The association aims to conduct training, education, and further education as well as consulting services in the field of building technology. It develops, examines, and accompanies technical guidelines, standards, documentation, and other professional foundations for building technology and related disciplines. The association can trade in products, software, teaching materials, and equipment that are directly or indirectly related to its activities. The association can establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other domestic and foreign enterprises, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable for promoting the purpose of the association or are directly or indirectly related thereto. It can acquire, manage, encumber, and dispose of real estate, intellectual property rights, and licenses of all kinds.