TAILOR-MADE SERVICE
We have been successfully working as an architect, general planner, general contractor and service partner for our own investments and as a service provider for third parties for over 30 years.
We offer clients planning and construction services and together we develop approaches for sustainable and economical project solutions to create measurable added value, even after the project completion.
GENERAL PLANER
A highly integrated planning approach is required, particularly by project planners, to respond to the ever-increasing complexity of construction projects and the interdisciplinary demands arising from such complexity. As general planners, we are the central contact and responsible entity during the entire planning and execution phase. We ensure that all the specialist disciplines intervene at the right time with no losses of interface from the early preliminary draft to the handover of the keys. The client is therefore guaranteed transparency and control at all times in their complex projects.
Our services a general planner include:
· Building planning
· Open space planning
· Technical building equipment
· Structural planning
· Façade planning
· Building physics
· Energy consultancy
· Life cycle costs
ARCHITECTURE
As architects, we are committed to shaping the image of our cities to make them places of bustling activity and diversity through aesthetic design and quality. Every planning project depends on the individual requirements of the intended use of the construction. The project requirements and aesthetic-quality objectives must be determined at an early phase of the project, as this will guarantee the overall success of the project implementation. The early stages of a project concept therefore involve the development of planning studies and preliminary designs for the property and regularly include important specialist planning components such as building technology and statics. We develop area indicators and basic requirements for work planning and tendering at an early stage, thereby ensuring the perfect synthesis of quality and cost. We then prepare building applications and work plans and draft the tender for the services required. We prepare the award of contracts individually, in packages or as a flat rate or guaranteed maximum price (GMP) award, depending on the requirements of the client and/or the real estate project. During the project implementation we assist the project initiator with management support as part of the client or tenant services; we develop the required expansion planning, ensure the essential work is carried out on time and create the basis for invoicing the client or tenant or for calculating the corresponding rent allocation. We secure the budgets and set deadlines in all the partial service phases.
ENERGY CONSULTANCY
The life cycle costs of a property are several times the production costs, depending on the type of use. In these times of constantly rising raw material and energy prices, the requirements of owners and users with regard to the property’s energy needs and consumption are also increasing steadily. Legislators are also constantly demanding more stringent requirements in this respect. However, the optimal energy balance of a building can only be achieved if it is implemented at an early planning phase and if the planners coordinate all the respective elements, e.g. architecture, structural planning, building and system technology and the choice building materials. This is ensured by the professional expertise of our certified energy consultants.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
We are the “temporary builder” for our commercial real estate projects and those of our owners. We as project managers work closely with the client throughout the project and use our experience and expertise to carry out all the client’s tasks that can be delegated. We develop a project strategy that is tailored to the specific purposes of the project before the start of the planning process. At this early stage we address any queries regarding project organisation and data documentation, the procedure for awarding individual or lump-sum contracts and the functional, architectural and economic parameters of the project.
We implement comprehensive project control and monitoring to guarantee the client maximum transparency and ability to control the processes of the real estate project at all times during the construction phase. In our role as project manager, we assume the management function for the client with respect to the other project stakeholders. This leaves the client to focus on their original tasks within the project.
Many of our clients have been exploiting the benefits of a ‘one-stop shop’ principle for many years.
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
We as the general contractor provide all the planning and construction services as part of a project initiation, which releases the client from any planning and execution tasks. All the relevant planning and execution tasks are commissioned via just one contract. We guarantee the minimal effort in terms of coordination and control along with a turnkey delivery of the respective service on time and in the appropriate quality. Here too, the “one-stop shop” principle has a proven track record in terms of efficiency.
MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT
Nowhere else is the constant change in our living environment as clearly visible as in the cities and communities in which we live. It is a important duty in society to adapt our living environment to constantly changing demands to create a sustainable quality of life. We have been addressing the challenges arising from urban planning in municipal developments for many decades and are therefore making a contribution to a future in our cities and communities that provides a high-quality living environment. Our focus is to development and optimum strategy to reconcile the demands for urban development quality and economic factors.
SITE DEVELOPMENT
Cities and municipalities plan their long-term urban development in accordance with emerging growth trends. This approach aligns with the understanding of our time and ensures the land, as a protected asset, is developed taking into account the conservation of resources. We start from this principle in the preliminary investigations for the development of residential and commercial building areas and develop, exploit and commercialise them. The focus of our commitment is always to respond to specific local needs, to implement economic development systems and to maintain the ecological balance. In the commercial sector, we also see a focus on the municipal benefit in creating the conditions for the sustainable presence of commercial and industrial companies that create employment. We therefore actively implement our commitments as an investor and partner that provide services in cities and municipalities.
EXPLOITATION
The development and regeneration of larger brownfield sites is always linked to the creation of new development facilities or to supplement or improve existing facilities. An essential prerequisite for the overall success of the project is the flawless and economic fulfilment of this remit and with high quality in terms of development and contributions. Against this backdrop, we are involved as a development provider and produce the development systems. Our understanding of a partnership-based collaboration with the respective local community, the coordination and integration of community interests in the planning and implementation and our many years of experience in dealing with the relevant instruments of administrative law guarantee a goal-oriented and successful implementation of the development tasks assigned to us.
REGENERATION
The aim of the sustainable conservation of land as a resource has led to increased reuse of unused areas for a while now, and preferably in the inner city. These are generally located in a complex environment and must be viewed in a very nuanced way in terms of their potential for subsequent use. Moreover, specific requirements often exist arising from urban planning or issues around the preservation of monuments or local features. We don’t view the above requirements as obstructions, but rather as challenges. Our commitments therefore also include a focus on the regeneration of brownfield sites. We define brownfield sites as both unused inner city areas and industrial, military or railway sites that have been abandoned. Our range of activities also includes all the development phases, i.e. from the preliminary investigation to development and marketing. We acquire brownfield land for our own development or manage projects as partners for cities, municipalities or third parties.
