Germany

For Office applications: Intelligent interfaces to the German GAEB standard

If European construction companies want to participate in German invitations to bid, they have to use the so-called GAEB file format. At very little expense, European construction companies can now carry out a data exchange with architects and contracting authorities that work in accordance with the GAEB standard.   All it requires is to have an application package like Microsoft Office or a cost-free Office like OpenOffice available. The only other thing that is needed is the small but practical software app, GAEB-Online 2016 from the “gaeb-online company” in Walzbachtal which provides the interface. To communicate an offer in Germany, the architect...