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Curtain up for Nikolaus Fuchs - Austrian Institute of Construction Engineering
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Curtain up for Nikolaus Fuchs

We regularly bring OIB team members in front of the curtain to introduce them to you.
Who are the people who work at OIB? What do they do? Which buildings fascinate you?
They answer these and other questions in short interviews.

Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Nikolaus Fuchs, Head of Unit Product Information for the Construction Industry and Chairman of the Works Council, will kick things off.

My name:

Nicholas Fuchs

What is my area of responsibility at OIB?

Product Contact Point

What project am I particularly involved in at the moment?

The New EU Construction Products Regulation

If I had to describe OIB in three words, they would be …

Professional competence, overview, cooperation

What do many people not know about my work?

I am not only confronted with a wide range of issues, but also with many interesting people

Which word or abbreviation in everyday OIB life regularly makes my head spin?

Delimitation of competences between the federal government and the federal states

After a hard day’s work, the best way to recharge my batteries is to…

Swim, go for a short walk in the woods or lie down on the sofa

I am particularly fascinated by this building or technical detail:

Ant hills built into a tuft of grass, which promote the grass and use it for shading and stabilization

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