Schmid Oliver

grad. architect ETH/SIA, MBA HSG, Partner, Head of Bern department

Oliver Schmid studied architecture and urban development at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and obtained his diploma in 1983 from Professor Alexander Henz. Between 1989 and 1991, he was a postgraduate student of business management at the University of St. Gallen where he obtained an executive MBA HSG.

Following his studies in Zurich, he joined Suter+Suter AG in 1983 where he worked in Berne and was responsible for various planning projects, predominantly in the industrial as well as in the hospital sector, initially as a design architect and later as project manager. In 1993, after completing his supplementary studies in St. Gallen, he became divisional manager at Suter+Suter Berne and was made branch manager in 1995. In the autumn of 1995, he played a decisive role in the formation and successful development of the B+P branch in Berne of which he is still the manager today.

As a member of the company management, Oliver Schmid’s responsibility includes the business area health care and thus the B+P business area smeco (swiss medical consulting). Given his experience gained in various assignments as representative of building owners as well as in major general contractor projects, he is also responsible for the B+P management system “Cockpit”.

Oliver Schmid is a member of the SIA Fee Commission 102 (architects) and 112 (performance model).