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The Autumn Convention of the German Association of Project Managers (DVP) was held on 8 November 2018 in Berlin under the general theme “Project management strategies in disruptive markets”. Daniel Kalus, shareholder and managing director of IQ Real Estate GmbH, presented a paper on “Building in overheated markets – methodic strategies to avoid failure from a project management perspective” and attended the panel discussion addressing the question “How can project management be successful within the current market constraints?”

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With four tried and tested tools and a holistic approach, Dr. Ilka May and Prof. Christina Maaß make the case against a purely technical view of Building Information Modeling (BIM). “We now do BIM!” should not be limited to deploying a sophisticated design software but should also integrate different tendering processes and a different cooperation as a team. The two authors reveal how you can avoid the technical pitfall.

Here a link to the article (in German) “Mit Building Information Modeling (BIM) den Bau digitalisieren, Teil 1: Die Werkzeuge von BIM”: http://bit.ly/Bau_digitalisieren_BIM

Interested readers can be provided with a PDF copy of the article by email. Please send your request to info@iq-realestate.de.

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On 30 and 31 August 2018, IQ Real Estate GmbH held its Future Conference on the premises of Sipgate GmbH in Düsseldorf. During this meeting, the management team and all employees intensively addressed the developments in the construction industry, future forms of working and the way forward for the company. As part of the two-day event, current trends were highlighted and studies of future developments were presented. Teams and working groups in different configurations elaborated the topics of the future as well as associated company objectives. We will continue to work on these topics also beyond this Future Conference to be well prepared for all challenges ahead of us.

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On 1 June 2018, work on the extension of the Aero Pump production areas was started. Aero Pump is one of the globally leading manufacturers of application systems for the pharmaceutical industry. As part of this fourth section of construction, nearly €20 million will be invested to create additional areas in the assembly, injection moulding and storage departments. Completion is planned for November 2019. IQ Real Estate GmbH already supported the three previous construction sections in all service phases.

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