History

Restructuring of the gbd Group into two independent business divisions—
, gbd Engineering Services, and gbd Testing, Technology, and Training Center

Opening of the new Montafon branch location

Eugen Schuler Steps Down from the Executive Board

Opening of a branch office of gbd GFE GmbH in Brunico (IT)

Opening of the gbd ZT GmbH branch office in Tschagguns

2018
: Founding of gbd BM in Lindau, a construction management engineering firm

2014
Rigobert Diem Steps Down from the Executive Board

Founding of gbd Hydro GmbH in Steyr, Upper Austria, a certification body for mechanical engineering

Renaming of GFE Engineering to gbd GFE GmbH

2013
Opening of the gbd ZT branch office in Vienna, a structural engineering firm

2012
Accreditation and notificationof gbd Zert GmbH

Founding of gbd Holding ZT GmbH

Renaming of gbd Mosbacher to gbd Projects GmbH

2011
Establishment of the certification body gbd Zert GmbH, certification body

Founding of GFE Engineering in Bolzano, a structural engineering firm

2009
Expansion of gbd Lab’s scope of operations: Acoustic test facility opens in Dornbirn

2008
Accreditation and notification of gbd Lab GmbH

2007
: Dipl.-Ing. Sigurd Flora and Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Markus Beck, M.Eng., jointhe management team

Founding of the testing laboratory gbd Lab GmbH, Testing Laboratory

2003
Departure of Karl Werner Rüsch, B.S. in Engineering

Heinz Pfefferkorn, B.S. in Engineering, Joins the Executive Board

Conversion of the general partnership into a limited liability company (ZT GmbH) under the name gbd ZT GmbH

2001
: Joined by Sigurd Flora, B.Eng., and Markus Beck, B.Eng. (FH), M.Eng.

2000
Purchase of the ANSYS FE package

1998: Heinz Pfefferkorn, B.S. in Engineering, joins

1996
Following the appointment of Dipl.-Ing. Eugen Schuler to the management team, the firm is renamed rds

1990: Eugen Schuler, B.S. in Engineering, joins

1988
First CAD workstation, team size: 7 employees

1987
First PC with finite element software

1978
Founding of the civil engineering firm Rüsch & Diem

1975
Purchase of an Olivetti electronic desktop calculator (50 kg)

1973: Rigobert Diem, B.S.E., joins

1969
: Karl-Werner Rüsch, M.Eng., takes over his father’s firm
Team size: 4 employees