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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

Brücke/Hochwasser/Bautag Resiliente Infrastruktur

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
 

Everything at a glance

  • Event date
    06.11.2026, 08:30 - 15:29 oclock
  • Venue

    Buschhütten Campus, Siegener Straße 152, 57223 Kreuztal

  • Event type
    Tagung

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