Germany’s structural steel construction association, Deutscher Stahlbau-Verband (DSTV), has elected Jan Birkemeyer as its new president at its latest members meeting, Kallanish learns.
Birkemeyer sits on the management board of Goldbeck Nord, a construction firm with several branches, mostly in North Rhine Westphalia and northern Germany. He is succeeding Christian Wurst, who held the position for five years, and will remain active as vice president.
According to DSTV’s announcement, Birkemeyer will put a focus of his work on modular and serial construction patterns, which he sees as one solution to bottlenecks in modernisation in Germany.
He will also seek faster procedures for tenders and permissions with public bodies, and to make green steel an element in public tenders.
