The GWS cuts the first sod for extension building

Just two years after the GWS has moved into its new building in the industrial area of Münster Loddenheide, this company facilities have become too small. The first sod for an extension building has been cutted in the presence of the management of the GWS, the architects, the building contractor as well as the regional business promotion.

This building enables the GWS to accommodate the fast growing staff numbers and meets the latest requirements on workplace design and employee communications. About 370 people are currently employed in the IT service provider, which is one of the best and most successful Microsoft partners worldwide. And new employees are being sought. The new office wing that is connected directly to the existing four-storied property provides space for approximately 200 employees with a total of 3,400 square meters. Here, new offices, communication areas and meeting rooms as well as a gym will be housed. Furthermore, the latest insights on workplace design, ergonomics and office design will be considered. Thus, for example, “Smart Working Places” will be integrated, whose rooms will not only be equipped with the latest IT infrastructure, but will also include their own creativity and communication zones.

Product Forum – make IT tangible
Also planned is a product forum. There, the industry solutions of the GWS will be visualized at several stations and demonstration areas on a so-called “Customer Journey” and development opportunities will be identified. Basis will be gevis ERP | NAV and gevis ERP | AX, the industry solutions offered by the GWS. Both are based on the respective Microsoft ERP solutions and their core target groups are cooperating trading companies from the technical trade, steel trade, building materials trade, plumbing and electrical trade, car parts trade, food trade and the Raiffeisen sector.

High quality employment is important
Georg Mersmann, Managing Director of GWS: “As a company that has been growing continuously and that has permanent need for well-qualified staff, we know the importance of a good job quality. Only if people feel comfortable in their work environment, they perform optimally and stay with the company in the long term. The awards that we receive regularly for employees’ orientation and promotion, show us that we are on the absolute right way.” As a Münsteranian company, the GWS supports and promotes employees who come to work by bicycle and by public transport. Directly next to the building, parking lots as well as 180 covered bicycle parking will be available.

Proven construction team
As with the first building, the company Landheer Architekten is responsible for the exterior design and planning. Building contractor is the group of companies DERWALD from Dortmund – also like last time. The occupation of the building is planned in the summer of 2017.

Ground-breaking ceremony
At the ground-breaking ceremony (image) were present: Falko Derwald (DERWALD Bauunternehmen GmbH & Co. KG), Uwe Landheer (Landheer Architekten), Udo Lorenz and Georg Mersmann (Management of the GWS), Detlef Thiemann (Authorized Signatory and Head of Commercial Management at the GWS) and Dr. Thomas Robbers (CEO of the regional business promotion).

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