Drees & Sommer: Germany's market leader in project management, real estate consulting, and engineering
Project management Since 1970, Drees & Sommer has been setting the bar for project management in the areas of building construction, infrastructure and transportation. Our project managers coordinate all of the associated partners who are involved in the project and ensure that budgets, deadlines, and quality standards are being held. In construction management, our experts also take on the project lead function and all stages of planning through to construction - letting the builder more directly influence the contents of the plans and determine function, quality, and follow-up costs. General construction management also includes a service package of general technical planning, handling of the invitation to tender, and the site management of a project. With development management for vacant land and building sites, Drees & Sommer customers benefit from location concepts that offer long-term profitability. To do so, our experts analyze the location, develop a market-driven concept, offer help in the necessary legal processes and in obtaining subsidies, and provide marketing support. In order to prevent delays, price increases, and/or legal disputes, our risk management service identifies and eliminates risks early. At construction sites and with construction-related companies, process consulting keeps processes lean and reduces waste. Drees & Sommer's project management tools utilize networked communications, online cost management, legally compliant contract management, and three-dimensional construction process simulations to ensure the success of the project.
Real estate consulting With services such as technical due diligence, technical asset management, and strategic property consulting, real estate consulting is establishing itself more and more as one of our core areas of operation. Our goal is to provide well-founded analysis of real estate value and to sustainably increase its potential. Crisis management for distressed properties lets builders and property owners rest assured that they will have a partner during difficult times; one who can immediately implement effective emergency measures and prevent the destruction of capital due to improper reactions. Drees & Sommer offers consulting to both the public sector and to private investors with the goal of creating new and profitable concepts for financing, for example Public Private Partnership. Facility management consulting ensures long-term cost-effectiveness for the operation of our customers' buildings. The Green Building Labels consulting service includes the conceptual design and certification of buildings to make them sustainable, competitive, future-oriented properties. With organizational consulting, Drees & Sommer demonstrates how custom-tailored, innovative work environments increase employee effectiveness.
Engineering Continuous further development and the use of innovative technology are two of Drees & Sommer's key competences. With technical & economic construction consulting, our experts provide trade-spanning planning of the building structure, facade, and the building services equipment while focusing on efficient operation. Thanks to system planning & simulation, the operational behavior of a building becomes clear very early in the planning process. Drees & Sommer implements future-oriented technologies for optimum operation - both economically and ecologically - with services such as Green Building design for new buildings and Green Building optimization of established properties. This includes long-term optimization of life-cycle costs through life cycle engineering. The use of energy management for commercial buildings & industry helps to save costs by reducing heat, electricity, and water consumption. With planning and general technology planning, our specialists include all technological aspects in their plans - working together with architects to form a competent team.
Company information (as of June 2009) Founded 1970 Number of construction projects 522 Annual construction volume supported EUR 6.6 billion Employees 1,050 Group sales 2008 EUR 136.9 million German offices: Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Cologne, Leipzig, Munich, Nuremberg and Stuttgart International offices: Austria, Balkan, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Luxemburg, Middle East, Poland, Romania, Russia/CIS, Switzerland, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine and Vietnam
