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On our blog, we collect interesting topics related to the construction industry and our company. Be it digital trends or innovations: We at Dlubal inform you about the current and proven tips & tricks that everyone in the construction industry encounters now and will encounter in the future. We also give you a glimpse behind the scenes of the Dlubal Software company. Are you interested in sustainable building materials and exciting structures? Then go this way to the blog!
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A picture is often worth a thousand words. But it is language, more than anything else, that brings a company to the top of Google's charts. To further advance Dlubal Software, we are looking for a copywriter to add creative input to our team. But what exactly is copywriting?
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Susann Herbrich is our guest in this podcast. We will be talking to her about women in the construction industry and the developments ahead.
The construction industry is tough and, due to social hurdles, women in particular often find it difficult to gain a foothold there. Can women finally assert themselves in the construction industry? How persistent are such prejudices? Our guest today is Jasmin Simader, a structural engineer in the field of industrial and building systems. This time, it is about her job, the situation of women in construction, and how she sees the future of the industry.
Who's the best friend of every construction worker? Regardless of the industry, construction machines facilitate the work on a construction site. However, the machines are not only getting better, they are also becoming more expensive. Our guest today is entrepreneur Maria Obermeier. She runs a construction machine rental business, which is partially well digitized. How does she experience the development of the construction industry and how does she see the future? We are excited!
Nowadays, 3D models are used more and more in structural engineering. But does that even make sense, or are we just following a trend? We have discussed this question in the Dlubal podcast. Here is a summary of the episode.
We engineers prefer it static. In well-known seismic zones, however, we also have to deal with the dynamics. It is our job to ensure that a construction project is safe in a seismic zone. But how exactly do earthquakes occur and how can we ensure that there will be as little damage as possible? You will learn that and more in this episode. Enjoy reading!
In the first half of the 20th century, a disaster happened in the United States that every civil engineer is familiar with. The collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge was fascinating in a very special way. What did we learn about structural design from it? Was there anything good about this collapse?
With everything that happens in our industry, the individual is often neglected. This time, our podcast guests are Jan Zeltmann and Patrick O'Mahony from SelfConcept. In their daily work, they deal with the importance of health in construction, among other things. What can we do to be more successful in both our professional and private lives? Enjoy reading!
Dlubal Software wants to support their customers with webinars, but also training sessions. Therefore, Daniel Dlubal went to the Deggendorf Institute of Technology, Germany, to explain our new software generation RFEM 6.
- 2024-05-03
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- Construction Industry
In Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, the Ryugyong Hotel was to be the tallest hotel in the world. In dictatorship regimes, monumental buildings serve an important purpose: they emphasize the government's claim to power. However, the dream of a propaganda palace failed. How did it happen? Find out more here!
Although it seems like a normal day, the 2nd of January, 2006, changes a lot in the city of Bad Reichenhall. After days of snowfall, the ice rink arena collapses, killing 15 people. How could the roof structure fail without warning, and who is responsible for it?
Last Friday, the Leipzig Dlubal team jumped on the bike saddle together! 14 colleagues went over 30 km from the office to nature. The Leipzig region with its beautiful lakes prods to relaxing and forgetting the stress of everyday life for a few hours.
This year, we were really looking forward to our annual summer event! Employees from all over Germany met at the headquarters in Tiefenbach to spend a day full of good mood, fun, and sun.
The 8th of March is International Women's Day. This has not gone unnoticed by us, either. We are proud to have great female colleagues on our team! Therefore, we would like to thank you again in this blog post. We are happy you are part of our company!
You can find new start-ups pretty much everywhere these days – except in the construction industry. We have wondered why there are so few start-ups in the construction industry. Is it the basic attitude of the industry towards innovations? Is it more difficult to set up a start-up in this area? Fortunately, we have Moritz Lönhoff as our guest today. He is an expert on start-ups and explains it to us. Curious? Enjoy reading!
- 2023-08-31
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- Construction Industry
The renaissance is considered a rediscovery of antiquity and was lived in all sectors of the public, especially in Italy: culture, art, education, as well as architecture. What distinguishes the Renaissance architecture, and what can we learn from it in the modern construction industry?
After smartphones and smartwatches, smart homes have now arrived in our everyday lives. We wonder: How does a smart home work? How advanced is the technology and above all: How safe is it? Can something still be sustainable with so much technology? Our guest, Mario Necker, is an expert in this field and gives us exciting insights into the present and future of Smart Homes.
- 2022-07-12
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- Construction Industry
In the case of this disaster, civil engineers were not guilty. Nevertheless, we will look the behind horizon and talk about this tragedy, which took the lives of too many people.
- 2022-03-31
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- Construction Industry
During South Korea’s building boom of the 1990s, a huge department store is built in Seoul. However, after six years of operation, a disaster with serious consequences takes place. 500 people die. Almost a thousand are injured. How can such a serious disaster occur? Who is to blame? How could it have been prevented?
- 2024-05-22
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- Innovation
It was probably the largest bankrupt construction in Munich and an exclusive club where you could dance with sharks. Sounds crazy? That's just it! In the 1970s, the Schwabylon was a huge leisure and shopping center, right next to the associated Yellow Submarine Club. What was planned as a utopian dream, became an economic nightmare. After just a few years, it was over: too big, too flashy, too expensive. Unfortunately, both institutions no longer exist today. We take you on a journey through the history of the famous Schwabylon with the Yellow Submarine club.