14th Siegen Construction Day - Resilient Infrastructure
Friday, November 6, 2026 | Start: 8:30 a.m.
Buschhütten Campus | Siegener Straße 152 | 57223 Kreuztal
This year’s Construction Day will demonstrate, from the perspectives of structural engineering, water management, and climate science, how resilient infrastructure not only withstands disruptions but emerges stronger from them.
Registration: https://eveeno.com/275344605
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
8:30 a.m. WELCOME
The Board of Directors of the fab e.v. Support Association
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefanie Reese, Rector of the University of Siegen
Dr. Gabriele Barten, Buschhütten Campus; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Horst Görg, Department of Civil Engineering
9:00 a.m.
CMIP PHASE 6—CLIMATE PROJECTIONS FOR Siegen-Wittgenstein—WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?
Prof. Paolo Reggiani, Ph.D.
Chair of Water Resources Risk Assessment and Climate Impact Research, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Siegen
9:45 a.m.
INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT FOR THE FEDERAL
WATERWAYS
Dr.-Ing. Jörg Bödefeld
Head of the Civil Engineering Department, Federal Institute for Hydraulic Engineering
10:30 a.m. Coffee break
10:45
AWARD CEREMONY FOR THE FAB ASSOCIATION’S PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING THESES
The Board of Directors of the fab e.v. Support Association
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Horst Görg, Department of Civil Engineering
11:00
INTELLIGENT STRUCTURAL MONITORING
MR Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gero Marzahn
Federal Ministry of Transportation (BMV)
11:45 Coffee break
12:00
LOW-WATER FORECASTING AS A BUILDING BLOCK
FOR RESILIENT FEDERAL WATERWAYS
Dr. Bastian Klein/Dipl.-Ing. Dennis Meißner
Water Balance, Forecasts, and Projections Division, Federal Institute of Hydrology
12:45
BIG PICTURE INFRASTRUCTURE
Thomas Puls, Senior Economist for Transportation and Infrastructure
Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IfK)
1:30 p.m. Get-together / Light Refreshments
This event meets the continuing education requirements of the Chambers of Engineers for Civil Engineering in North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Hesse, as well as the Chamber of Architects in North Rhine-Westphalia