in the North Sea. In 2025, we participated in the SeaSEC Challenge Weeks, a hackathon-like maritime security event held off the Scheveningen coast. During the event, private and public organisations tested technologies to detect and protect subsea infrastructure.

Outlook

In 2026, we will continue to consolidate our technology infrastructure and standardise data and software solutions by focusing on the international rollout of solutions to our vessels, project locations and offices worldwide. By doing so, we will keep up with organisational requirements and tap into the opportunities provided by technological innovations. We will also further develop, refine and deploy our AI strategy with a focus on its use in 4 clusters: Engaged Stakeholders, Effective Governance, Reliable Technology and People Skills. We will also adhere to the AI act, invest further in workforce training and use our best-practice data and AI platform.