Hendrik Van der Ham

- Expert Profile and Services Overview

Before you start reading: For the project of Seventh - we are looking for investors and partnerships. 

Hendrik, born in Utrecht, Netherlands, grew up on inland vessels, building and navigating ships in the family business. A firm believer in hands-on experience, he has worked as a diver in the army, stated his first company in 1991- an advertising and marketing consultancy and went on to build bridges.

He is the founder of BRIDGES2000, started in 1999, which began as a company that builds and rents out bridges and has subsequently grown into a project development company. The very first assignment for the company was to build a 4.2 km long bridge for pedestrians through the Himalayas, a pivotal project that cemented Hendrik’s principle of “Creating Safe Connections and Fit for Purpose”. Over more than 25 years now, BRIDGES2000 has serviced the Event, Civil, Maritime and Offshore sector on owned assets, without any loans. The cumulative experience gained from building bridges propelled Hendrik’s motivation into considerable construction projects.

• FOUNDER & HEAD OF OPERATIONS, BRIDGES2000 BV, THE NETHERLANDS

(WWW.BRIDGES2000.COM)
 

• PRESIDENT OF BOARD, SEVENTH PROJECT DEVELOPMENT BV, THE NETHERLANDS

(WWW.SEVENTHPROJECTDEVELOPMENT.COM)

• CHAIRMAN, HOLDING, TOP COMPANY BV, THE NETHERLANDS
 

• FOUNDER & CEO, SEVENTH PROJECT MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE FZCO, DUBAI, UAE

(WWW.SEVENTH.NU)
 

• FOUNDER & CEO, SEVENTH BRIDGES SERVICES LLC, SHARJAH, UAE
(WWW.BRIDGES2000.COM)

Hendrik is a connector - his passion is to elevate quality of life, for everybody, good experiences and ethics. If the word "innovation" comes along, he is that persion deriving the best from the past and connecting this with the present, to realize a better tomorrow. His quote also for his large project of Seventh is: "Sustainable societies start with healthy bodies and minds." Which is a big truth if we start to think about today's world, for sane solutions can only come from a sane mind, and a healthy body helps.

Hendrik grow up and kept learning and reading everyday. From having dyslexie in his early years, he grew until writing books of 300 pages or more on psychology. Next to technical engineering and building, he will aways be advocating for sustainable causes, for this have been the pillars of his personal and professional growth over the years. Writing has always been the preferred way for sharing and espousing Hendrik’s thoughts and ideas. On November 1, 1997, he launched his first book and has never looked back since. To date he has finished 14 books, 5 of which have been published and the next book on “Resilient Sustainability” will be published shortly.

Building the project of Seventh will be a big step. Technical insight of the dynamics of water and characteristics of building materials helps him to give teams a detailed structure of developing. Seventh is a design, construct and operate project. Hendrik invites partners and is open for partnerships. 

In early 2007, with the intent of realizing his dream of building, living, working and becoming different, Hendrik started SEVENTH PROJECT DEVELOPMENT – in order to realize SEVENTH in 10 places worldwide, a name that connotes breaking free from self-condemnation. SEVENTH is inspired by the legendary Atlantis and came about from a prophecy lucid dream that lasted exactly 40 nights (which happenend in the beginning of year 2002 while visiting 40 days the Bahama Island named Bemini). 

It is an ambitious visionary project envisaged as a floating island with a merkaba consisting of a large pyramid building surrounded by six smaller ones, to replicated in 10 cities around the world. True to Seventh’s philosophy: ‘The Other Way of Living,’ the project vision also includes an island where healthy living and sustainability would be central to elevating the future of living. SEVENTH is a Big dream built on a framework of ethics and ethos for realization of resilient sustainable societies. Incorporating best practices for a humanity driven ecosystem and ethical engagement of people, processes and uses of technology are part of its realization.

To Hendrik and derived from his dreams, this place and in total the 10 Seventh Islands will be the place where world change will start from. To realize the first Seventh project in Dubai, Hendrik is working on community building, for together we are able to change the world for the better. The idea of the Seventh Shared Humanity Center will be working from the islands, with everyday brainstorming students from all universities together with scientists and other specialists on global challenges. With this a Sustainability Network will start and memberships are at hand. Hendrik sees next to this a new trend: the rich fortunates giving back to the world. Several ideas for High Net Individuals and a specialistic fund is being set up.

“Resilient sustainability is my vision and perspective on how to build future societies.”

“SEVENTH the project I dreamed of, stands for ‘Elevating the Quality of Life’ 

From an early age, Hendrik developed a ‘no nonsense’ approach to life. Intuitive thinking, determination, continuous learning and an unrelenting quest for better living have been guiding him throughout life.

What started as a natural ability to help people decipher emotions and better themselves, has become a lifelong passion for psychology. Hendrik’s other interests include reading, films, deciphering thoughts and understanding cultures.

A globe-trotter, Hendrik has explored many places in the world and has assimilated as many cultures. Currently, he lives in The Netherlands, Spain and Dubai.

Soon more - see website, linkedin, IG: Seventh_Worldwide and ask for more, to be send if needed. Be welcome to get in touch with Hendrik, who is a firm believer of the power of cooperation.