Dr.-Ing. Fabian Kirsch

Partner/ managing director

Degree

Dr.-Ing., Dipl.-Ing. (civil engineering)

Core competencies

  • site investigation and foundation expertise
  • design of structural elements under static and dynamic loads
  • geotechnical analysis and soil mechanics
  • numerical analysis (FEM)
  • ground improvement and ground freezing
  • deep foundations and pile testing
  • tunneling
  • offshore geotechnical engineering

Professional experience

since 2004 GuD Geotechnik und Dynamik Consult GmbH
partner and managing director since.2008
since 2016 BBI Geo- und Umwelttechnik Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH
managing director
since 2008 GuD Consult GmbH
partner and managing director
2004 Technischen Universität Braunschweig
doctorate in Dr.-Ing.
1998 – 2003 Institut für Grundbau und Bodenmechanik der Technischen Universität Braunschweig
research assistant
1998 –2003 Prof. Dr.-Ing. D. Hosser, Prüfingenieur für Baustatik, Braunschweig
freelance engineer
1997 Degree as Dipl.-Ing. (engineering) Technische Universität Braunschweig,
Indian Institute of Technolgy – New Delhi, University of Glasgow
civil engineering

Expert opinions

  • Approved test expert for earthworks and foundation engineering according to BauPrüfV (checking engineer)

Memberships

  • Member of the directorial board oft the German Geotechnical Society e.V. (DGGT)U
  • Baukammer Berlin Membership # P3665
  • Hamburgische Ingenieurkammer-Bau Membership # 002577
  • Committee on ground improvement columns (AK 2.8) of the DGGT
  • Subcommittee for dynamic pile testing (AK 2.1) of the DGGT
  • Subcommittee on cyclically loaded piles (AK 2.1) of the DGGT
  • Hafentechnischen Gesellschaft e.V. (HTG)
  • Research Association for Tunnels and Transport Facilities e.V. (STUVA)
  • Subcommittee „Zyklik“ of the working group AK 1.4 and  AK 2.1 of the DGGT
  • Member of the consulting board to Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH)
  • Member of the Expert Committee "Civil Engineering / Foundation Engineering" of the German Institute for Structural Engineering (DIBt)

Teaching activity

Since 2016 lecturer at the Institute of Civil Engineering, department of foundation engineering and soil mechanics of the Technical University Berlin.

Dr.-Ing. Fabian Kirsch