General Design Contractor

Comprehensive design. Successful projects.

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We tie everything together

The General Design Contractor department of Zentrale Technik is responsible for the overall design of construction projects.

Our focus is on supporting our clients as partners, connecting all stakeholders from the early stages of the project, ensuring a seamless design process, and maintaining close links between design and construction.

The goal: to provide the best possible design support for your construction project – because the success of your project is also our success.

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Integrated design = design without limits

In our projects as a General Design Contractor, we emphasise interdisciplinary collaboration right from the start. We handle all the design services required for a construction project, leveraging the broad network of experts at Zentrale Technik.

The benefit for you: we act as your dedicated point of contact, coordinating all design processes, minimising interfaces and ensuring transparency throughout the project. Thanks to our professional project management, we guarantee coordinated, comprehensive design – taking into account sustainability goals, the construction process and subsequent building operation.

People work together on laptops in a meeting room while a building model is displayed on a screen - a typical working environment for holistic design. © Daniel Wanders/STRABAG

Digital design = design of tomorrow

To design complex construction projects in a sustainable and cost-effective manner, we utilize structured processes and digital tools. Our design teams are efficiently managed through standardised workflows – with a strong emphasis on quality, transparency and collaboration.

A key element of this is the consistent application of the BIM method. It enables effective data management, creates transparency within the project team and forms the basis for seamless, holistic design.

What advantages do we offer as a General Design Contractor?

Our departmenttakes overall responsibility for the comprehensive design of your construction project – across all project phases. 

  • A single point of contact for all design services
  • Holistic planning with an interdisciplinary approach
  • Binding quality, cost and deadline targets for design projects
  • Consistency across design, construction and operation
  • Increased efficiency through coordinated design workflows
  • As a General Design Contractor, we bundle the expertise of the Zentrale Technik for your construction project and form a strong team. Our aim is to efficiently steer complex projects to success through clearly defined processes and a collaborative approach.

    Selma Niederhoff
    Head of the General Design Contractor department
  • What is a General Design Contractor?

    Our answer: Overall responsibility for all design services - from A to ZT!

    With us, you have a single point of contact who coordinates and integrates all design disciplines. This not only saves time and money, but also contributes to quality assurance and better controllability of the overall project.

  • Why employ us as a General Design Contractor?

    Our answer: to master complexity!

    Construction projects are becoming increasingly technically demanding and complex. Issues such as digitalisation, sustainability, cost-effectiveness, innovation, and the coordination of numerous specialist disciplines and trades present a wide range of challenges. To address these challenges, our work brings all design services under one roof and takes charge of coordinating all specialist disciplines and trades. 

    With our department, you have a single point of contact, clearly defined responsibilities, minimal interfaces and therefore design security from a single source.

  • What does integrated design mean?

    Our answer: Expertise. Collaboration. Communication.

    Integrated planning is a holistic approach to planning and construction in which all relevant disciplines work closely together from the outset. The aim is to create a perfectly coordinated, sustainable and cost-effective building. The fundamental principles of integrated and holistic planning are the early involvement of all stakeholders, interdisciplinary collaboration, networked thinking and the use of digital tools.

  • What does a General Design Contractor do?

    Our answer: Successfully designing as a team

    A General Design Contractor takes responsibility for the entire design of a construction project. They put together a team of architects, engineers and specialist planners and coordinate the entire planning process. They put together a team of architects, engineers and specialist designers and coordinate the entire design process. The General Design Contractor department of Zentrale Technik delivers technically challenging projects through the targeted, integrated deployment of internal and external designers. In doing so, we ensure that project objectives are met and keep deadlines and costs firmly under control.