Many people think that STABU and ZeeBoer are competitors. That in itself is understandable, because Stichting Ketenstandaard (Dutch for Chain Standardization), the organization that manages the STABU standard, has two focus areas.

Ketenstandaard’s core business is the promotion, improvement and maintenance of standards such as STABU2, ETIM and DICO. Just like other construction partners, ZeeBoer uses these standards. The right to exist of Ketenstandaard and STABU is therefore evident to us.

However, Ketenstandaard also advises manufacturers on specifications. Something she has in common with ZeeBoer and other commercial parties. Manufacturers have to deal with many standards, each of which requires a financial contribution and effort. After all, non-profit parties also have a revenue model. Although Ketenstandaard therefore acts as both the keeper of the STABU standard and its operator, ZeeBoer believes that manufacturers can make sufficient choices when distributing their product data.

If you want to know more about the different interests, standards and parties in the construction industry, we will gladly explain our vision to you without obligation! Make an appointment with us quickly.

Manufacturers can easily manage their DoP or CE declaration thanks to the Utopis® Platform from ZeeBoer. A Declaration of Performance, also called a DoP or CE declaration, is a European declaration by the manufacturer about the performance of a product. The producer must say something about the essential product characteristics.

For some products, few or no characteristics at all have been set by Europe. For some industries, however, keeping a DoP is a lot of work. Here the characteristics often change or there are just many things that you have to record for a product. At that time it is interesting to start managing from a central database. Certainly if you already maintain a database with product characteristics for specification services, website or documentation. In this way, managing DoPs becomes easier, faster, cheaper and error-free.

The new European ESPR regulation sets stricter requirements for sustainability, origin, and reusability of products. Manufacturers will be required to provide a Digital Product Passport with transparent information about materials, performance, and environmental impact. Utopis enables you to manage this data centrally and publish it in the correct format. You can also connect to sustainability databases and standards like ETIM and Madaster. This ensures you're ready for future regulations while demonstrating transparency and environmental responsibility to your customers.
A product passport contains all relevant information about a building product (technical, sustainable, origin). It plays a key role in circularity and compliance with legislation like the CSRD.
By working now with product passports, LCAs, and standardized data formats. Utopis supports integrations with environmental databases.

Yes, with the Utopis Platform you can enrich each product with processing guidelines, installation tips, or usage instructions. This information can be shown automatically when a specific product is selected within the specification tool or selector. It provides additional support to both specifiers and installers—without requiring extra searches. This helps prevent errors and builds trust in your brand.

Moreover, such information is becoming increasingly important due to legal requirements: both the Dutch Quality Assurance Act (Wkb) and the upcoming Digital Product Passport (DPP) demand clear processing instructions and real-life application data. Centralizing this makes your data more usable and reduces mistakes on the job site.

The Quality Assurance for Building Act, in Dutch "Wet kwaliteitsborging" or Wkb, guarantees the relationship between project developer, building consumer and contractor. This strengthens the position of the private and business building consumer. Due to the increasing complexity in construction, a revision of the current system of quality assurance is necessary.

In the law, the contractor is responsible for the final result that he produces. Suppliers of building materials are closely involved in the proper delivery of a building project as an important knowledge partner of the construction process.

By properly documenting and distributing your solution, the required materials and the processing thereof, you are responding to the law.

All product data available in one platform.

Your product data better found.

Efficiently manage and share product data.

Responding to digital building standards.

All information available in one place.

Peter Veldhuizen

Director
peter.veldhuizen@utopis.net

Antoon Siebert

Partner / project manager
antoon.siebert@utopis.net

Maarten Hopman

Project manager
maarten.hopman@utopis.net

Jeroen Houdé

Front-end developer
jeroen.houde@utopis.net

Zsolt Kiss

Back-end developer
zsolt.kiss@utopis.net

Mariska van ’t Veer

Administration
mariska.vantveer@utopis.net

Arnout Nijhuis

Advisor product data
arnout.nijhuis@utopis.net