The lifecycle phases of real estate are becoming shorter. Bricks and mortar or other long-lasting materials traditionally accounted for the bulk of the costs of a building. Today, it's short-lived technical and usage-specific infrastructure which dominate the costs. Traditionally, the main costs beyond construction were heating and maintenance. Today, the ongoing costs of maintaining a building make up the majority the of the lifetime costs of the building. Traditionally, buildings were built for the eternity. Today, the owner has to consider later conversions even during the initial construction phase.

Due to these shortened lifecycle and usage phases, real estate is no longer the safe long-term financial investment as it once was. In fact, it has become a significantly more risky investment. In order to effectively manage these risks, real estate must be actively managed throughout the entire lifecycle.

Successful real estate requires more than just an ideal location, dynamic architcture, and effective cost control. More importantly, successful real estate demands that these and other factors harmonize well together. It is the combination of multiple well-managed elements that creates long-term success.

The real estate manager requires at all times a high transparency of all processes concerning the real estate and the possibility to react quickly to changes in the market and the community. Such transparency can be provided by software which encompasses data regarding all aspects of the real estate - from the initial planning to the tearing-down - and enables rapid decision making.

conject is the only software provider which covers all processes throughout the lifecyle of real state: from the planning and construction through to the management and usage of the real estate, encompassing both the technical as well as the financial aspects. With conject, a real estate manager has a software partner which has a product that covers all processes surrounding real estate.

Many real estate problems occur along the interface between construction and building management, the interface between technical planners and financial controllers, the interface between facility managers and subcontractors. If all of these particpants also use special software for their particular segment, the interface and communication problems are only magnified. Stand-alone solutions increase the problem. conject is the only provider worldwide, which offers all solutions from a single hand.

Planning and control of all core processes for the construction and management of real estate "on demand?" With conject, ILM is always available on demand - 24/7, location indepenent, and configured for your specific needs.

conject invests significant money, time and effort in ILM research. Examples include the annual ILM Conference, ILM research projects, and the ILM Institute. Through this research, conject remains at the forefront of ILM thought and technology and its software maintains a sizeable competitive edge. This benefits all of our customers.