Mem­ber­ship

Eight reasons to join BVBS

1. Digi­tal trans­for­ma­ti­on – increase acceleration

Our visi­on is end-to-end digi­ta­li­sa­ti­on and auto­ma­ti­on in the con­s­truc­tion indus­try. Tog­e­ther, we pur­sue goals to pro­mo­te the con­s­truc­tion indus­try and work clo­se­ly with insti­tu­ti­ons and poli­ti­cal organisations.

2. Net­work – strong together

We offer net­works and pool exper­ti­se for neu­tral repre­sen­ta­ti­on of inte­rests. We orga­ni­se the exch­an­ge of infor­ma­ti­on bet­ween mem­bers and part­ners. This gives our mem­bers a major know­ledge advantage.

3. Inno­va­ti­on – ensu­ring performance

We are the voice of digi­ta­li­sers in poli­tics and socie­ty. We influence decis­i­on-making pro­ces­ses through our invol­vement in the com­mit­tees of insti­tu­ti­ons and associations.

4. Public affairs – sha­ping policy

We are the voice of digi­ti­zers in poli­tics and socie­ty. We influence decis­i­on-making pro­ces­ses through our invol­vement in the com­mit­tees of insti­tu­ti­ons and associations.

5. Mar­ket – bund­ling interests

BVBS offers a neu­tral plat­form for pro­fes­sio­nal dia­lo­gue with mar­ket play­ers and like-min­ded peo­p­le. Tog­e­ther with our mem­bers, we open up new opportunities.

6. Qua­li­ty – crea­ting standards

Impro­ving the qua­li­ty of data exch­an­ge pro­ces­ses is one of our main objec­ti­ves. To this end, we deve­lop and rea­li­se inter­faces and stan­dards. We sup­port our mem­bers with the implementation.

7. Indus­try mee­tings – show presence

We orga­ni­se forums and lec­tu­re series for con­s­truc­tion trade fairs and events such as BAU and digi­tal­BAU. This allows us to focus on rele­vant topics and increase the visi­bi­li­ty of our members.

8. Medi­en­re­so­nanz – The­men setzen

We put topics on the media agen­da that affect mem­bers and users. We are a well-net­work­ed mul­ti­pli­er for the inte­rests of our members.

Mem­ber­ship

BVBS offers the fol­lo­wing mem­ber­ship categories:

 
Ordi­na­ry members:

Soft­ware and IT com­pa­nies, con­sul­tants, ser­vice pro­vi­ders, users and edi­to­ri­al offices, cata­log and data­ba­se pro­vi­ders, etc. that are dri­ving the digi­tal trans­for­ma­ti­on of the con­s­truc­tion indus­try.
In this sen­se, soft­ware also includes indus­try-spe­ci­fic, struc­tu­red and com­pu­te­ri­zed data coll­ec­tions that com­ple­ment func­tion­al software.

 
The annu­al mem­ber­ship fee is based on a sca­le of four levels depen­ding on the size of the company:
  • up to 10 employees – mem­ber­ship fee 2.100 €
  • 11 – 50 employees – mem­ber­ship fee 2.340 €
  • 50 – 200 employees – mem­ber­ship fee 2.820 €
  • from 200 employees – mem­ber­ship fee 3.300 €

Due to the sta­tus of an asso­cia­ti­on, VAT is not charged.

Start­up members:

Con­di­ti­ons for com­pa­nies to earn the “Start­up Status”: 
  • the com­pa­ny was foun­ded less than 5 years ago
  • the num­ber of employees does not exceed 25 (head­count)
  • the com­pa­ny is not a spin-off from a company
  • the exter­nal share­hol­ding is a maxi­mum of 50

The start­up mem­ber­ship fee is €500 per year. As soon as one of the abo­ve cri­te­ria is no lon­ger met, the start­up mem­ber­ship is trans­fer­red to a regu­lar BVBS mem­ber­ship. The annu­al mem­ber­ship fee is then based on the num­ber of employees in the company.

Extra­or­di­na­ry members:

Con­s­truc­tion insti­tu­tes, sta­te insti­tu­ti­ons, asso­cia­ti­ons and engi­nee­ring and deve­lo­p­ment offices with an inte­rest in pro­mo­ting infor­ma­ti­on and com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on tech­no­lo­gy in the con­s­truc­tion indus­try. The gene­ral con­di­ti­ons for mem­ber­ship are set out in the statutes.
Beco­ming a member
Join BVBS to beco­me part of a strong com­mu­ni­ty and play an acti­ve role in sha­ping the future of the industry!
Sta­tu­te
The cur­rent ver­si­on of the sta­tu­te can be found here (file in ger­man lan­guage)..

What our mem­bers say

A Mem­ber­ship of BVBS pays off. Read what moti­va­ted our mem­bers to join our association:

„In BVBS, we regu­la­te and dis­cuss things that affect us all: The crea­ti­on of stan­dar­di­sed inter­faces and also the repre­sen­ta­ti­on of inte­rests vis-à-vis sup­pli­ers and trade associations.”

Gerald Bax
Label Soft­ware Gerald Bax GmbH

„We know about the bene­fits of a strong com­mu­ni­ty. Our moti­va­tors are to enga­ge in part­ner­ship-based dia­lo­gue with other com­pa­nies, to tack­le the chal­lenges of digi­ta­liza­ti­on tog­e­ther and to actively shape the future through networking.”

Prof. Dr. Ralf-Peter Oepen, Pre­si­dent Stra­te­gic Cooperations
BRZ Deutsch­land GmbH

„Whe­ther GAEB, cost con­trol­ling or soft­ware inte­gra­ti­on, BVBS helps com­pa­nies across the board to set the right cour­se with expert com­mit­tees and expertise.”

Andre­as Malek
Coso­ba GmbH

„As a long-stan­ding foun­ding mem­ber of the BVBS, we value the strong net­work and the inde­pen­dent exch­an­ge of ide­as in order to actively shape digi­ta­liza­ti­on for trade and con­s­truc­tion and to pro­vi­de our cus­to­mers and part­ners with inno­va­ti­ve solu­ti­ons with sus­tainable added value for gene­ra­ti­ons to come.”

Jörg Bilz, CEO/Managing Director
pds GmbH

„The deve­lo­p­ment of uni­form stan­dards can lead to grea­ter qua­li­ty in indi­vi­du­al solutions.The GAEB develop­ment is an excel­lent exam­p­le of this and a cre­dit to BVBS.”

Jür­gen Bauer
Bau­er­Soft­ware GmbH

Our goal, inter­di­sci­pli­na­ry data inte­gra­ti­on during prac­ti­cal appli­ca­ti­on, requi­res func­tio­ning inter­faces and inter­ac­tion bet­ween the soft­ware hou­ses. BVBS enables and pro­mo­tes this.

Frank von der Weth
f:data GmbH

„We have been part of BVBS sin­ce it was foun­ded and main­ly exch­an­ge ide­as in the working group buil­ding trade software.”

Peter Rixin­ger sen.
KWP Infor­ma­ti­ons­sys­te­me GmbH

„Only tog­e­ther can we over­co­me the chal­lenges in the con­s­truc­tion indus­try. Count­less issues need to be tack­led. The BVBS is indis­pensable here, it brings soft­ware manu­fac­tu­r­ers tog­e­ther and enables inno­va­ti­ve col­la­bo­ra­ti­on at all levels.”

Cars­ten Brock­mann, Mana­ging Director
bps soft­ware GmbH

“We see mem­ber­ship of BVBS as an oppor­tu­ni­ty to impro­ve the gene­ral­ly appli­ca­ble inter­faces for  con­s­truc­tion data, espe­ci­al­ly for the imple­men­ta­ti­on of plan­ning con­cepts in accordance with BIM.”

Han­nes Spielbauer
BKI GmbH

As a mem­ber of the BVBS, we are expan­ding our net­work and making tar­ge­ted use of the working groups to pro­mo­te the digi­tal and inte­gral plan­ning of buil­dings even more inten­si­ve­ly. In this way, we are actively sha­ping the future of con­s­truc­tion and pro­mo­ting the exch­an­ge of exper­ti­se and inno­va­tions within the industry.

Dr. Oli­ver Gei­big, Divi­sio­nal Mana­ging Direc­tor – Glo­bal Pro­jects, Engi­nee­ring & Segments
fischer­wer­ke GmbH & Co. KG

The use of dyna­mic con­s­truc­tion data in the com­plex pro­cess of plan­ning, con­s­truc­tion and ope­ra­ti­on is car­ri­ed out across all soft­ware and based on a divi­si­on of labor. A stan­dar­di­zed exch­an­ge of data is essen­ti­al here. We are invol­ved in the BVBS to pro­mo­te this tog­e­ther with the con­s­truc­tion soft­ware indus­try.

Dr.-Ing. Gerald Faschingbauer
Dr. Schil­ler & Part­ner GmbH – Dyna­mi­sche Bau­Da­ten (DBD)

„We are invol­ved in the BVBS to share our exper­ti­se in the field of sus­tainable buil­ding mate­ri­als with the indus­try and to joint­ly deve­lop inno­va­ti­ve solu­ti­ons for the con­s­truc­tion industry.”

Lisa Oberai­gner, Co-Foun­der & CEO
Emi­dat GmbH

„Mem­ber­ship of the BVBS enables us to actively par­ti­ci­pa­te in the deve­lo­p­ment of indus­try stan­dards (GAEB and REB), bene­fit from a strong net­work and streng­then the trust of our cus­to­mers through certifications.”

Ste­fan Berensmann
MWM Soft­ware & Bera­tung GmbH

„As a foun­ding mem­ber of BVBS, we sup­port a com­mon goal: to streng­then the per­for­mance and inno­va­ti­ve power of the con­s­truc­tion indus­try through the use of con­s­truc­tion software.”

Froh­mut V. Barsch
Bau-Soft­ware Unter­neh­men GmbH

„The BVBS stands for inno­va­ti­on, net­wor­king and future-ori­en­ted exch­an­ge within the con­s­truc­tion indus­try. My com­mit­ment to the BVBS Board is based on a deep desi­re to actively shape the digi­ta­liza­ti­on of the con­s­truc­tion indus­try and dri­ve for­ward the use of modern tech­no­lo­gies in practice.”

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joa­quín Díaz, Chair­man of the Manage­ment Board 
BVBS e. V.

„As a mem­ber of the BVBS, we pro­mo­te the digi­ta­liza­ti­on of the con­s­truc­tion indus­try through exch­an­ge and coope­ra­ti­on. The pro­fes­sio­nal input and net­wor­king pro­vi­de valuable impe­tus for the fur­ther deve­lo­p­ment of our soft­ware solutions.”

Björn Wolff, COO 
Hott­gen­roth Soft­ware AG

„The spe­cial thing about BVBS is, that a posi­ti­ve exch­an­ge and pro­duc­ti­ve coope­ra­ti­on bet­ween com­pe­ti­tors is pos­si­ble for the bene­fit of the enti­re indus­try and thus influen­ces norms and standards.”

Mar­tin Schuff
BECHMANN GmbH

„Es war für uns selbst­ver­ständ­lich, Mit­glied im BVBS zu sein, um die Vor­tei­le zu nut­zen, die sich für unse­re Kun­den ergeben.“

Dipl. Ing. Tho­mas Glaser/Dipl. Ing Rein­hard Schley
IMbud­get GmbH

„Extern­al­ly, the BVBS is the mouth­pie­ce of Ger­man soft­ware and digi­ta­liza­ti­on pro­vi­ders; intern­al­ly, it is an indus­try mee­ting place for exchan­ging ide­as and sha­ping effec­ti­ve digi­ta­liza­ti­on. In the mar­ket, some­ti­mes in com­pe­ti­ti­on, we tack­le the issues tog­e­ther in the BVBS.”

Domi­nik Hart­mann, Board Member
BVBS e. V.

“As a foun­ding mem­ber of the BVBS, it is important for us at G&W to exch­an­ge ide­as with like-min­ded peo­p­le in order to meet the chal­lenges of the con­s­truc­tion indus­try and help shape the digi­ta­liza­ti­on of the con­s­truc­tion sec­tor. To this end, we are actively invol­ved in various committees.”

André Stef­fin, Vorstand
G&W Soft­ware AG

„Die akti­ve Mit­ar­beit im BVBS und sei­nen Arbeits­krei­sen ent­spricht exakt unse­rem Fir­men­leit­bild bei der IB&T Soft­ware GmbH. Unse­re Mis­si­on ist: Wir über­neh­men gesell­schaft­li­che Ver­ant­wor­tung, indem wir aktiv an der Defi­ni­ti­on und Ein­füh­rung neu­er Pro­zes­se und Metho­den in der Bran­che mitwirken.“

Uwe Hütt­ner, Geschäftsführer
IB&T Soft­ware GmbH

The asso­cia­ti­on repres­ents important inte­rests of con­s­truc­tion soft­ware manu­fac­tu­r­ers in spe­cia­li­sed com­mit­tees and in public.

Wil­fried Gräbert
Grä­bert GmbH

“Our mis­si­on is “Making Con­s­truc­tion Bet­ter”. We are doing our part to achie­ve this with the help of our gro­wing soft­ware port­fo­lio. The BVBS offers the oppor­tu­ni­ty to exch­an­ge ide­as with like-min­ded peo­p­le and dri­ve for­ward com­mon topics.”

Dr. Oli­ver Glockner
Hil­ti Group

„Suc­cessful digi­ta­liza­ti­on requi­res clo­se coope­ra­ti­on bet­ween soft­ware hou­ses, com­pa­nies and public sec­tor cli­ents. In the BVBS expert com­mit­tees, we com­bi­ne the­se per­spec­ti­ves in order to joint­ly pro­mo­te for­ward-loo­king standards.”

Mike Hoff­mann, Busi­ness Deve­lo­p­ment Mana­ger Sys­tem Integration
Adolf Würth GmbH & Co KG

„The BVBS offers us a valuable plat­form for advan­cing digi­ta­liza­ti­on across com­pa­nies. We are invol­ved in the BIM, data exch­an­ge, X‑billing and CO2 and sus­taina­bi­li­ty spe­cia­list groups in order to deve­lop prac­ti­cal solutions.”

Man­fred Scholz
ORCA Soft­ware GmbH
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