Expert Details
Tunnel Ventilation, Tunnel Safety, Smoke Control and Building Aerodynamics
ID: 730140
Switzerland
Application of the following guidelines and standards: RABT (Germany), ASTRA (Switzerland), RVS (Austria), EU 2004/54/EC (EU), PIARC (worldwide).
Support of FAT, SAT and fire tests.
Assistance in tendering tunnel ventilation design services and tendering tunnel ventilation equipment.
Delivery of third-party expert opinion, design reviews and elaboration of risk assessment studies.
Design of tunnel ventilation systems.
Publically appointed by the Austrian Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology as an expert for road tunnel safety according to the Austrian road tunnel safety legislation.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1986 | Degree: Dipl.-Ing. (equivalent to MSc.) | Subject: Mechanical Engineering | Institution: Technical University of Munich |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2012 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Associate | Department: |
Responsibilities:Expert in Tunnel Ventilation & Tunnel Aerodynamics |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2011 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Owner | Department: |
Responsibilities:Aerodynamics of Buildings and Structures |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2004 to 2011 | Employer: HBI Haerter AG, Zurich, Switzerland | Title: Senior Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Design of Tunnel Ventilation and Smoke Management Systems, Assessment of Road Tunnel Safety, International Project Management, Research & Development |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1993 to 2004 | Employer: GfA Aerophysics, Munich and Zurich, Germany and Switzerland | Title: Managing Director | Department: |
Responsibilities:Studies in the field of Building Aerodynamics. Wind Load Assessment, Wind Comfort Assessment, Design of efficient concepts for Building Ventilation |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1993 to 2001 | Employer: Technical University of Zurich (ETH) , Switzerland | Title: Senior Research Scientist | Department: Institute of Building Construction |
Responsibilities:Research and Lecturing, Head of Aerophysical Laboratory including a Large Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1986 to 1993 | Employer: Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany | Title: Assistant Professor | Department: Institute of Fluid Mechanics |
Responsibilities:Research and Lecturing |
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Government Experience
| Years | Agency | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2015 to Present | Agency: Austria / Austrian Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology | Role: Expert | Description: Road Tunnel Safety |
| Years: 2015 to Present | Agency: Switzerland / Federal Roads Office | Role: Expert | Description: Road Tunnel Ventilation |
International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 2004 to 2006 | Country / Region: Australia | Summary: Extensive simulations of complex ventilation control system, extensive on site tests and thorough commissioning for a high traffic volume urban tunnel system with advanced environmental boundary conditions in NSW. |
| Years: 2006 to 2011 | Country / Region: Greece | Summary: Layout of civil safety measures and design of tunnel ventilation systems for more than 50 motorway tunnels throughout Greece according to German RABT 2006, European directive on tunnel safety and international standards like PIARC etc., including a thorough assessment of applicable vehicle emissions according vehicle fleet composition. |
| Years: 2011 to 2015 | Country / Region: Italy | Summary: Concept design, preliminary design and final design of several bidirectional road tunnels with longitudinal ventilation and smoke extraction system including thorough analysis of applicable vehicle emissions based on local fleet composition. |
| Years: 2006 to 2011 | Country / Region: Turkey | Summary: Detailed design of a two tube urban road tunnel in the center of Istanbul with longitudinal ventilation and smoke extraction. |
| Years: 2010 to 2011 | Country / Region: India | Summary: Tender design and concept cesign of tunnel ventilation systems for two bidirectional road traffic tunnels, each 8 km long, including assessment of applicable vehicle emissions based on local fleet composition, study of alternative concepts, design of safety tunnel ventilation. |
| Years: 2015 to Present | Country / Region: Germany | Summary: Urban road tunnel, detailed design of ventilation system |
| Years: 2016 to Present | Country / Region: Austria | Summary: Site acceptance test for control systems of tunnel ventilation |
| Years: 2016 to Present | Country / Region: Switzerland | Summary: Detailed design of escape tunnel ventilation in road tunnel project |
| Years: 2016 to Present | Country / Region: Georgian Republic | Summary: Detailed design of road tunnel ventilation system with smoke extraction |
| Years: 2016 to Present | Country / Region: Czech Republic | Summary: Simulations of fire szenarios for road tunnel project |
| Years: 2016 to Present | Country / Region: Norway | Summary: Simulations of ventilation control system for road tunnel network |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Tunnel Ventilation, Smoke Management, Road Tunnel Safety, |
| Marketing Experience |
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| Tunneling Industry |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| German | German is his mother tongue |
| English | He has a competent language ability in English |