The Chair of Construction Engineering and Management hosted the kick-off event of the buildingSMART Regional Group Thuringia together with the Chair of Intelligent Technical Design on 06.10.2022 in the Oberlichtsaal of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.

The deputy chairman of buildingSMART Germany, Dr.-Ing. Thomas Liebich, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Habeb Astour from the University of Applied Sciences Erfurt, Martin Werner from hks Architekten and Florian Neudecker from Köster GmbH held insightful presentations.

Furthermore, Martina Mellenthin Filardo (Chair of Construction Engineering and Management ), René Kreil (Hochtief), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Koch (Chair of Intelligent Technical Design), Jörg Burghardt (Bau-Consult Hermsdorf) and Alexander Oehler (Born | Ermel Ingenieure) led roundtables on specific topics. Alexander Oehler, Judith Krischler (Chair of Intelligent Technical Design) and Prof. Koch also led workshops on BCF, BIM & 3D and VR respectively. 

The occasion of the event was the presentation of the newly founded regional group and domain-oriented networking with interested local parties. The coordination group would like to thank fca Dr. Fischer Community of Architects GmbH, Bau-Consult Hermsdorf, IMMO-MAGIC GmbH, hks | architekten and the Thuringian Chamber of Engineers for sponsoring the event as well as buildingSMART Germany for their support.