Deal struck for International Criminal Court

Contracts have been signed paving the way for construction to begin next year on the €147m new International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Danish architect Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s permanent home for the court is expected to be complete by 2015.

Combination Visser & Smit Bouw and Boele & van Eesteren was selected to construct the new building, which will be situated on the former site of the Alexander Barracks in the Dutch city.

The contract was signed on 1 October, the tenth anniversary of the court, which is currently housed in temporary accommodation in the Binckhorst area of The Hague.

Frans Snaaijer, director of the Combination Visser & Smit Bouw and Boele & van Eesteren, said the grouping was pleased to have won such an internationally prestigious contract.

“Transparency, mutual trust and collaboration are the core values that will contribute to a sound basis [for the project],” he said

“We embrace these values and have experienced in the past that these result in very successful projects for all parties involved.”