Central Association of the German Building Industry
The Central Association of the German Building Industry (ZDB) is a central organization of the building industry in Germany with its seat in Berlin . The ZDB was founded in 1899 as the German employers' association for the construction industry .
organization
The organization is an amalgamation of individual associations and represents around 35,000 German craft businesses in the construction industry . Around 75% of those employed in the main construction trade come from the trade and work in the construction trade (as opposed to industry).
The central association has the functions of a
- Trade association . He represents the interests of his members and acts u. a. in legislation. In this way, the association tries to influence the design of the framework conditions.
- Employers' association , it is thus a collective bargaining and social partner and as such, together with the Main Association of the German Construction Industry and IG BAU, designs the framework conditions for collective bargaining; jointly, we also influence supplementary statutory regulations.
- Technical association (participation in standards at German and European level). Here, too, the association represents the interests of its medium-sized members and opposes the scientification of standardization.
The association has three association levels: guilds, regional and professional associations, central association; In addition, the companies are organized horizontally subject-specific (expansion, building construction, traffic route construction) in the federal specialist groups. organized. The ZDB board consists of the president, three vice-presidents and nine other members; two members are also co-opted.
Federal specialist groups
- Concrete stone, prefabricated parts, terrazzo and natural stone
- Screed and covering
- Tiling and slab laying
- Timber construction and expansion
- Stucco-plaster-drywall
- Heat, cold, sound and fire protection
- Firing, chimney and industrial furnace construction
- Building construction
- Well construction, special civil engineering and geotechnical engineering
- Road and civil engineering
President
- Herbert Brinkmann, President from 1947 to 1951
- Ernst Liebergesell , President from 1951 to 1968
- Ernst Hackert, President from 1968 to 1978
- Fritz Eichbauer , President 1978 to 2000, Honorary President since 2000
- Arndt Frauenrath, President from 2000 to 2006
- Hans-Hartwig Loewenstein , President 2006 to 2018
- Reinhard Quast, President since 2018
Awarding
The association awards the Konrad Zuse Medal every two years for services to computer science in the construction industry .