STRABAG BMTI: Simple, Secure, Scalable

A multinational construction fleet, one platform.

On 11 February 2026 at the Sauerland Stern-Hotel in Willingen, two people walked on stage at the 54th VDBUM Grand Seminar to make a shared argument: large-scale construction telematics does not have to be complicated. Christian Meschnig, CEO of Rosenberger Telematics, and Dipl.-Ing. Christoph Kellner, Telematics Project Manager at STRABAG BMTI, presented to an audience of construction machinery professionals in a 35-minute session: “Telematics made easy: How Rosenberger Telematics is digitising the construction industry, simply, securely, and scalably.”

STRABAG BMTI is the group-wide mechanical engineering service provider for the STRABAG Group, responsible for managing mobile equipment, construction machinery, vehicles, and devices, across more than 15 countries. The partnership with Rosenberger Telematics has been active since 2018.

The challenge: heterogeneous fleets, multiple data sources

STRABAG BMTI’s machine park is not homogeneous. Different equipment brands, different data formats, different telematics protocols, all generating data in parallel, with no single view of the whole. The construction industry’s standard challenge, at international scale.

Commander addressed this through a structured five-step approach demonstrated in the presentation:

1. Data import: connecting existing data sources without replacing hardware
2. Source integration: consolidating feeds from disparate systems into one platform
3. Data harmonisation: standardising formats and resolving conflicts automatically
4. Use case development: building the reporting and operational workflows on top of clean data
5. Integration into existing systems: fitting Commander into the organisation’s wider IT landscape

The result: a transparent, controllable view of fleet and machine park operations, across all brands, all countries, from one interface.

Secure by design. Scalable by architecture.

A critical point in the presentation was operational security. Commander runs in a private cloud environment, hosted at conova communications GmbH in Salzburg, Austria. Data does not transit public cloud infrastructure. For an organisation operating across 15+ countries, the ability to consolidate sensitive operational data within a controlled, GDPR-compliant environment is not a feature. It is a requirement.

The platform’s streaming architecture was designed for scale. Adding new countries, new equipment types, or new data sources is configuration work, not an IT project.

Christoph Kellner said it plainly in the session: “Telematics must function in daily operations. Data quality, standardisation, and scalability are the key success factors.” Christian Meschnig added: “STRABAG standing with us sends a strong signal. Our collaboration targets international rollout — reliability is crucial.”

Live demo at Booth 51

Alongside the conference presentation, the Rosenberger Telematics team ran live Commander demonstrations at Booth 51 throughout the four-day seminar. Attendees could see the platform in action on a real construction dataset, from machine location and status to utilisation analysis and compliance reporting.