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Kick-off for the RCC4ÖAG Research Project – Focus on Automated openBIM Validation Processes

12. May 2026

Bild der Projektpartner:innen des Projekts RCC4ÖAG

With the RCC4ÖAG research project – Regulatory Criteria Check for Public Clients – a new initiative is being launched that addresses a…

Research unit Digital Building Process at the buildingSMART International Summit in Porto

27. March 2026

This photo shows a delegation from the Digital Building Process research unit at the bSI Summit in Porto

Perfect timing to publish the BIMcert handbook in Portuguese.

BIMcert Handbook 2026 published

18. March 2026

The authors Christian Schranz, Harald Urban, Simon Fischer, Christoph Carl Eichler, Tina Krischmann and Markus Hopferwieser published 2026 again…

Digital Building Permit Conference 2025 at the TU Wien

09. December 2025

The picture shows the team of the research unit Digital Building Process on the stage of the Digital Building Permit Conference

The Digital Building Permit Conference took place from 2 to 4 December 2025, co-organised by the Digital Construction Process Research Group at TU…

New Paper about Augmented Reality in the Hearing of a Building Authority Process published

20. November 2025

The picture shows the title page of the publication including journal name, title, authors and abstract. — © Building Research & Information

Harald Urban, Gabriel Pelikan, Konstantin Höbart, Christian Schranz and Alexander Gerger have published a paper on the use of Augmented Reality in the…

New Paper about Augmented Reality in the Building Authority Process published

15. September 2025

Alexander Gerger, Harald Urban, Konstantin Höbart, Gabriel Pelikan and Christian Schranz have published a paper on the use of Augmented Reality in the…

New paper about generating Information Delivery Specifications (IDS) published

03. April 2025

Simon Fischer, Harald Urban, Christian Schranz and Gerhard Zucker have published a paper on the generation of information delivery specifications from…

New paper about extending Information Delivery Specification (IDS) published

08. November 2024

Simon Fischer, Harald Urban, Christian Schranz, Patrick Loibl, and Léon van Berlo have published a paper on the extension of the Information Delivery…

ZDB attending the buildingSMART International Summit in Marrakesh

07. October 2024

The picture shows Simon Fischer on the stage of the buildingSMART Summit 2024 in Marrakesh holding his keynote. — © Jan Morten Loës

The team of the ZDB presented their latest research findings on the topic of BIM-based building permission at the joint CIB W78 Conference and…

New paper about the storage of escape routes in BIM models published

19. July 2024

Simon Fischer, Harald Urban, Christian Schranz, Matthias Haselberger and Florian Schnabel have published a paper in the scientific journal…

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SimpleSAML	This is needed to distinguish between the sessions of the logged-in users.	session	HTTP	Login TU Wien
SimpleSAMLAuthToken	This is needed to distinguish between the sessions of the logged-in users.	session	HTTP	Login TU Wien
fe_typo_user	Is needed so that in case of a Typo3 frontend login the session ID is recognized to grant access to protected areas.	session	HTTP	Homepage TU Wien
staticfilecache	Is needed to optimize the delivery time of the website.	session	HTTP	Homepage TU Wien
JESSIONSID	Is needed so that in case of a LectureTube the session ID is recognized to grant access to protected areas.	session	HTTP	LectureTube TU Wien
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Name	Purpose	Lifetime	Type	Provider
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_pk_ref	Is used to store the information of the users home website.	6 months	HTML	Matomo TU Wien
_pk_ses	Is needed to store temporary data of the visit.	30 minutes	HTML	Matomo TU Wien

Name	Purpose	Lifetime	Type	Provider
facebook	Is used to Enable ad delivery or retargeting	90 days	HTTP	Meta
__fb_chat_plugin	Is needed to store and track interactions (marketing/tracking).	persistent	HTTP	Meta
_js_datr	Is needed to save user settings.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
_fbc	Is needed to save the last visit (marketing/tracking).	2 years	HTTP	Meta
fbm	Is needed to store account data (marketing/tracking).	1 year	HTTP	Meta
xs	Is needed to store a unique session ID (marketing/tracking).	1 year	HTTP	Meta
wd	Is needed to log the screen resolution.	1 week	HTTP	Meta
fr	Is needed to serve ads and measure and improve their relevance.	3 months	HTTP	Meta
act	Is needed to store logged in users (marketing/tracking).	90 days	HTTP	Meta
_fbp	Is needed to store and track visits to various websites (marketing/tracking).	3 months	HTTP	Meta
datr	Is needed to identify the browser for security and website integrity purposes, including account recovery and identification of potentially compromised accounts.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
dpr	Is used for analysis purposes. Technical parameters are logged (e.g. aspect ratio and dimensions of the screen) so that Facebook apps can be displayed correctly.	1 week	HTTP	Meta
sb	Is needed to store browser details and security information of the Facebook account.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
dbln	Is needed to store browser details and security information of the Facebook account.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
spin	Is needed for promotional purposes and social campaign reporting.	session	HTTP	Meta
presence	Contains the "chat" status of logged in users.	1 month	HTTP	Meta
cppo	Is needed for statistical purposes.	90 days	HTTP	Meta
locale	Is needed to save the language settings.	session	HTTP	Meta
pl	Required for Facebook Pixel.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
lu	Required for Facebook Pixel.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
c_user	Required for Facebook Pixel.	3 months	HTTP	Meta
bcookie	Is needed to store browser data (marketing/tracking).	2 years	HTTP	LinkedIn
li_oatml	Is needed to identify LinkedIn members outside of LinkedIn for advertising and analytics purposes.	1 month	HTTP	LinkedIn
BizographicsOptOut	Is needed to save privacy settings.	10 years	HTTP	LinkedIn
li_sugr	Is needed to store browser data (marketing/tracking).	3 months	HTTP	LinkedIn
UserMatchHistory	Is needed to provide advertising or retargeting (marketing/tracking).	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
linkedin_oauth_	Is needed to provide cross-page functionality.	session	HTTP	LinkedIn
lidc	Is needed to store performed actions on the website (marketing/tracking).	1 day	HTTP	LinkedIn
bscookie	Is needed to store performed actions on the website (marketing/tracking).	2 years	HTTP	LinkedIn
X-LI-IDC	Is needed to provide cross-page functionality (marketing/tracking).	session	HTTP	LinkedIn
AnalyticsSyncHistory	Stores the time when the user was synchronized with the "lms_analytics" cookie.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
lms_ads	Is needed to identify LinkedIn members outside of LinkedIn.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
lms_analytics	Is needed to identify LinkedIn members for analytics purposes.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
li_fat_id	Required for indirect member identification used for conversion tracking, retargeting and analytics.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
U	Is needed to identify the browser.	3 months	HTTP	LinkedIn
_guid	Is needed to identify a LinkedIn member for advertising via Google Ads.	90 days	HTTP	LinkedIn