Professional references in construction as a civil engineer

Guest professor (voluntary work), consulting, business developer and author

Institution: Lviv Polytechnic National University (LPNU)
Location: Rüdesheim, Germany and Lviv, Ukraine
Time: since Dec. 2022
Subject: "International Project Management"

This is my voluntary, unpaid contribution to the war in Ukraine and my support for the reconstruction and rebuilding of Ukraine.

For details please watch these links: Lviv (Winter 2023),
Ukraine (June 2023), Lviv (Autumn 2023) and Online-Tutorials.

As an author, I am working on several books about the subject "Construction Management".

Sabbatical 2022
Location: New Zealand (in winter season!), England, Germany, Swiss, Italy, Austria
Time: Feb 2022 - Nov 2022
Tasks: Biking (>8.000 km) and Hiking
For more details, please watch here!

Full professor
Institution: University of Applied Sciences in Hesse
Faculty: Civil Engineering, Subject "Construction Management"
Location: Hesse, Germany
Time: Feb 2017 - Oct 2021
Subject: Teaching the subject "Construction Management" on Bachelor and Master level
Responsibilities for teaching the following courses:
- fabrication techniques (manufacturing technologies and construction equipment)
- fabrication techniques (for special foundation works and tunnel works)
- work planning (acquisition, tendering, cost estimations)
- time scheduling (basics with MS Project)
- site management (duties of a site manager)
- international project management (acquisition and tendering for projects worldwide)
- basic of international construction contracts (legal systems, FIDIC, NEC)
For more details, please watch here (with best evaluations results of whole faculty)!

Consulting engineer
Company: Codema International GmbH
Location: Offenbach and Phillippsthal, Germany
Time: Jun 2016 - Jan 2017
Project:
- Kainite crystallisation and flotation plant by K+S AG, with a contract value of EUR 180 million
Responsibilities:
- coordinating civil, mechanical and electrical works on site on behalf of the client K+S AG
- time scheduling
- planning logistics on site for the civil, mechanical and electrical works
- managing the most relevant construction meetings and management meetings on site between client (K+S) and approx. 20 (sub)contractors

PhD research associate, lecturer and postdoc
Company: University of the German Federal Armed Forces (UniBwM)
Faculty: Civil Engineering, Institute for Construction Management
Location: Munich, Germany
Time: Jan 2012 - Mar 2016 (in full time)
Time: Oct 2008 - Dec 2011 (in part time)
Responsibilities:
- Doctorate on the following subject:
  Titel: "Project management of large-scale projects in the pre-contract phase"
  Subtitel: "Improvement of the project management of large-scale projects in the tendering phase by analysing the disruptive factors and the conflict potential of construction processes"
  Completed: Dec. 2015 with "magna cum laude" (→ Dr.-Ing.)
- Lecturer of the following courses:
  - cost estimations
  - special foundation works
  - tunnel works
  - international construction projects
  - basics about international construction contracts (FIDIC, NEC)
  - risk management and other courses as required
For more details, please watch here!

Project manager and tender manager for large-scale projects worldwide
Company: BAUER Technologies (BAUER is a world leader in special foundation works)
Location: Schrobenhausen, Germany (BAUER HQ)
Time: Oct 2008 - Dec 2011
Projects:

Mosul Dam Rehabilitation Project (Iraq), with a tender sum of EUR 2 billion (cut-off wall of approx. 200 m depth and more than 5 km length)
→ Location of the site here on Google Maps

Source: own pictures | click to enlarge


Main Dam of approx. 2.3 km length
Spillway	Intake Structure during a sand storm
Main Dam seen from downstream with river Tigris
View from upper reservoir down on dam site	Visit to a restaurant in Erbil, Iraq I love challenging circumstances!

Rehabilitation of Center Hill Dam (Tennessee, USA), cut-off wall for an existing hydro power plant with a contract value of USD >100 million
→ Location of the site here on Google Maps

Source: BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH
Punatsangcchu HEP (Bhutan), cut-off wall for a new hydro power plant with a contract value of EUR 10 million
→ Location of the site here on Google Maps

Source: BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH
Mater Stop Box (Dublin, Ireland), construction pit of an underground station
Crossrail London - Lot C310 (London, England), construction pit of an underground station
Kishanganga HEP (Kashmir, India), cut-off wall for a new hydro power plant
→ Location of the site here on Google Maps
and other projects for special foundation works (cut-off walls, diaphragm walls, construction pits, foundations, piles) worldwide.

Responsibilities:
Work planning, cost estimation and bid preparation (tendering) including process and equipment engineering, analysis of personnel requirements, planning of site installations/ camps/ special security measures, geological determinations and assumptions, quantity estimations, time scheduling, cost analysis and cost verifications, risk analysis and preparation of method statements.

Tender engineer (→ work planner and cost estimator) for projects worldwide
Company: DYWIDAG International GmbH
Location: Munich, Germany
Time: Jan 2006 - Jun 2008
Projects:
- hydro power plant project at Setif-Hodna, Algeria
- mercury decontamination Project at river Nura, Kazakhstan (decontamination of river Nura and a closed tungsten carbide production facility around the village of Temirtau from very high mercury contaminations)
- Conventional Center Kigali and Kibuye, Ruanda
- water supply and waste water treatment facilities Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina-Faso
- Airport Link Tripoli, Libya (tendering and cost estimation of several bridges)
- and other projects worldwide
Responsibilities:
Work planning, cost estimation and bid preparation (tendering) including process and equipment engineering, analysis of personnel requirements, planning of site installations/ camps/ special security measures, quantity estimations, time scheduling, cost analysis and cost verifications, risk analysis.

Claim manager and acting project manager
Company: DYWIDAG Saudi Arabia Co. Ltd.
Location: Jubail, Saudi Arabia
Time: Aug 2005 - Jan 2006
Projects:

Direct Reduction Plant Project (Saudi Iron and Steel Company Ltd. | "Hadeed")
→ Location of the site here on Google Maps

Source: own pictures | click to enlarge

Site board with "Safety Award"	Heat stress relief areas (Temp >35° C)
Foundations with large built-in parts	Concreting large foundations for hot rolling mill
Setup for a pile load test	Measurements during pile load test

Sharq Cooling Tower Project (Eastern Petrochemical Company)
and other projects in "Jubail Industrial Area"

Responsibilities:

site management
claim management
assistance to CEO at DSA Headquarters in Jubail

Site manager
Company: DYWIDAG Saudi Arabia Co. Ltd.
Location: Yanbu al-Bahr, Saudi Arabia
Time: Sep 2004 - Aug 2005
Project:

New Cement Mill No. 3 in Line 4 of Yanbu Cement Company (YCC), with a contract value of EUR 10 million (for civil works only; total approx. EUR 25 million), turnkey project in a consortium with KHD and ABB, FIDIC Yellow Book
→ Location of the site here on Google Maps

Source: own pictures | click to enlarge

Layout site \| click to enlarge	Layout site \| click to enlarge
Mill Building during construction	Installation of pre-cast girders (40 tons) with a 350 tons mobile crane
"Safety First" - site manager checks on scafolding	very high grades of reinforcement
Reconstruction of a silo roof in 78 m height above ground (left: Red Sea, right: desert)
View of construction site from cement silo

Responsibilities:

site management
managing concrete supply (concrete B45 was supplied from a concrete plant in Yanbu al-Bahr in 85 km distance, which had not sufficient experience in producing concrete of grade "B45" in hot climates)
time scheduling for the consortium (DYWIDAG, KHD and ABB)
managing a workforce of 250 labours from Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia

Project manager (East-Europe)
Company: DYWIDAG International GmbH
Location: Munich, Germany | Georgia | Romania
Time: Jan 2004 - Sep 2004
Projects:

Waste water treatment facility in Bukarest (Romania), tender preparation and submission

Rehabilitation of public infrastructure facilities, Phase I (Georgia), with a contract value of EUR 3 million (financed by KfW-Bank)
→ Location of the site here on Google Maps

Source: own pictures | click to enlarge

Project information boards along the way	Local lifting equipment on a scrap yard
Offloading with local lifting equipment (of Russian origin with hand starter)	Offloading with local lifting equipment
Storage of drinking water pipes on sand beds	Due to lack of hotels in this remote area we got a "family accommodation"
At the Ministry of Finances in Tbilisi arranging documents for tax-free delivery and customs clearance	Archaeological findings on the route of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline near Achalziche
Visiting the "Datscha of Stalin" in Georgia	Inside the "Datscha of Stalin"

Responsibilities:
Management of a supply contract for a water supply system for six remote villages in Georgia (located around the Borjomi-Kharagauli-National Park). The contract included the tax-free delivery of 30 km of water pipes diameter up to 450 mm, additional equipment, chlorination and pumping station. Finalizing all documents for the required tax-free delivery to Georgia with all responsible authorities in Tbilisi/Georgia.

Head of Work Planning Department on site and site engineer for "Intake Building"
Company: DYWIDAG International GmbH
Location: Lamjung, Nepal
Time: Aug 2002 - Dec 2003
Project:

Middle Marsyangdi Hydro Electric Power Project (MMHEP), with a contract value of EUR >200 million (only civil works; ~85% financed by KfW-Bank), hydro power plant with 70 MW power output, FIDIC Red Book
→ Location of the site here on Google Maps
→ Additional tasks on site: claim management for claims related to delays

Source: own pictures and own videos | click to enlarge

Layout site \| click to enlarge	Layout site \| click to enlarge
Spillway area during excavation	Spillway area during excavation
Drilling of boreholes for tunnel excavation	Rock surface of Power Tunnel with boreholes
Excavation of Desander Cavern	Construction of Spillway (2007)
My office of the work planning department	Offices, camps and other site installations
What is dangerous on such a project? To have military people (RNA) and explosives around you. Why? Because Maoist didn't like military people and did like explosives.	What else is dangerous on such a project? Traveling by car from Kathmandu to site. It took in average approx. 5 hours to travel 160 km and during monsoon season it was impossible to travel by car and we had to use helicopters.
Cycling on the Annapura trail \| Donkeys on the Annapurna trail	Cycling on the Annapura trail \| In the background you can see the Manaslu mountain range (>8.000 m asl)
Cycling on the Annapura trail \| What else ist dangerous? Suspension bridges over the Marsyangdi River - especially to cycle on these bridges!	Cycling on the Annapura trail \| During and after monsoon season some of the paths are just washed away \| Water or rainfall can be really powerful
Cycling on the Annapura trail \| Guess: Who has the better arguments and who should give way?	Hiking on the Annapura trail \| I like to work in countries where other people would like to spend their holidays \| And I like foreign cultures
Hiking on the Annapura trail \| on the way to Thorong La Pass (5.500 m asl) \| In the background you can see the Annapurna mountain range (>8.000 m asl) Location here on Google Maps	Hiking on the Annapura trail \| Khagbeni/Kali Gandaki River after crossing Thorong La Pass \| at Border to Kingdom of Mustang \| In the background: the "deepest valley" of the world: located between Annapurna range (left) and Dhaulagiri range (to the right)

Video: Blast of rock material on L/B Spillway

Video: Famous "Desander Party" with client (NEA), consultant (Fichtner) and employees of DDCJV in desandern cavern

Video: Cycling Valley of Besisahar | passing village of Udipur and Powerhouse construction site during excavation works

Responsibilities:

in charge of the Department for Work Planning on site: Preparing time schedules (with Primavera, SureTrak) and detailed execution plans with construction sequences for the Spillway, Rockfill Dam, Diversion Tunnel, Inlet Building, Desander Caverns, Power Tunnel, Surge Tank, Penstock and Power House and all site installations
quantity take-off and quantity estimate of all site constructions
analysing acceleration possibilities and costs
claim management for claims related to delays with a value of approx. EUR 10 million
section site engineer for the "Inlet Building" and the "Desander Caverns" (responsible for approx. 200 engineers and labours from Nepal and India)

Remarks:
End of December 2003 the MMHEP site was temporarily closed due to civil war in Nepal. During autumn 2003 the construction site was located on the "contact line" between Maoists and Royal Nepalese Army. Several incidents involving fatalities on and around the site lead to an evacuation of all employees.

Work planning engineer
Company: DYWIDAG International GmbH
Location: Munich, Germany
Time: Jan 2002 - Aug 2002
Project:
- Storage facilities for nuclear waste materials at the nuclear power plants Grohnde und Brokdorf (Germany)
- Waste water treatment plant in Teheran (Iran)
- Water supply projects in Burkina Faso and Guatemala
Responsibilities:
- scheduling
- formwork planning
- quantity take-off and quantity estimates
- technical tender planning

Controller
Company: DYWIDAG International GmbH
Location: Mumbai, India
Time: Jun 2002 - Jul 2002 (4 weeks)
Project:
- Rehabilitation of Bandra Collector Tunnel ("Rehab")
Responsibilities:
- quantity survey on site (in tunnel)
- solving a serious cost and billing problem on site

Acting project manager
Company: DYWIDAG International GmbH
Location: Mumbai, India
Time: Feb 2001 (4 weeks)
Project:
- Rehabilitation of Bandra Collector Tunnel ("Rehab")

Site manager (2nd)
Company: DYWIDAG International GmbH
Location: Dharawi-Slum, Mumbai, India
Time: Jun 2001 - Dec 2001
Project:

Rehabilitation of Bandra Collector Tunnels, with a contract value of EUR 16 million (financed by World-Bank), refurbishment of a 5.5 km long waste water tunnel with inner diameters of 2.25 to 3.50 m, FIDIC Red Book
→ Location of the site here on Google Maps

Source: own pictures and own videos | click to enlarge


Problem: huge cavities around old waste water tunnel	Junction-Shaft: shunting operations in 40 m depth
Ring building with an "erector made in India"	Transport of segments for ring building
Finished ring building	Kherwadi site during monsoon

Video: Ride with tunnel locomotive from Dharawi-Shaft towards Junction-Shaft

Video: Taxi drive to Dharavi site with a Tuk Tuk
(on Dharavi Depot Road)

Responsibilities:

in charge of the segment factory on site and a segment production of 112 precast tunnel segments/working day
rehabilitation of a tunnel section by drill and blast
managing a workforce of 400 Indian engineers and labours

Structural engineer for civil works
Company: DYWIDAG International GmbH
Location: Munich, Germany
Time: Jan 2001 - Jun 2001
Projects:
- Metro-Station "Connaught Place", Metro Delhi, India
- Underground parking at Spree-Karree (Berlin, Germany)

Structural engineer for building works
Company: DYWIDAG International GmbH
Location: Munich, Germany
Time: Apr 2000 - Dec 2000
Projects:
- Shopping and business centre Poing, Germany
- New faculty for physics at University of Goettingen, Germany
- Factory of Infineon for semi-conductor production, Regensburg, Germany
- and other projects

Trainee as a site engineer (voluntary work on a development aid project)
Organization: Deutsch Südafrikanisches Jugendwerk (DSJW)
Company: Van Rensburg, Gill & Associates Company, South Africa
Location: Skuinsdrift, South Africa
Time: Apr 1998 - Jul 1998
Project:

Madikwe Rural Development Program (MRDP), located at Pella, Madikwe District, South Africa
→ Location of the site of "Community Hall at Pella Dam Village" here on Google Maps

Source: own pictures | click to enlarge

Village at Pella Dam

Building a school with a toilet house

Unskilled village people construct their own toilet house

Building a school

Pancakes for children in local kindergarten

Local kindergarten of Skuinsdrif

Source: own pictures | click to enlarge

Responsibilities:
Site management for infrastructure facilities like kindergartens, schools, community halls, public toilets and others in rural communities and very remote areas around Pella with no electricity and no running water on behalf of Van Rensburg, Gill & Associates Company (South Africa).

Trainee as a site engineer
Company: DYWIDAG International GmbH
Location: Mumbai, India
Time: Aug 1996 - Dec 1996
Project:

Bandra and Worli Outfalls, with a contract value of DM ~120 million | EUR ~60 million respectively (financed by World-Bank)
→ Location of the site here on Google Maps (waste water treatment plant and shaft at Worli)

Source: own pictures | click to enlarge

Formworks of segment production on site	Calibrating steam cycle in segment production to increase productivity
Site Worli with TBM parts and shaft	Site Worli with TBM parts
Lowering "Inner-Kelly" of TBM down the Worli shaft	Worli shaft (depth: 70 m)
Boring head of TBM with 32 roller discs	Jackup for drilling risers with a vertical drilling machine
View on Marine Works	Installation of GFR risers Source: own pictures \| click to enlarge

Responsibilities:

research work how to increase tunnel segment production (steam curing cycle) in the site factory
TBM erection at Worli shaft (Wirth Gripper-TBM)
supervising raiser constructions (marine works)

Vocational training
Subject: certified dispute solver in construction
Institute: DGA-Bau
Location: Munich, Germany
Time: Jan 2019 - May 2019 (120 hours)
For more details, please watch here!

Vocational training
Subject: business mediator
Institute: Akademie Perspektivenwechsel
Location: Munich, Germany
Time: Nov 2015 - April 2017 (200 hours)
For more details, please watch here!

Vocational training
Subject: Underground excavation by drill and blast (blasting licence for tunnel works)
Institute: Sprengschule Dresden
Location: Dresden, Germany
Time: Feb 2008 (2 weeks course)

Vocational training
Subject: Health and saftey on site (HSE)
Institute: Berufsgenossenschaft Bau
Location: Hameln, Germany
Time: various courses finalized in Dec 2002

University studies
Subject: Business Economics and Business Management
Institute: University of Applied Sciences Biberach
Location: Biberach, Germany
Time: Jan 2005 - Oct 2007 (extra occupational)
Final Grade: "with distinction"

University studies
Subject: Civil Engineering
Institute: University of Hanover
Location: Hanover, Germany
Time: Oct 1993 - Mar 2000
Final Grade: "with distinction"

Voluntary work
Type of work: university teacher
Institute: Lviv University Polytechnic National University (LPNU)
Location: Lviv, Ukraine
Time: Dec 2022 - Feb 2023 (preparing tutorials for LPNU)
Time: Feb 2023 - Mar 2023 (teaching in Ukraine for 3 weeks on daily basis)
Course: "Project Management for infrastructure projects"
For further details please click here!

Voluntary work
Type of work: university teacher
Institute: University of Applied Sciences Nuremberg
Location: Nuremberg, Germany
Time: 2014 - 2016
Course: "M5.2 Internationale Construction Markets"

Voluntary work
Type of work: university teacher
Institute: University of Apllied Sciences Biberach
Location: Biberach, Germany
Time: 2011 - 2013
Course: "International Project Management"

last updated: August 2023

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