Archive 2010

From toy figures and books to warm clothing - Christmas wishes came true for some 120 children of the Fasanenhof School in Stuttgart on the last day of school before the holidays.

Drees & Sommer is for the first time targeting markets in Scandinavia and the Baltic states with the foundation of a new subsidiary in Denmark.

Esslingen District has commissioned Drees & Sommer to undertake comparative economic viability studies for various refurbishment and relocation scenarios for nine vocational schools.

November 29 saw the old cable railway carriages climb the mountain at Bad Wildbad in the northern Black Forest for the last time.

The final and largest section of the future freeway tunnel link to Micheville was pushed into position under the railway tracks on October 31, 2010.

On October 28, 2010 the potential of established properties in the Stuttgart region was discussed by a panel of experts at Expo Vision.

TenneT TSO GmbH is currently working on three new grid connection projects in the German North Sea.

The MesseTurm Frankfurt focuses on sustainability. Drees & Sommer develops green building and energy efficiency concept. Among other things, this includes the goal of reducing primary energy consumption by 40 percent.

Approximately 60-70 percent of all construction projects in Europe will soon be carried out on existing properties. Today, existing buildings are the cause of considerable expense and, as a result, are a burden on, amongst other things, companies' financial statements - for example, by standing empty or requiring considerable maintenance.

In terms of the façade, an unusual example of the restoration of listed high-rise build-ings can be found in Hamburg's city centre: With the Esplanade 39 office building, the façade was replicated to the exact millimetre and placed in front of the previous fa-çade area.

It has been 30 years since the first residents moved into the Schlangenbader Straße residential complex in the Berlin district of Wilmersdorf. Now a fundamental renova-tion of the installation is planned.

Property portfolios must increasingly be measured in terms of their sustainability. Frequently, however, portfolio owners do not know exactly what condition their individual properties are in.

Political, technological and social impetus is helping to ensure that the use of electric vehicles that are suitable for everyday situations does not remain merely a utopian dream. Properties must also be able to cope with the new generation of vehicles and their requirements, and also provide the necessary infrastructure.

After the new generation of branch stores was introduced last October and honored with a silver pre-certificate by the German Association for Sustainable Construction (DGNB), Lidl has now been awarded the silver certificate of quality for the first branch store of the new generation to successfully implement this pioneering engineering concept.

Drees & Sommer will be represented at this year's international real estate exhibition Expo Real from 4-6 October 2010 at Stand 430/424 in Hall C1.

Drees & Sommer Schweiz GmbH (Switzerland) is an active member of the Swiss Sustainable Building Council (SGNI) and committed to sustainable building in Switzerland.

Concave formwork held up by countless support elements give some idea of what the annex to the Städel Museum will look like when completed.

Efficient business processes depend to a large degree on the availability and security of computer centers, IT rooms and server parks.

In future, the Drees & Sommer Group will be led by the three Executive Board members Dierk Mutschler, Peter Tzeschlock and Gabriele Walker-Rudolf (Finance), who are partners and co-owners.

The Kap Zwenkau (Cape Zwenkau) development, 15 kilometers south of Leipzig, is striving to achieve high quality of both urban planning and architecture.

Als eines der ersten Stadtquartiere in Deutschland sollen die Bedburger Höfe, Nordrhein-Westfalen, mit dem Deutschen Gütesiegel für Nachhaltiges Bauen ausgezeichnet werden.

Drees & Sommer has been maintaining an office in the Belgian capital of Brussels since May 2010.

"Sustainability - quo vadis?" - is the motto that unifies both construction and real estate industry perspectives under one roof at Consense on June 22 and 23 in Stuttgart.

Despite the prevailing economic conditions in 2009, the international service provider for Project Management, Real Estate Consulting and Engineering looks back on a successful year in 2009 which bucked the trend.

The construction of the multipurpose hall for Ulm and Neu-Ulm has begun with the groundbreaking ceremony at the Volkfestplatz (festival ground).

Once again, Drees & Sommer is represented at Real Vienna with its own booth  (C0319 in Hall C) at the Messe Wien Exhibition & Congress Center from May 18 - 20, 2010.

The 7th 'Zukunft Kommune' (Future of Local Government) exhibition featuring local government solutions, services and procurement will be held at the Stuttgart Trade Fair Center on May 18 and 19, 2010.

The Toskana thermal baths in Bad Orb opened on Friday, April 30 after a construction period of some 18 months.

The company headquarters of Zweckverband Ostholstein (ZVO) in Sierksdorf have been completed on time and within budget.

On April 17, 2010 the State Garden Festival 2010 opened its gates at the site of the former Blücher Barracks in Hemer.

The topping-out ceremony for the second phase of Brandenburg Clinic - which is scheduled to be opened in spring 2011 - was held today.

On March 30, a Round Table held by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) looked at the future of city districts and future residential concepts.

Drees & Sommer has been commissioned by the City of Stuttgart to carry out inventories of over 400 school buildings as part of a strategic property consulting program.

Following extensive remodeling and upgrades, the centrally located Gerngross City Center will be the largest department store in Vienna.

Drees & Sommer analyzed how the primary energy demand for the Olympic buildings in Sochi could be reduced by up to 70 percent compared to the current Russian standard.

New concepts give shopping centers a great start for the future.

The third-largest mosque in the world is currently under design on the bay of Algiers.

Dr Andreas Blaschkowski has resigned from his office as Speaker of the Executive Board at Drees & Sommer AG after more than 15 years with the company in order to take on new responsibilities.

Drees & Sommer undertakes overall project control of the urban development project 'Im Westen was Neues'* in Hamm.

At MIPIM 2010, international visionaries and decision-makers from the real estate industry will look at current trends and new challenges in property markets.

Lean Construction Management (LCM) by Drees & Sommer ensures coordinated and accurate procedures and speeds up construction work.

With today's groundbreaking ceremony, construction of the three educational facilities in Heilbronn's city centre has officially begun.

On 29 January 2010, Austria House, as the first building of the Austrian Association for Sustainable Property Management (ÖGNI) was awarded a pre-certificate from the DGNB, the German Sustainable Building Council.

Stefan Heselschwerdt has become Managing Director of Drees & Sommer Infra Consult and Development Management GmbH.

The Annual Real Estate Management Opening Congress of the IIR will take place on January 26 and 27 in the Frankfurt Hilton.