Yesterday, on 3rd June 2024, the funding decision for a digitization project coordinated by the Chair of Computing in Engineering was handed over. It was presented by Minister Ina Scharrenbach in the presence of Bochum's Lord Mayor Thomas Eiskirch and representatives of the municipalities, companies and researchers involved in the project.

In order to make construction projects more efficient and flexible, the state project “Innovation in the construction industry” is testing and evaluating digital building applications based on a 3D model from five pilot municipalities. The project, led by chairholder Prof. Dr. Markus König is being funded by the Ministry of Homeland, Municipal Affairs, Building and Digitization of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 18 months with around € 400,000.

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