Reference name: VIZITERV

Water Management Design Company

Type:
company
Date of foundation:
1954.01.01
Address:
Budapest V,. Apáczai Exchange János street
II., Frankel Leó u.
V., Münnich Ferenc u. 36 (now 36 Nádor u.)
The road of King Louis XIV.
Founders:
  • National Directorate General of Water Management - as a central planning office
  • Main goals and areas of activity

    Their activities extend to solving water management problems in Hungary and in the form of extensive export activities, as well as

    technical preparation of the long-term and framework plan for water management,

    planning of water management facilities of national importance.

    Senior management
    • Emil Mosonyi, director 1954-1957
    • István György, director 1958-1974
    • Ede Kertai, CEO 1974-1976
    • Árpád Kocsis, CEO 1976-1982
    • Ferenc Papp, CEO 1983-1988
    • József Éhn, CEO 1988-1991
    • László Koós, director 1992-1994
    • Laszlo Csapó, director 1994-1996
    Key figures, key people
    • Endre Juhász, office manager and chief engineer (1962-1985)
    • Edit Istvánné Bokó, head of the computer science department
    Number of IT employees
    1954: 300 people, 1954: 520 people, 1975: 1000 people
    Computer equipment park

    The computer center, which was built in cooperation with KFKI and was based on a TPA 1148 computer configuration with multiple terminal access options and graphic peripherals, provided a good opportunity to perform computer tasks at the corporate level. The BENSON graphic peripherals were suitable for visual display and drawing. An ARISTO A1-sized digitizer was also part of the system.

    IT developments/products/Projects

    Topics of the most significant domestic works:

    • Regional water management
    • River and lake regulation
    • Regional water management, storage
    • Water supply, water treatment
    • Sewerage, wastewater treatment
    • Agricultural water use
    • Technical development, technical education and training, water standardization
    • The Kiskörei Watergate and its related facilities were designed,
    • the Körösladány Watergate,
    • the Sió estuary work,
    • and the Gabcikovo—Nagymaros Water Barrier system. The static calculations of the latter were performed on the NIMIGÜSZI Elliott 803/B computer under the leadership of Dezső Holnapy.

    Countries of work abroad: Algeria, India, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Libya, Mongolia, Nigeria, Sudan, Tunisia, Vietnam.

    Transformations

    The official names of the company during the period under review, 1954-1996:

    1954.01.01-1964.06.30 Water Resources Planning Office,

    1964.07.01-1968.04.18 OVF Water Management Planning Company

    1968.04.19-1990.07.31 Water Management Planning Company

    1990.08.01-1994.06.30 VIZITERV Engineering Services Company

    After 1994.07.01 VIZITERV Engineering Services Ltd.

    After full privatization in 1996, VIZITERV Consult Ltd.

    Interesting facts

    The establishment was achieved by merging the Agricultural Water Planning Office (MEVITERV), the Hydropower Plant Planning Office (VITI) and the Large Canals Department that had previously operated at the MÉLYÉPTERV.

    The Computer Science Department was established in VIZITERV in 1984 from the previously operating computer science unit. The department had 10 employees, of which 4 had a technical degree, 2 had a mathematics degree, and 3 had a computer science degree, and 1 person performed administrative duties.

    The basic tasks of the Computer Science Department were as follows:

    • Providing computer application development and programming work that matches the company's technical design profile and meets design needs
    • operation of self-developed technical and administrative applications and CAD systems.

    In the early 90s, with the reorganization of the company, the Computer Engineering Department was discontinued.

    Source works
    • Visit plan story
    • Ferenc Papp: VIZITERV Water Planning Company 1954-1996 (HISTORY OF HUNGARIAN DESIGN AGENCIES, book compiled by the Construction Information Center Ltd. Budapest 2001)
    • Istvánné Bokó: VIZITERV Computer Science Department (Istvánné Bokó Edit, head of department)

    Created: 2022.03.16. 18:58
    Last modified: 2024.04.13. 20:35
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