DGAP-News: RIB Software AG / Key word(s): Alliance 22-03-2016 iTWO 5D Tec Institute for integrated planning and construction Leading (top 5) German university of applied sciences Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen and RIB Software AG (listed on the TecDAX index) jointly establish the world's first iTWO 5D Tec Institute for integrated planning and building. Stuttgart, Germany, 22 March 2016. On 04 March 2016 in Gießen, RIB Software AG together with Prof. Olaf Berger, Vice-President of Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen, Prof. Dr. Joaquin Diaz (Building Informatics and Sustainable Construction), Prof. Dirk Metzger (Construction Management and Project Management) and Prof. Dr. Katia Silbe (Building Operations and Construction Management) established the "iTWO 5D Tec Institut für integrales Planen und Bauen GmbH" (iTWO 5D Tec). iTWO 5D Tec shall provide the scientific process for the development of iTWO technology by offering services in teaching, research and further education. It will also pursue the aim of conducting or facilitating personnel development by introducing people to iTWO technology and integrated planning and construction in the professional sphere. In cooperation with Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (THM) iTWO 5D Tec will work to promote integrated planning and construction through application-based research in the field of iTWO 5D technology. As an expression of this special collaboration, iTWO 5D Tec was officially recognised as an affiliated institute by a special resolution of the university senate on 09 March 2016. The affiliated institute shall be known as "iTWO 5D Tec Institut für integrales Planen und Bauen GmbH Institut an der Technischen Hochschule Mittelhessen". Prof. Olaf Berger commented: "In the future THM and iTWO 5D Tec want to promote integrated building processes and facilitate industrial construction through coordinated activities in research, teaching and practice. As a shareholder in iTWO 5D Tec, RIB provides the necessary software and continuously works to enhance it. As shareholders in iTWO 5D Tec and as representatives of Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen, myself and my colleagues Prof. Diaz, Prof. Metzger and Prof. Silbe will support the process in the fields of research, teaching and further education." Thomas Wolf, CEO RIB Software AG: "The ever-rapid introduction of iTWO technology "New Thinking, New Working, New Technology" in Germany both in the top 10,000 companies and in research and teaching requires a new form of cooperation between RIB AG and the leading universities of applied sciences. The iTWO 5D Tec Institute will use a combination of research and teaching to optimally prepare experienced engineers and students in the construction industry for the future challenges of Industry 4.0 / Internet of Things. In addition to the new iTWO 5D processes, the new institute will focus on the demands of European urban development in the 21st century. Further iTWO 5D Tec Institutes are planned in America and Asia." About Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen About RIB Group 2016-03-22 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. |
Language: | English | |
Company: | RIB Software AG | |
Vaihinger Str. 151 | ||
70567 Stuttgart | ||
Germany | ||
Phone: | +49 (0)711-7873-0 | |
Fax: | +49 (0)711-7873-311 | |
E-mail: | info@rib-software.com | |
Internet: | www.rib-software.com | |
ISIN: | DE000A0Z2XN6 | |
WKN: | A0Z2XN | |
Indices: | TecDAX | |
Listed: | Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart; Terminbörse EUREX | |
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