FCP as Partner in the Training LAB
FCP brings in its expertise in digital engineering into the new training lab of “Digital Findet Stadt” as partner. The objective is to prepare companies of the construction and real estate industry for digital and sustainable transformation with practical qualification offers.
Vienna, July 2026 – Digital transformation basically changes the construction and real estate industry. New technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), BIM and automated processes create new opportunities for design, construction and operation of infrastructure and buildings. At the same time the demand for well-founded digital competencies is growing in companies.
Against this background a consortium under the leadership of “Digital Findet Stadt” was assigned with the development and operation of an industry-specific training lab. The project promoted by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) is realized together with Austrian Standards plus, FCP, IG Lebenszyklus Bau, the association of civil engineers and engineering companies (VZI) as well as the association of Austrian project developers of the real estate industry (VÖPE) as well as further project partners.
FCP strengthens the digital transformation of the construction industry
As one of Austria’s leading engineering companies FCP brings in its long-term experience in the field of digital engineering into the training lab. The development of digital methods, intelligent planning processes and data-based bases for decision has been a strategic focus of the company for years as also the latest internal developments showed: the internal PlanZ-App for automated payment plan preparation, AI-assisted event detection in measurement data of vibration measurements as well as the MS Teams-based CDE-solution DPU® - digital project universe.
The training lab has the target to quickly put current digitization know-how into practice and to support companies to successfully apply new technologies to support the digital transformation of the sector. Thus, the project makes an important contribution to competitiveness of the Austrian construction and real estate industry.
The offers are jointly developed with experts from design, engineering, standardization and the real estate sector and consistently orient themselves in the requirements of practice.
Digital engineering as strategic success factor
“For us digital engineering is far more than the digitization of existing processes”, declares FCP managing director Wolf-Dietrich Denk and continues, “The objective is to intelligently connect data, digital technologies and interdisciplinary engineering with each other. This results in more efficient planning processes, higher transparency, better bases for decision as well as more sustainable infrastructure and construction projects.”
„ For us digital engineering is far more than the digitization of existing processes. The objective is to intelligently connect data, digital technologies and interdisciplinary engineering with each other. “
DI Wolf-Dietrich Denk, Managing Director FCP
Jointly shape the future of construction
The challenges of the coming years – from digitization to sustainability up to circular economy – can only be coped with by strong cooperations. The training lab concentrates the competencies of leading organizations of the construction and real estate industry and creates a platform for long-term development of competence.
With its participation FCP underlines its claim to actively help shaping digital transformation of the sector and to accompany companies as reliable partner for digital engineering, digitization, BIM, artificial Intelligence and innovative planning methods.
Fact Box
| Project | Training lab for the construction and real estate industry |
| Target | Development of practical training offers for the promotion of digital and sustainable transformation of the construction and real estate industry |
| Sponsor | Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) |
| Project management | Digital Findet Stadt |
| Consortium partners | Digital Findet Stadt, Austrian Standards plus, FCP – Fritsch, Chiari & Partner ZT GmbH, IG Lebenszyklus Bau, the Association of Civil Engineers and Engineering Companies (VZI), the Association of Austrian Project Developers of the Real Estate Industry (VÖPE) |
| Role of FCP | FCP contributes its expertise in digital engineering, digitization, BIM, data-based planning methods and digital transformation processes |
| Focusses | Generative artificial intelligence (AI), Building Information Modelling (BIM), digital planning and data models, circular economy and sustainable building, digital processes along the whole building and infrastructure life cycle |
| Benefits for companies | Practical qualification offers, establishment of digital competencies, quicker integration of new technologies into the daily routine, strengthening of competitiveness and innovative power |
