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Trimble and Nemetschek Group Partner
04.05.2015 / 12:32
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Trimble and Nemetschek Group Partner to Expand Adoption of Building
Information Modeling Across Building Design, Construction and Operation
Companies Collaborate to Promote Openness and Interoperability Across their
Solution Portfolios
SUNNYVALE, Calif., and MUNICH, May 4, 2015-Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) and the
Nemetschek Group (XETRA: NEM), leaders in digital solutions for the
Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) markets, announced today
that they have formed a strategic alliance to expand the deployment of
Building Information Modeling (BIM) across the entire Design-Build-Operate
(DBO) lifecycle of buildings. The alliance will emphasize collaborative
approaches to design modeling and 5D construction management through data
integration between a variety of the companies' products.
The announcement was made today at the Lake Constance 5D-Conference 2015
held this week in Constance, Germany.
Trimble and Nemetschek will share their extensive global market and
technology expertise and collaborate on initiatives to drive a paradigm
change in the development and adoption of technologies for the AEC industry
and building owners.
The companies intend to:
- Transparently share data formats to support new solutions and promote
workflow interoperability between selected products across the DBO
lifecycle;
- Tighten the connection of Virtual Design & Construction (VDC) solutions
to real data from the field and real objects in the physical world;
- Support interoperability and the longevity of project data for the
entire project lifecycle;
- Maintain their respective deep commitments to open standards and
workflows for the benefit of the entire industry-rather than for any
individual vendor.
Open, Connected and Interoperable via Trimble Connect
Trimble and Nemetschek plan to leverage the Trimble(R) Connect
collaboration platform to integrate workflows and create close
interoperability between selected Trimble solutions-including SketchUp,
Tekla Structures, Vico Office, Trimble Prolog(R), Trimble Field Link and
MEPdesigner for SketchUp-and solutions in the Nemetschek portfolio, such as
Allplan, ArchiCAD, DDS, SCIA Engineering, Vectorworks and Nevaris.
Both companies are committed to open standards and workflows-a rapidly
emerging approach to the collaborative design, construction and operation
of buildings. With Nemetschek solutions supporting the Trimble Connect
platform-a cloud-based collaboration environment that features an open
environment for BIM-based AEC workflows-Trimble and Nemetschek are
coordinating their efforts to offer best-of-breed solutions for customers.
"Across the DBO spectrum, customers want the freedom to choose the best
tools for the job and the security of knowing those tools will work
together. But too often they find that the data they need is not
interoperable across their different software workflows," said Bryn
Fosburgh, vice president responsible for Trimble's Construction Technology
Divisions. "Our companies' shared vision is to give users a choice, rather
than dictate what they use. We're pleased to partner with Nemetschek on
these important initiatives."
"Our customers already enjoy the benefits of workflow integration between
most of our products. This collaboration allows us to provide an
overarching strategic layer on top of everything we do," said Patrik
Heider, spokesman and Chief Financial & Operations Officer (CFOO) of the
Nemetschek Group. "This will better enable us to provide our customers with
end-to-end workflow solutions that cover the entire AEC life cycle in a
fully transparent and 'open' way."
Trimble and Nemetschek will provide updates on specific collaborative
initiatives as the relationship progresses.
About the Nemetschek Group
The Nemetschek Group, Munich, is a globally leading software provider for
the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) industry. With its 13
brands, the Nemetschek Group now serves more than 1.8 million users in 142
countries from more than 50 locations worldwide. Founded in 1963 by
Professor Georg Nemetschek, the company focuses on innovations such as Open
Building Information Modeling (Open BIM) for the AEC market of tomorrow.
Publicly listed since 1999 and quoted on the TecDAX, the company achieved
revenues of EUR 218.5 million and an EBITDA of EUR 56.8 million in 2014.
For more information, visit: www.nemetschek.com.
About Trimble
Trimble applies technology to make field and mobile workers in businesses
and government significantly more productive. Solutions are focused on
applications requiring position or location-including surveying,
construction, agriculture, fleet and asset management, public safety and
mapping. In addition to utilizing positioning technologies, such as GPS,
lasers and optics, Trimble solutions may include software content specific
to the needs of the user. Wireless technologies are utilized to deliver the
solution to the user and to ensure a tight coupling of the field and the
back office. Founded in 1978, Trimble is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif.
For more information, visit: www.trimble.com.
Contact:
Lea Ann McNabb
Trimble
+1 408 481 7808
leaann_mcnabb@trimble.com
Stefanie Zimmermann
Nemetschek Group
+49 89 92793 1229
szimmerman@nemetschek.com
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Language: English
Company: Nemetschek AG
Konrad-Zuse-Platz 1
81829 München
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)89 92 793-0
Fax: +49 (0)89 927 93-5200
E-mail: investorrelations@nemetschek.com
Internet: www.nemetschek.com
ISIN: DE0006452907
WKN: 645290
Indices: TecDAX
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated
Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich,
Stuttgart
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