Bründl Flagship-Store Kaprun: umdasch realises the most sustainable sports house in the Alps
From 1 October 2021, Bründl Sports will present the most sustainable sports store in the Alps, a completely new and innovative shopping highlight at the foot of the Kitzsteinhorn in Kaprun, Salzburg. Shopfitting as well as digital solutions will be implemented by umdasch The Store Makers according to a concept by the architectural bureau blocher partners – Sustainability certification according to ÖGNI interior included.
Flying high with ESL: From electronic price labelling to a digital all-rounder
The retail sector has long had Electronic Shelf Labeling – ESL for short – on its radar, but now a real boom has taken off with regard to digital labels. Inspired by the coronavirus pandemic, the rapid technological progress and the increasingly attractive cost-benefit ratio, the market is showing growth rates of over 40 percent. Leading retail chains worldwide are investing heavily in the rollout of electronic price labels, which in the meantime have developed into micro-websites.
Safety in construction
Helmut Weißengruber (Doka Austria) and Martin Sonnberger (PORR) explain why having a safety concept is less expensive than having no safety concept at all.
Showroom Leibnitz: smartly interconnected online and offline worlds
Digital solutions at the POS are not an end in themselves – they should support a professional and emotionally charged customer journey. The umdasch shopfitting exhibition in Leibnitz (Austria), the headquarters of the Food Retail Division, has recently been showing how this digital added value can be created in the store. Trends around electronic shelf labelling, digital signage, smart tracking, sensor technology, mobile self check-out and cloud solutions can be experienced live.
Innovation Award of Excellence for DokaXact
Doka has been awarded an Innovation Award of Excellence by the CTBUH 2021 Awards Programme for its DokaXact system. The award will be presented during the CTBUH 2021 Conference, which will be held virtually for the first time from 18-20 May.
SMART solution for planning, monitoring and documentation
With the sensor-based CONTAKT construction site software, Doka offers a digital solution that brings the construction project planned in BIM to life on the real construction site. The new Fröschl office building is an outstanding example of CONTAKT at work.
“Mmmh, that delicious scent!” – umdasch Bake Off Hot Tray: Patented technology for warm pastries at the POS
Recently, the patented umdasch Bake Off Hot Tray has been added to the umdasch Bake Off product family, a modular sales system for baked goods. The warm baked goods enchant with their scent and appeal to all the customers' senses – retailers benefit from additional sales as well as efficient workflows thanks to the integrated technology.
Starting in 2021 with a Sustainability Award and a photovoltaic system in Amstetten
‘Sustainability’ is one of the biggest buzzwords of our time. However, it can be far more than just a buzzword, as two inspirational initiatives from the Umdasch Group and its subsidiary Doka demonstrate. The first is an award honouring new climate-friendly ideas within the company, in which all employees were invited to participate. The other is a huge photovoltaic system installed on the roofs of the company’s production site in Amstetten, which will contribute to a green energy mix in future.
Kuwait’s first in-situ cantilever bridge project
The Nawaseeb Road in Kuwait forms an important part of the country's national infrastructure, providing a strategic, logistical corridor to neighbouring Saudi Arabia. In delivering a solution for the highway bridge section, Doka has helped provide Kuwait with a landmark achievement; its first, in-situ cantilever bridge. As a full-service provider, Doka supplied an all-in-one solution, which included 3D planning, Cantilever Forming Travellers (CFT), and formwork instructors' support to ensure a smooth, fast and cost-effective process.
For the best fans in the world : FC Bayern opens unique project in the world of soccer
The new FC Bayern World opened for all its fans on 10.12.2020 in the heart of the Bavarian capital Munich (DE), directly between the Town Hall and the Frauenkirche. The building, with its boutique hotel, two restaurants and flagship store represents the grand finale of the rich history of the association during its 120th anniversary year and following a sensational season. The retail space was designed and the construction work was implemented by umdasch The Store Makers. The store plays in the retail-champions league across a total area of over 1,000 m².
Shining experience for sun protection umdasch realizes Warema Sun Forum in Wertheim
The new Warema Sun Forum in Wertheim (DE) has been presenting an unprecedented concept for shading systems since the end of November. The extraordinary staging turns the abstract topic of sun protection into an emotional experience. Responsible for the design, digital elements and holistic implementation as general contractor are the Store Makers of umdasch.
Doka now stands for formwork AND scaffolding
Doka now offers formwork solutions AND scaffolding. But this is about more than just products. Well thought-out solutions and services - from planning and engineering to trainings - ensure transparency in complex construction projects, optimization of material flow and cost efficiency.
Interview: Digital Consulting in the new umdasch Innovation Hub Duisburg
Online, offline, no-line: In the new umdasch Innovation Hub in Duisburg, store concepts are being rethought – holistically: The line between digital and analog becomes blurred to form a common whole. Stefan Knoke – General Manager of umdasch Digital Retail – talks about the interaction between digital experts and designers at umdasch, who work side by side in the new Innovation Hub in Duisburg.
Hoşgeldiniz – Welcome, Madosan!
An unusual step in an unusual year? No! A strong foundation with the same values and aims forms a basis for the journey together. umdasch has acquired 55 percent of the Turkish company Madosan with immediate effect.
Making an impression with fair-faced concrete
The new headquarters of Banca Transilvania, situated in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, is an office building, which covers an area of more than 40,000 m2 and a ground area of 6,000 m2. It is a landmark and a special project for Doka Romania and KÉSZ Construction Romania, in terms of the execution of structures with fair-faced concrete requirements on this magnitude.
Interview: Design meets Digital At the Store Makers of umdasch in Duisburg
Maik Drewitz – Shop Consult Director of the Lifestyle Division of umdasch The Store Makers – gives insights into his first 100 days together with umdasch Digital Retail at one location: in 47057 Duisburg, Mülheimer Straße 72-74.
Smart Covid solution for Lockdown II and beyond: Hygiene Station & Customer Flow Management from umdasch
Strict Covid restrictions were once again imposed on the retail trade in Germany, Austria and many other European countries. umdasch offers intelligent solutions for all industries and public areas, which enable contactless disinfection as well as automatic customer counting and access management on a permanent basis.
BIM in the spotlight
One of Northern Europe's tallest office buildings is rising into the sky in the Gårda district in Gothenburg. The 144 metre high building will provide 42,000 square metres of office space over its 36 storeys. This project is unique for Doka in various reasons: it's not just that the BIM experts planned a building entirely in 3D for the first time; two digital services from Doka – Concremote and DokaXact – are making their valuable contribution to construction progress.
Globetrotter Berlin – Outdoor Experience 2.0 Climbing, hiking & informing in the urban jungle
On 1.10.2020 Globetrotter opened its new flagship store in Schloßstraße 20 in Berlin-Steglitz. With concept, planning, shopfitting and digital touchpoints, the Store Makers of umdasch developed the 4,000 square meter outdoor experience center as general contractor together with the Globetrotter team. The result was a "more than just a reinvention" of a successful brand as a spectacular shopping experience. Globetrotter implemented a completely new flagship store concept at its Berlin location. The diverse range of outdoor sports is presented in a pointed manner on four floors. In between, the visitor travels through both established and new highlights of the urban jungle: a repair workshop, the new Innovation Lab as an exhibition and work area including the presentation of innovative brands, exciting test stations, a travel practice for consultations and vaccinations, lovingly staged corner stores and a café in harmony with nature. Visitors will also find the perfect combination of stationary and online retailing in the new flagship store as a holistically well thought-out customer experience.
Dismantling the “Deutsche Welle”
One of Cologne’s landmarks will be gone by 2021: originally, the towers of the former “Deutsche Welle” studio were to be blasted into the ground. However, for various reasons, the plan was changed: the 138 m high towers would be dismantled from top to bottom. Work began in mid-May 2019. In order to ensure that the dismantling could progress in an orderly, and – most importantly – safe way, the contractor called on Doka’s expertise. The Doka specialists planned and assembled the protective screen enclosure and trained the team from BST Becker Sanierungstechnik GmbH to use the automatic climbing technology.
