2020 was a year like no other.

Doka India officially inaugurated its new office and onboards its official channel partners in Nepal and Sri Lanka.

The EAP region accounts for a large proportion of global construction output, measured by Total Construction Output (TCO), which is the sum of the residential construction, non-residential construction and civil engineering. The high TCO level is accompanied by high dynamics: Annual real growth rates of around 4.4% per annum are expected for the period 2019 to 2021 for the EAP region. For comparison: The World-TCO real growth rates are expected to rise by 3.3% per year in this period.

Within the EAP region, the Philippines is one of the fastest growing countries with annual growth expectations of the TCO of over 8% between 2019 and 2021.

Craig Cerff holds a bachelor’s degree as well as a master’s degree in Wood Science from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. In addition, he obtained an MBA from the Edinburgh Business School in 2000. In 2018, he joined Doka East Asia & Pacific as Head of Sales. Six months later he took over the Managing Director position at Doka Malaysia. During his previous role, Craig has been responsible for sales across nine local branches and four overseas branches (Namibia, Mozambique, Tanzania and Nigeria). He has more than 14 years of outstanding national as well as international Sales Management experience with Peri in South Africa.

3D technology has been used in the field of formwork for a long time. Initially, it was confined to the virtual world of computing, where it was used for three-dimensional formwork design. Nowadays, though, it is being used more and more on the construction site itself, sometimes in the form of formwork parts produced by 3D printers, sometimes even entire building elements manufactured additively. Doka and its parent company, the Umdasch Group, have embraced these new technologies.

The jubilee year provided double reason to celebrate

The training in the Doka Forum in Amstetten has paid off for Michael Haydn and Alexander Hiesberger: The both Austrian young formwork engineers from the company Strabag won the gold medal at the “World Skills 2015” in the “Concrete Construction Work” category.

Whereas during the "Oscars" films receive awards, the "Business Oscars" (“WirtschaftsOskar”) recognise special business achievements in the US market.
This year Doka is nominated in the "Spectacular" category.

The international Josef Umdasch Research Prize awarded by the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences for outstanding achievements in the field of forestry and timber science is endowed with 30,000 Euro prize money. As a result of the high quality of entries submitted, the award was split between two winners. The recipients were honoured during an academic ceremony.

The construction of the new European Central Bank (ECB) is finished.