Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. H.W. Alfen

Professur Betriebswirtschaftslehre im Bauwesen
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Marienstrasse 7A
99423 Weimar

Room 207, 2nd Floor

Phone: +49 (0)3643 - 58 45 92
Fax: +49 (0)3643 - 58 45 65
E-Mail: wilhelm.alfen[at]uni-weimar.de

Dr.-Ing. (Ph.D. in Civil Engineering)
Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. (Master Degree in Economics)

1979

Dipl.-Ing., Civil Engineering, Rheinisch Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen

1982

Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing., Faculty of Economics, Rheinisch Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen

1986

Dr.-Ing., Rheinisch Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen

 

Academic Work

Since 09/2001
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Faculty of Civil Engineering

Head of the programme
Management [Construction, Real Estate, Infrastructure]

Since 07/2000
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
faculty of Civil Engineering

Professor of Construction Economics

03/1986 - 12/1990
Université du Burundi
Faculté des Sciences Appliquées,
Bujumbura, Burundi

Professor
Chef de Departement de Génie Civil

06/1980 - 12/1985
Rheinisch Westfälische
Technische Universität Aachen,
Germany

Research Associate

 

Practical Experience

Since 04/2004
Alfen Consult GmbH
Weimar, Germany


General Manager and Shareholder

Since 07/2000
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Weimar, Germany


University Professor for Management and Economics in the Construction
Industry on the Faculty of Civil Engineering

01/1994 – 06/2000
HOCHTIEF Projektentwicklung GmbH
Essen, Germany

 
General Manager Infrastructure Development

03/1991 –12/93
GITEC CONSULT GmbH
Düsseldorf, Germany


Director of the Transportation Department

03/1986 - 12/1990
University of Burundi
Bujumbura, Burundi


Professor in construction management and construction company management

06/1980 - 12/1985
Rheinisch Westfälische
Technische Universität Aachen
Aachen, Germany


Research and Teaching Assistant

 

Teaching

  • Fundamentals of Business Administration/Economics
  • Pre-Investment Analysis
  • Facility Management
  • Public Private Partnerships
  • Strategic Management und Organisational Development of Construction Companies
  • Corporate Finance
  • Project Financing
  • Economic Efficiency Studies

 

Advanced training

PPP-Seminar Stufe I, II, III
Bauhaus Weiterbildungsakademie Weimar e.V.

Zertifikatsstudiengang Baumanagement
Public Private Partnership
Bauhaus Weiterbildungsakademie Weimar e.V.

PPP als Geschäftsfeld der Bauwirtschaft
Bauhaus Akademie Schloss Ettersburg

 

Research Areas

  • International comparison of public private partnership
  • Private sector models of infrastructure and building construction
  • Lifecycle costs of real estate and infrastructure projects
  • Contract models

Research projects of department

 

Special Memberships, Tasks and Positions

  • German delegate to the “Working Group on Transport Infrastructure Investment: Funding Future Needs” of the Joint OECD/ECMT Transport Research Centre, currently working on a comprehensive report on the subject; member of the editorial committee of the working group.
  • Member of the advisory groups for the development of standard tender documents and contracts for the German F- and A-Model (PPP Contract Models in Highways & Construction)
  • Member of the PPP Advisory Group to the Finance Minister of North-Rhine Westfalia, Peer Steinbrück
  • Member of the PPP Advisory Board to the GTZ (Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit)
  •  Member of the Working Groups of the CDU/CSU and SPD Fractions of the German Federal Parliament "Transportation" as well as "Health for the preparation of the ÖPP Beschleunigungsgesetz" (PPP Acceleration Law)
  • Member of several Working Groups of the Bundesverband PPP, BPPP (Federal Association for PPP)