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| Joint Research Of Hochtief And Stanford University Into Virtual Construction Hochtief as world market leader in the field of four-dimensional Virtual Design and Construction (ViCon) now is a member of the Center for Integrated Facility Engineering network of experts. Hochtief‘s membership in CIFE is limited to an initial two years. It offers the opportunity of exchanging ideas and experience with research institutes and other member companies such as Intel and Walt Disney Imagineering. In addition, Hochtief donates USD 300, 000 to support the work of young researchers in the field of Virtual Design and Construction. Virtual design not only optimizes the construction process of projects. As even the future operations in a shopping center or in a tunnel can be simulated, Hochtief also reduces the life-cycle costs. The company has therefore made ViCon a key subject of research and has already digitally planned and improved 68 major projects worldwide. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Construction News :: home page |