The International Fire Academy is Europe‘s leading fire academy for instruction and training in underground transportation facilities. An expert team delivers the Swiss tunnel training in Switzerland, a country known for its many tunnels, using a training concept that has been specially developed for the purpose and which enjoys extensive support. At the heart of the fire academy are two unique, gas-fired tunnel exercise facilities in the Swiss towns of Balsthal and Lungern, in which students can be deployed and trained on a 1:1 basis.

Responsible for implementation and roll-out of OLMeRO’s collaboration platform in Switzerland, Urs Kummer introduced this new service for the Swiss construction industry and their domestic and international projects. Urs Kummer was accountable for sales, consulting, support and product development.Successful project work means seizing opportunities, minimising risks, optimising the use of resources. By using OLMeRO’s project collaboration platform, you will reach these goals. This collaboration platform guarantees that everyone has access to the latest project information – anytime and anywhere. It enables the centralisation of all information between all project partners.

As product manager, Urs Kummer was in charge of the software product “Global Information Network”, a webbased knowledge management system developed by The Virtual World Company. As a well experienced project manager he was accountable for various IT projects. He also supported the management board in quality management, acquisition and publishing.The Virtual World Company is a full service Intranet partner. Its professional team of highly qualified experts is specialized in developing solutions specific to the Intranet. They support client’s communication and information sharing needs with an independent, service-oriented focus, and state of the art know-how. Keywords: IT Consulting, Web Application Development, Java Enterprise Computing, Information and Knowledge Management, Maintenance & Support.

Urs Kummer worked as a project manager in the construction division. He successfully managed various domestic and international projects.The Gruner group is an independent engineering and consulting company based in Switzerland. Founded in 1862, the company today has a staff of about 1000 employees. As a leading Swiss engineering group it offers an extensive service portfolio in all areas of structural and civil engineering, construction management, building services engineering, energy and environmental technology.