During the planning and construction of the building, the construction service provider HOCHTIEF will implement innovative planning and visualization solutions from Nemetschek. The objective is to use Allplan Architecture, Allplan Civil Engineering, Allplan Building Services, Allright Cost Planning and Cinema 4D to implement model-oriented and usage-oriented planning for inHaus2.
Directly next to inHaus1, an innovation laboratory for modern residential buildings, inHaus2 will be constructed on the 5,500 m2 property by the middle of 2008. The extremely flexible building will adapt to the needs and requirements of different users and provides a great deal of potential for innovation in the real estate sector. The research section of inHaus2 will analyze and test office and administration buildings, hotels, hospitals, retirement and nursing homes. The emphasis of the research will be on new construction elements and designs for different building usage.
Michael Westfahl, member of the Managing Board responsible for Sales and Marketing at Nemetschek, sees the inHaus2 project as a great opportunity: "Together with the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft and HOCHTIEF, we will work on research and development projects for innovative software and include the latest findings in our projects. With inHaus2, Nemetschek is including its IT solutions in Europe's most important competence center for intelligent homes."
For more information on the project, visit http://www.inhaus-zentrum.de
About Hochtief
HOCHTIEF is one of the leading international construction service providers. With over 41,000 employees and a turnover of 13.65 billion euros in the 2005 financial year, the company is represented in all the most important markets worldwide. In the USA - the largest construction market in the world - HOCHTIEF is the number 1 general builder via its subsidiary Turner. In Asia/Australia, the company is the market leader via its associated company Leighton. The company covers the full value chain in construction projects, providing services in the areas of development, construction, services, concessions and operation. For more information, visit http://www.hochtief.de/presse.
About Fraunhofer
The Fraunhofer Gesellschaft is the leading organization for applied research in Europe. It is an umbrella organization for 58 institutes at over 40 locations across Germany. Around 12,400 employees perform research projects worth 1.25 billion euros every year. Of this, the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft generates around two thirds in orders from industry and publicly funded research projects. International cooperation is promoted by branches in Europe, the USA and Asia. For more information, visit http://www.fraunhofer.de/presse