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My work as an engineer is characterized by:

• Over 12 years of professional experience in large and renowned global construction companies and consulting companies (including more than 4 years of work on overseas projects in non-European countries)
  
  
• Over 7 years of experience at the Institute for Construction Management at the University of the German Federal Armed Forces in Munich as a PhD-student and postgraduate research associate 
  
  
• Leadership experience with responsibility for up to 250 employees and with projects of a contract value of up to EUR 200 million
  
  
• Project responsibility as a tender engineer in construction projects with a project volume of up to EUR 2 billion
  
  
• Practical and managing experience as:
  • structural engineer
  • work planning engineer
  • cost estimator for large-scale projects worldwide
  • controller and claim manager
  • construction and site manager
  • project manager
  • consulting engineer
    
    
• Practical experience in construction projects related to:
  • tunnel projects
  • dam and (hydro)power plant projects
  • industrial projects and plant projects
  • underground engineering and special foundation works
  • overseas projects
  • large-scale construction projects
    
    
• Practical experience in countries including:
  • South Africa
  • India I and India II
  • Nepal
  • Georgia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Iraq

 

2002 | 2003 | 2007: 3x Thorong-La Pass
(5.500 m asl), Nepal

2018: Stelvio Pass (2.800 m asl), Italy

Laurenz Görres

Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. (FH)
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Born: 1973
(at approx. 330 ppm CO2 in the atmosphere; actual CO2-value click here)

• I have a proven record of being capable of working in a multicultural and multidisciplinary environment
  
  
• I have a great endurance and I am able to perform well under pressure and in difficult environments
  
  
• In-depth knowledge about construction management and extensive presentation and communication experiences due to lecturing at the:
  • University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich (lecturer: 2008 to 2015)
  • University of Applied Sciences Biberach (lecturer: 2011 to 2013)
  • University of Applied Sciences Nuernberg (lecturer: 2014 to 2016)
  • University of Applied Sciences in Hesse (full professor: 2017 to 2021)
  • Lviv Polytechnic National University in Ukraine (guest professor: since March 2023). Watch also this link. 
    
    
• I can connect and communicate with different project participants (from unskilled workers to experts) and I can coordinate the work with these people
  
  
• I have excellent drafting and presentation skills
  
  
• University degrees as a civil engineer (Dipl.-Ing.) and as a industrial engineer (Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing.) which are both equivalent to MEng degree
  
  
• Additional training "Fachkraft für Arbeitssicherheit" (similar to a "HSE-officer training"; but currently without valid license)
  
  
• Additional training for "underground and tunnel blasting" (currently without valid license)
  
  
• Additional and advanced training "business mediator" (in accordance with the guidelines of the "Bundesverband Mediation e.V.")
  
  
• Additional and advanced training "conflict manager and dispute solver in construction" (in accordance with the guidelines of the "DGA-Bau")
  
  
• I have very good negotiation skills 
  
  
• Doctorate on the subject: "Project management of large-scale projects in the pre-contract phase" (awarded with the promotion prize by DGA-Bau in March 2017)
  
  
• Experiences in Ukraine (under conditions of "martial law")