Tag: Österreich

  • Start-up smino takes over Viennese Bimspot

    Start-up smino takes over Viennese Bimspot

    The start-up smino based in Jona takes over the software manufacturer Bimspot based in Vienna. According to a press release , smino wants to become the standard solution for project management and collaboration in the construction industry in the DACH region.

    The start-up from the St.GallenBodenseeArea offers a digital platform for planning and construction projects in Switzerland. 8,000 companies are already using the smino application, which acts as a data hub for construction projects.

    Bimspot's technology, with which building information from models for digital construction planning (Building Information Modeling/BIM) is brought together, structured and automatically checked for errors and completeness, is to be integrated into the smino platform after the takeover.

    This is intended to expand the range of functions for users in the area of BIM process handling. The Bimspot employees should complement the smino team. From a new location in Vienna, the BIM experts and software developers will promote the further development of the technology and its sale.

    “With this acquisition, we will take over the market leadership in the field of BIM. I am firmly convinced that our two offers complement each other ideally and that we can offer customers further real added value," says Silvio Bee, co-founder and managing partner of smino AG, as quoted in the media release.

  • Terra Raetica is to receive the Alpine Railway Cross

    Terra Raetica is to receive the Alpine Railway Cross

    Representatives from Graubünden, South Tyrol, Tyrol and Lombardy have agreed to improve cross-border mobility in the triangle between Switzerland, Austria and Italy, especially by rail. At a meeting in Graun im Vinschgau, they signed a letter of intent to this effect, according to a press release from the Canton of Graubünden .

    Accordingly, the four regions want to coordinate their measures to create an integrated mobility system in what is known as the Terra Raetica. With an attractive alpine railway hub and the connection to the international rail network, the transalpine road traffic is to be reduced. This also reduces the environmental impact, "which in turn brings a touristic upgrade with it", it says in the message.

    "Today we are laying the foundation for intensive cooperation and a vision for the future, a rail-alpine cross between Austria, Italy and Switzerland", the Tyrolean governor Günther Platter is quoted as saying. "The mobility of the future needs a courageous approach and this must not stop at national borders." For years, the motto has been "Boundless mobility – and that is car-free", says his deputy and Tyrolean regional traffic councilor Ingrid Felipe.

    According to the Vice President of the Graubünden government, Mario Cavigelli, this agreement will create a valuable platform for exchanging information on needs and measures in public transport across borders. In the interests of the population and the economy, transport chains and transfer options between the various public transport systems in the four neighboring regions could be coordinated “as best as possible”.

    In November, a group of experts will start planning a rail link in the Terra Raetica. It is accompanied by a steering committee made up of government representatives from the four neighboring regions.