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bbv Software Services received the Microsoft .NET Swiss Innovation Award 2010 for its project GARAtre. Microsoft .NET Swiss Innovation Award is a Microsoft Switzerland award that aims to reward the most innovative Swiss projects based on the latest Microsoft development technologies.

GARAtre is a physical modeling application used to layout and dimension aerial tramway systems. It is typically used by aerial tramway engineers in the field as a single-user application. The project nicely demonstrates the usage of .NET / C# in a real-world, regulated and safety-critical environment based on agile software development. The combination of a user-friendly and intuitive UI with complex physical modeling algorithms and automatic verification of regulatory engineering standard fulfillments makes this an outstanding example of an innovative use of Microsoft technologies. Windows Presentation Foundation enables the development team to deliver dynamic user interfaces and based on the Team Foundation Server the correctness of the calculations of the physical models are ensured.