Teaching and research area Construction Management
University of Siegen
Schools of Natural Sciences
Department of Civil Engineering
Construction Management Working Group
Head: Akad. Rat Dr.-Ing. Holger Kesting
Paul-Bonatz-Straße 9-11
57076Siegen
Room: PB-C 006
+49 271 740-5495
holger.kesting@uni-siegen.de
Our research profile
In its research, the Building Construction, Timber Engineering and Building Physics working group at the University of Siegen focuses on the development of concepts and solutions to improve the energy quality of buildings. The building envelope and its individual components are at the forefront of the investigations. The aim is to develop energy-optimized building constructions for new and existing buildings.
Equipment
The Building Construction, Timber Engineering and Building Physics working group at the University of Siegen is staffed with a W2/(currently C2) professorship. The staff also includes a full-time position for a research assistant. There is no secretariat or technical-administrative staff.
The working group is equipped with two thermal imaging cameras, a blower door for testing the airtightness of the building envelope and various measuring devices for determining temperature and humidity. The working group also has suitable software and various programs for calculating thermal bridges and for the energy balancing of buildings.
R&D projects
In research, the Building Construction, Timber Engineering and Building Physics working group at the University of Siegen focuses on the development of concepts and solutions to improve the energy quality of buildings. The building envelope and its individual components are at the forefront of the investigations. The aim is to develop energy-optimized building constructions for new and existing buildings.
Specifically, the working group works together with regional manufacturers of timber houses (timber panel construction) and develops solutions for energy-optimized component structures, whereby thermal bridges and their minimization play a decisive role and are being investigated. In recent years, several degree theses and dissertations have been written in this field in collaboration with timber house manufacturers.
Another focus of research and project work is the development of calculation methods and models for the energy balancing of buildings based on existing standards, such as DIN V 18599.
The working group also cooperates with several manufacturers of windows and window glass. There have been close contacts with companies in the region for many years. The research activities here extend to the development of thermally optimized plastic window profiles. Other services include advisory activities and further training courses for window and window glass manufacturers.
Courses
Construction operations | 4BAUBA204
Construction law - contract management | 4BAUBA205
IT in construction operations | 4BAUBA315
Occupational safety | 4BAUBA320
Construction costing | 4BAUBA204
Digital planning in construction (BIM) | 4BAUMA17
Modular construction | 4BAUBA321
Publications
2023
Manfred Helmus, Holger Kesting: Requirements for gutting and demolition cost index; in Life-Cycle of Structures and Infrastructure Systems at 8th International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE 2023 2023), Milan, Italy, 02.07.2023 - 06.07.2023, pp. 1249 - 1256, ed. Fabio Biondini, Dan M. Frangopol, CRC Press/Balkema, ISBN 978-1-003-32302-0
Manfred Helmus, Holger Kesting, Anne Christine Randel: Final Report Gutting and Demolition Cost Index (EAKI) - Development of a tool for cost determination for demolition and construction in existing buildings [accessed December 21, 2023]. Portable Document Format, 2.48 MB. Available at https://www.dbu.de/OPAC/ab/DBU-Abschlussbericht-AZ-34745_01-Hauptbericht.pdf
Holger Kesting: Gutting and demolition cost index for building construction - EAKI, [accessed November 12, 2023], Available at https://www.nbau.org/2023/09/19/entkernungs-und-abbruchkostenindex-fuer-den-hochbau-eaki/
2022
Manfred Helmus, Holger Kesting: Anforderungen an einen Entkernungs- und Abbruchkostenindex; in Tagungsband zum 31. BBB-Assistent:innentreffen Innsbruck 2022, p. 164 - 179, ed. University of Innsbruck Department of Construction Management, Construction Operations and Tunnelling (iBT), Schools of Technical Sciences, Innsbruck, Studia Verlag, ISBN 978-3-99105-026-1
2020
Manfred Helmus, Steffen Anders, Anica Meins-Becker, Holger Kesting, Andreas Bresser, Nils Koch to Krax: Final report Building Information Modeling (BIM) as a basis for handling digital information to optimize material cycles in construction [accessed on 06 October 2020]. Portable Document Format, 4.18 MB. Available at https://www.dbu.de/OPAC/ab/DBU-Abschlussbericht-AZ-33110_01-Hauptbericht.pdf
Holger Kesting, Manfred Helmus: Construction site organization, construction site management, work preparation; in Handbuch für Bauingenieure, Bauwirtschaf und Baubetrieb, Technik - Organisation - Wirtschaftlichkeit - Recht, pp. 489-503, 3rd edition, ed. Claus Jürgen Diederichs, Alexander Malkwitz, 2020, Springer Vieweg, Wiesbaden, ISBN: 978-3-658-27915-8
2018
Helmus, M.; Kelm, A.; Kesting, H.; Meins-Becker, A.; Scarpino, P.; Zibell, M.: Entwicklung eines Anforderungskatalogs an Gebäudedatenmodelle in Bezug auf die Standardisierung der Detailinhalte und Detailtiefe aus Sicht der Bauausführung. Final report, source: Forschungsinitiative Zukunft Bau, 2018, Fraunhofer IRB Verlag, Stuttgart, ISBN: 978-3-7388-0112-5
Holger Kesting, Manfred Helmus, BIM for the optimization of material cycles in the construction industry, in Atlas Recycling, pp. 32-33, 2018, Detail Business Information GmbH, Munich, ISBN: 978-3-95553-415-8
2017
Holger Kesting, Manfred Helmus, 3 useful apps for your everyday work; in Fachzeitschrift Bauleitung kompakt, p. 7, issue 01/2017, January 2017, Verlagsgesellschaft Rudolf Müller GmbH & Co. KG, Cologne
Bodtländer, C.; Großer-Arnault, R.; Heilemann, J.; Helmus, M.; Kaufhold, M.; Kelm, A.; Kesting, H.; Khorrami, N.; Klusmann, B.; Meins-Becker, A.; Pütz, C.; Zibell, M. (2017): Status quo BIM standardization process, on: DETAIL.de - Das Architektur- und Bau-Portal, Published 08.02.2017, Institut für internationale Architektur-Dokumentation GmbH & Co. KG, Available at https://www.detail.de/artikel/status-quo-bim-standardisierungsprozess-29461/
Bodtländer, C.; Großer-Arnault, R.; Heilemann, J.; Helmus, M.; Kaufhold, M.; Kelm, A.; Kesting, H.; Khorrami, N.; Klusmann, B.; Meins-Becker, A.; Pütz, C.; Zibell, M. (2017): BIM: Development stages and processes, on: DETAIL.de - Das Architektur- und Bau-Portal, Published 09.02.2017, Institut für internationale Architektur-Dokumentation GmbH & Co. KG, Available at https://www.detail.de/artikel/bim-entwicklungsstufen-und-prozesse-29460/
Bodtländer, C.; Großer-Arnault, R.; Heilemann, J.; Helmus, M.; Kaufhold, M.; Kelm, A.; Kesting, H.; Khorrami, N.; Klusmann, B.; Meins-Becker, A.; Pütz, C.; Zibell, M. (2017): BIM lernen im BIM-Labor, auf: DETAIL.de - Das Architektur- und Bau-Portal, Published 07.04.2017, Institut für internationale Architektur-Dokumentation GmbH & Co. KG, Available at https://www.detail.de/artikel/bim-lernen-im-bim-labor-29770/
Helmus, M.; Kelm, A.; Kesting; H.; Meins-Becker, A.; Scarpino; P.; Zibell, M. (2017): Building Information Modeling and Realization; in: Proceedings of ISEC 9, 24.07.-29.07.2017, Valencia, Spain (accepted conference paper); ISBN: 978-0-9960437-4-8
Holger Kesting, Manfred Helmus: How to use weekly schedules for differentiated scheduling; in: Fachzeitschrift Bauleitung kompakt, p. 2 - 3, issue 10/2017, August 2017, Verlagsgesellschaft Rudolf Müller GmbH & Co. KG, Cologne
Anders, S.; Helmus, M.; Kesting, H.; Meins-Becker, A. (2017): Building Information Modeling (BIM) as a basis for handling digital information to optimize material cycles in construction, in: Deutscher Ausschuss für Stahlbeton - Beiträge zur 5. DAfStb-Jahrestagung mit 58. Forschungskolloquium ab p. 272, Band 1 - 20/21. September 2017 - Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Bodtländer, C; Helmus. M; Kaufhold, M.; Kelm, A; Kesting, H.; Khorrami, N.; Klusmann, B.; Meins-Becker, A; Pütz, C.; Scarpino, P.; Zibell, M.: Grundlagenbericht Building Information Modeling und Prozesse, [accessed on January 13, 2022] Protable Document Format, 1,04 MB, Available at https://biminstitut.uni-wuppertal.de/fileadmin/biminstitut/Download-Bereich/BIM-Prozesse_Bauausführung_Forschungsberichte/BIM_-_Prozesse_-_Grundlagenbericht.pdf
2016
Holger Kesting: Why you should create 3 construction schedules: in Fachzeitschrift Bauleitung kompakt, p. 2, issue 13/2016, Sept./Oct. 2016, Verlagsgesellschaft Rudolf Müller GmbH & Co. KG, Cologne
Holger Kesting, Manfred Helmus: How to compensate for the loss of workers; in Fachzeitschrift Bauleitung kompakt, p. 2 - 3, issue 15/2016, December 2016, Verlagsgesellschaft Rudolf Müller GmbH & Co. KG, Cologne
