Industry Collaborations

In addition to IntCDC's network within the academic community, collaboration with industry partners is crucial to our ambition to shape the future of architecture and the building sector. The IntCDC Industry Consortium plays a special role in this, ensuring direct knowledge exchange and rapid impact of our research results. This exchange includes our secondments to and from industry.

Industry Partners

IntCDC, industry collaborations are a powerful tool for exchanging knowledge and experience between academia and industry.

With a stronger interdisciplinary and intensified industry exchange, we aim to comprehensively advance the Cluster's integrative approaches to address the most important building typologies and related challenges. Our industry collaborations support the validation of research results and their transfer to industry.

The Cluster’s Industry Consortium (IC) reflects all relevant facets of the building industry and will ensure direct knowledge exchange, transfer and rapid impact of research results into the application.

The tasks of the IC are actively support the cluster with lectures and webinars as well as the joint writing of papers and publications.

IntCDC Industry Partners

BEC GmbH

Robot manufacturers and technology supplier. BEC ROBOTICS is a leading global technology company focused on human-robot collaboration in the medical, entertainment and industrial sectors.

Collaboration on intelligent robot applications, production automation and human-robot collaboration

www.bec-robotics.com/de/robotics/

Blumer-Lehmann AG

Specialist contractor. Cutting-edge solutions in engineered timber construction.

Collaboration on material research and optimisation, process efficiency and development, manufacturing of high performance building systems

www.blumer-lehmann.com/

Buro Happold

Integrated consulting engineers and advisors. Buro Happold delivers creative, value led building and city solutions for an ever changing world.

Collaboration as consulting Engineer

www.burohappold.com/

FibR GmbH

Specialist contractor. FibR is a construction company realizing architectural fiber composite structures for load bearing structures, facades, and interiors.

Collaboration on new computational design methods and robotic fabrication, novel design and construction repertoire for resource efficient architectural construction

www.fibr.tech

HeidelbergCement

Construction material producer. Market leader in Germany for cement and ready-mix concrete as well as a leader in sand and gravel.

Collaboration on material research and optimisation

www.heidelbergmaterials.com/en

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

Construction material producer - sourcing the right raw materials to reduce carbon emissions. Development of promising innovations in our business areas.

Collaboration on material research and optimisation

www.henkel.com

Jekko s.r.l.

Construction machine manufacturer. Jekko delivers super-technology applied to minicranes that handle and lift loads in worksites.

Collaboration on technology optimisation and new manufacturing processes and tools

www.jekko-cranes.com

KUKA AG

Robot manufacturers and technology supplier. KUKA offers industrial robots in a wide range of versions with various payload capacities and reaches.

Collaboration on production automation, technology and new manufacturing processes and tools

www.kuka.com/

Leica Geosystems AG -Part of Hexagon

Geodetic equipment manufacturer. Leica Geosystems produces products and systems for surveying and geographical measurement

Collaboration on Geodesy and Geoinformation technology

leica-geosystems.com/

Liebherr

Construction machine manufacturer, The Liebherr Group is one of the largest construction machine manufacturers in the world. It is also among the leading providers of technology in many.

Collaboration on technology optimisation and new manufacturing processes and tools

www.liebherr.com

müllerblaustein HolzBauWerke GmbH

Specialist contractor. Müllerblaustein develop, plan and realise efficient building solutions - whether as timber element, timber hybrid, timber module or engineered timber construction.

Collaboration on new robotic fabrication methods in timber construction, manufacturing of high performance building systems

www.muellerblaustein.de/

PERI

Digital tools, wood-based materials and construction-related services.

Collaboration on new environmental demands

www.peri.de

Putzmeister

General building contractor. Putzmeister. is a global leader in concrete and material placing equipment with a worldwide reputation for quality, durability, and innovation

Collaboration on new environmental demands

www.putzmeister.com/

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

American architectural, urban planning and engineering company. SOM is a collective of architects, designers, engineers, and planners working together to build a better future.

Collaboration in Architectural design practices. Part of IntCDC Advisory Board

www.som.com/

Transsolar Energietechnik GmbH

Diverse team of engineers focused on creating climate-responsive built environments.

Collaboration as consulting Engineers

transsolar.com/

Trimble Inc.

Geodetic equipment manufacturer. Trimble Inc. is an American software, hardware, and services technology company

Collaboration on connecting the physical and digital worlds with data and integrated technology

www.trimble.com

WOLFF & MÜLLER Holding GmbH & Co. KG

General building contractor- Focus on specific segments of construction.

Collaboration on the digitalisation of the construction sector

www.wolff-mueller.de

Ed. Züblin AG

General building contractor - Focus on digital transformation.

Collaboration on digitalisation to new environmental and societal demands. Part of IntCDC Advisory Board

www.zueblin.de/

Züblin Timber

Specialist contractor. Challenging and cutting-edge solutions in engineered timber construction.

Collaboration on material research and optimisation, process efficiency and development, manufacturing of high performance building systems

www.zueblin-timber.com/

Industry Consortium

Our Industry Consortium (IC) does not only serve for knowledge exchange and transfer but is also relevant for early career support as a bilateral recruitment platform for all.

Scientific and social relationships are instigated and built up by the IC, so that successful PhDs and postdocs have the opportunity to pursue an industry career.

The IC supports the early career advancement of the clusters of doctoral students and postdocs in the form of mentoring and advice and through mutual research stays.

For further information or in case of questions, please contact the Cluster’s Collaboration’s Manager.

IntCDC Industry Consortium – First Annual Meeting

IntCDC Industry Consortium – Second Annual Meeting

Industry Secondment

The Cluster’s Research Programme facilitates our industrial collaboration and exchange. We offer industry secondments with partners of the Cluster's Industry Consortium (IC) as part of the Cluster’s knowledge transfer measures. We enabling IntCDC’s researchers to spend up to three months in the field with IC companies as part of the support measures for early career researchers.

Similarly, the Cluster will host practitioners from the IC companies for academic internships in its labs at the university.

We provide the funding and scholarships for Incoming and Outgoing.

IntCDC Industry Secondment – Incoming

Application should be handed in 3 month in advance to planned start date.
The call opens each year on September.
The enrolling nomination finishes each year on 31 August.
Information and application documents

IntCDC Industry Secondment – Outgoing

IntCDC participants only.
Application should be handed in 3 month in advance to planned start date.
The call opens each year on September.
The enrolling nomination finishes each year on 31 August.
Information and application documents