History

2024

Restructuring of the gbd Group into two independent business units –
gbd Engineering Services and gbd Testing І Technology І Training Center

Opening of a new location for the Montafon branch

2022

Eugen Schuler's resignation from the management board

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

2021

Opening of the gbd ZT GmbH branch office in Tschagguns

2018
Establishment of gbd BM in Lindau, an engineering firm for construction management

2014 
Rigobert Diem's resignation from the management board

Establishment 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, an engineering firm for structural engineering

2012
Accreditation and notification of gbd Zert GmbH

Establishment of gbd Holding ZT GmbH

Renaming of gbd Mosbacher to gbd Projects GmbH

2011
Establishment of gbd Zert GmbH, a certification body.

Establishment of GFE Engineering in Bolzano, an engineering firm specializing in structural design.

2009
Expansion of gbd Lab's scope of activities: an acoustic test stand is opened in Dornbirn.

2008
Accreditation and notification of gbd Lab GmbH.

2007
Dipl.-Ing. Sigurd Flora and Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Markus Beck M.Eng. join the management board.

Establishment of gbd Lab GmbH, a testing laboratory.

2003
Departure of Dipl.-Ing. Karl Werner Rüsch.

Dipl.-Ing. Heinz Pfefferkorn joins the management board.

Transformation of the GesbR into a ZT GmbH named gbd ZT GmbH.

2001
Dipl.-Ing. Sigurd Flora and Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Markus Beck M.Eng. join the company.

2000
Acquisition of the ANSYS FE package.

1998
Dipl.-Ing. Heinz Pfefferkorn joins the company.

1996 
Following Dipl.-Ing. Eugen Schuler's entry into the management board, the office is renamed to rds.

1990
Dipl.-Ing. Eugen Schuler joins the company.

1988
First CAD workstation implemented; team size: 7 employees.

1987
First PC equipped with Finite Element software.

1978
Establishment of the Rüsch & Diem civil engineering office.

1975
Acquisition of an Olivetti electronic desktop calculator (50 kg).

1973
Dipl.-Ing. Rigobert Diem joins the company.

1969
Dipl.-Ing. Karl-Werner Rüsch takes over his father's office.
Team size: 4 employees.