Jorritsma bouw

The problem

Jorritsma Bouw has been building since 1880. They work on housing, commercial buildings, industry and maintenance, from a head office in Bolsward and offices elsewhere in the north and in Almere. A builder like that has a lot to show: finished projects, news from building sites and specialisms that run from earthquake-resistant building to dairy plants. The site had to hold all of that without becoming a stack of news posts.

Approach

Idee-fix made the concept and the design. I built it in WordPress. The homepage is a grid that alternates between project stories, each with a photo, a short text and a link to the full article, and square tiles for the specialisms: earthquake-resistant, smart building, sustainable, design and build, engineering, chain collaboration, maintenance and industry. A round badge on the header photo shows the average customer rating over the projects. Next to the menu and search, the header has icon buttons for industry and utility, housing and care, maintenance and the 24/7 service line. The projects page filters by building type. The contact page puts every office on one map, next to a form. There is an English version as well.

Outcome

Jorritsma got a site where projects, news and specialisms share one grid. I like that setup, because someone who comes for one project runs into the rest of the company on the way.

What changed

• Homepage grid that mixes project stories with specialism tiles.
• Header buttons per market, plus a link to the 24/7 service.
• Projects filterable by twelve building types.
• Contact page with every office on one map.