Andrés (Leonardo) G.
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ALGK-BAUPRO
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Project Director Infrastructure
VINCI GeoInfrastructure GmbH Deutschland
- Project – SuedOstLink, Lot C1, Cable Route
- 90 km cable trench
- 80 crossings (cut & cover, HDD, microtunnelling)
65 large joint bays (muff houses)
10 soil treatment plants
Project Director Tunnelling
Implenia Construction GmbH
- Project – Crossing River Elbe Hamburg
- TBM CREG EPB OD 4300 segment lining, 1.2 km
- 2 shafts with diaphragm walls Ø 23 m, depth 39 m
- Buoyancy protection base plate with anchor
- Steel construction for culvert for district heating supply and return pipe ID 800
- Passage through alternating glacial sediments with up to 45 m water pressure
Division Manager & Head of Technical Department
Gebrüder Karstens GmbH & Co KG
- Numerous projects in infrastructure building, road construction, pipeline construction
- Head of construction equipment
- Up to 60 employees
Project Director & Managing Director Tunnelling, Head of Tunnel Department
Vianini Lavori SpA – Lovön Samverkan AB Joint Venture
- Construction time 71 months (start blasting Oct 2017)
- 5 Atlas Copco boomer
- 2 stationary crushing plants + 3 mobile crushing plants
- 2 concrete batching plants (120 m³/h)
- 9 million tons granite hard-rock excavation with vehicle-conveyor-belt-seaborne mucking system
- Access tunnel (80 m², 6 km), main tunnel (130 m², 14 km), junctions up to 200 m²
- 8 ventilation chambers (>22,500 m³), 8 shafts (raise boring 45 m–110 m, Ø 9.8 m)
- Conventional rock pre-support (NATM) with grouted anchors, wire mesh, shotcrete
- Tunnel inner lining: 3 road lanes with concrete impact walls and waterproof membrane roof sealing
Project Director Tunnelling, Head of Tunnel Department
Ed. Züblin AG – Division International Tunnelling
- Construction time 50 months (start drilling end of 2016)
- TBM Atlas Copco OD 3900 hard-rock double-gripper with rail-bounded muck removal (13.5 km)
- Conventional support (NATM) with grouted anchors, wire mesh, shotcrete
- Access tunnel by road header Sandvik MT 720 (1.3 km, 29 m²)
- Site installation, steel lining and grouting of 100″ pipe (14.1 km total)
- David surge shaft: vertical shaft by raise boring/drill & blast (Ø 4 m–5.5 m, depth 290 m)
- Excavated volume: 225 000 m³ / 585 000 t
- Personnel up to 120, contract volume > €200 million
Senior Construction Manager Tunnelling
Royal BAM Group - Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG
- EPB boring machines ID 1600–2400 and ID 2800 with slurry transport and fluid support
- Annulus overcut with centralised bentonite lubrication system
- Start/reception shafts with secant bored piles/diaphragm walls Ø 12 m–25 m, depth 17 m–36 m
- Reinforced concrete jacking pipes ID 1600–2800 (OD 2100–3600), max string length 1450 m with 9 intermediates
- Total length 51 km, bends down to 500 m radius, max jacking force 21 000 kN
- Crossings of motorways, canal, railways in soft rock (7 MPa), groundwater pressure up to 3.6 bar
- Personnel up to 70, contract volume > €400 million
International Senior Project Manager
Meyer & John GmbH & Co. KG
- Pipe jacking with open shield and tunnel scraper
- Full face boring with slurry transport and bentonite face support
- Annulus overcut with centralised bentonite lubrication
- Compressed air site, sheet-piling start/reception shaft (13 m×7 m×16 m)
- Jacking pipes ID 3100 (OD 3800) and GRP ID 800 (OD 870), total length 650 m, 3 intermediates
- Bend radius infinite, max jacking force 6000 kN, crossing harbour bay in interbedded sand, clay, peat, 1.6 bar water pressure
- Personnel up to 20, contract volume €1.3 million
International Senior Project Manager
Meyer & John GmbH & Co. KG
- Full face boring with slurry transport and bentonite support
- Annulus overcut with centralised bentonite lubrication
- In-situ concrete start/reception shaft (6 m×4.5 m×6 m)
- Jacking pipe ID 1200 (OD 1720), length 120 m, 4 intermediates
- Bend radius infinite, max jacking force 8000 kN, crossing motorway A7, hard sandstone (70 MPa)
- Personnel up to 8, contract volume €250 000
International Senior Project Manager, TBM Tunnel Manager
Meyer & John GmbH & Co. KG
- Full face boring with slurry transport and bentonite support
- Annulus overcut with centralised bentonite lubrication
- In-situ concrete start/reception shaft (6 m×4.5 m×6 m)
- Jacking pipe ID 1200 (OD 1720), length 1050 m, 7 intermediates
- Bend radius infinite, max jacking force 8000 kN, inner-city hard limestone (40 MPa)
- Personnel up to 15, contract volume €2.4 million
International Senior Project Manager, TBM Tunnel Manager
Meyer & John GmbH & Co. KG
- Full face manned boring with slurry transport and bentonite support
- Annulus overcut with centralised bentonite lubrication
- In-situ concrete start/reception shaft (9 m×6.5 m×12 m)
- Jacking pipe ID 2200 (OD 2680), length 750 m, 4 intermediates
- Bend radius infinite, max jacking force 12 000 kN, crossings of motorway and railway, 0.6 bar water pressure
- Personnel up to 20, contract volume €3.3 million
International Senior Project Manager, TBM Tunnel Manager
Meyer & John GmbH & Co. KG
- Direct Pipe system Herrenknecht for 48″ PE-coated steel gas pipeline
- Pipe thruster force 7500 kN, bend radius 1900 m, length 250 m
- Start/reception shafts with steel sheet piles (Larson L 603)
- Personnel up to 8, contract volume €150 000
International Construction & Production Manager
STRABAG S.E. - STRABAG International GmbH
- Rehabilitation and upgrading of Tripoli International Airport road (TIAR), 2×4 asphalt lanes, 25 km
- Milling and asphalt pavement: 260 000 t; 50 km concrete barrier
- Geotechnical investigation, quarry licensing and operation with crushing plants
- Erection of asphalt plant (240 t/h) and concrete plant (60 m³/h)
- Transport department setup (30 trucks), staff camp for 350
- Personnel up to 240, contract volume €180 million
International Construction Manager Tunnel Equipment
FOGTEC Brandschutz GmbH & Co. KG
- Design and manufacture of tunnel fire protection with high-pressure water mist (240 bar)
- 1.5 MW pump capacity, 45 km stainless steel piping ID 10 mm–276 mm
- Installation of smoke and fire detection systems with Ethernet control
- Sites: Madrid M30, Oviedo A5, Granada railway station
- Personnel up to 60, contract volume €23.5 million
Construction Manager
TBS-Bau GmbH
- Development and building of residential area Fallersleben: 250 one-family houses + 70 multi-family residences
- Development and building residential area Hannover-Krohnskamp (Expo 2000)
Project Manager
Heilit + Woerner Bau AG
- Pile foundation for River Saale bridge Jena (24 bored piles Ø 1.8 m, depth 36 m)
- Renovation and elongation of Erfurt airport runway (145 000 m²)
- Subterraneous cable trays (1 500 m), highways A9, A4, A71 embankments
- Toxic-waste dumps with 2–4 layer mineral sealing (40 000 m²–80 000 m²)
Project Manager Geotechnical Engineering
Jena-Geos-Ingenieurbüro GmbH
- Soil investigation and geotechnical foundation consultancy
- Soil and rock mechanics, engineering geology, geosynthetics, environmental geotechnics
- Head of soil mechanics laboratory
Summary
With over 30 years of work experience on national and international large-scale projects, I offer comprehensive expertise and hands-on leadership in infrastructure, civil engineering, and specialized deep excavation. The project volumes I managed regularly ranged in the two- and three-digit millions. My focus is on technical management, quality-assured execution, and coordination of demanding construction processes in service phases 6 to 9.
Skills
Service Range – Hoai Lph 6 To 9
- Lph 6 – Preparation Of Awards
- Creating Structured Bills Of Quantities
- Coordinating Technical Interfaces And Quantity Estimates
- Supporting The Readiness Of Tender Documents
- Lph 7 – Participation In Awarding
- Technical Bid Review And Price Comparisons
- Supporting Bidder Communication And Renegotiations
- Preparing Award Proposals
- Lph 8 – Site Supervision (According To Hoai And Vob/b)
- Monitoring Quality, Schedule, And Costs
- Coordinating Contractors, Tracking Progress
- Inspections, Defect Management, Invoice Review, Documentation
- Lph 9 – Project Closeout Support
- Warranty Tracking And Technical Support
- Condition Assessments And Reports
- Final Documentation And Handover
Shaft Structures / Underwater Concrete Bases
- Bored Pile Shafts & Slurry Wall Shafts
- Construction & Finishing Of Large Shafts
- Dimensions Up To 50 M Deep And 35 M Wide
- Underwater Concrete Bases (Anchored)
- Construction Under Groundwater Pressure
- Sealing / Load Transfer Under The Toughest Conditions
Complex Deep Foundations With Dive Support
- Accompanying Dive Operations For Soil & Concrete Work
- Visual Inspections, In-place Parts & Reinforcement Underwater
Planning, Project Supervision, Execution
- Technical Management & Safety Coordination
- Interface Between Excavation Support And Deep Foundations
Change Order And Claim Management (For Lph 6–9)
- Identifying Entitlement Situations
- Developing Technical And Timeline-based Claim Documentation
- Supporting Processing And Communication
Managing And Optimizing Complex Construction Processes
- Analyzing Complex Workflows And Performance Processes
- Identifying Technical Bottlenecks And Process Disruptions
- Setting Up And Moderating Lean Management Structures – Last Planner Method For Schedule, Timeline, And Resource Optimization (Workshop-based)
Sige Coordination Under The German Construction Site Ordinance (Baustellv)
- Creating And Updating The Safety And Health Plan (Per Rab 30)
- Early Notification, Coordinating Safety-related Interfaces
- Integrating Safety Processes Into Schedule And Workflow Planning
- Qualification Under Rab 30 (Modules B & C) Completed
Soil Assessment And Foundation Consulting According To Din 4020
- Assessing Soil Conditions To Derive Technical Measures
- Contributing To The Evaluation Of Soil Parameters And Exploration Results
- Geotechnics As A Single Source – Handled Personally Or Coordinated With Experts
- Settlement Calculations (Uniaxial / Multiaxial Loaded Areas)
- Slope And Excavation Stability Proofs (Bishop / Janbu)
- Bearing Capacity And Terrain Failure Safety Analyses
- Drawdown Cone Analysis And Design Of Temporary Water Control
- Soil Mechanics / Rock Mechanics – Exploration, Design, Forecasting, Monitoring
Deployment Profile
- Main Focus: Lph 6–9, Sige Coordination, Change Order And Claim Management, Lean Construction Management, Soil Assessment
- Technical Project Support On Both Sides Of Award – Hands-on, Solution-oriented, Responsible
- Available For Operational Management, On-site Consulting, And Technical Project Support
Additional Skills
- Organization: Project Management, Construction Management, Production Management, Technical Development, Business Development
- Computer: Ms Office (Excel, Word, Powerpoint), Basic Autocad, Various Process Software
Key Qualifications (Relevant To Tunnelling/microtunnelling/pipe Jacking/direct Pipe)
- Project And Construction Management Of Full-face Tbm (Hard-rock Double Gripper, Epb System, Mix-shield Slurry System), Pipe Jacking/microtunnelling/direct Pipe (Herrenknecht) With Fluid-supported Cutterhead, Open Shield Pipe Jacking With Tunnel Digger, Scraper, Semi-cutting Or Roller Cutter; Diameters Id 600 To Id 3000, Auger Boring With Rod Pilot System (Perforator/mts)
- Project And Construction Management Of Natm Tunnel Excavation By Drill & Blast And Rock Support With Friction/fully Grouted Anchors, Wire Mesh, Shotcrete; Cross-sections Up To 130 M²
- Project And Construction Management Of Manned Pipe Jacking In Nominal Diameters Id 1200 To Id 3000, Including Pressurized Air Locks For Personnel And Materials From Id 1600 Up
- Project And Construction Management For Muck Handling With Separation Plants (Schauenburg, Bauer, Derrick) Up To 700 M³/h And Mobile Sludge Dewatering (Centrifuge, Chamber Filter Press)
- Project And Construction Management For Muck Processing With Stationary Hard Rock Crushers (Up To 1,250 T/h) And Mobile Crushers (Up To 750 T/h)
- Special Subsoil And Underground Condition Knowledge To Optimize Cutterheads; Special Groundwater Knowledge To Improve Tunnelling, Pipe Jacking, And Microtunnelling
- Design Of Sinking Shafts; Site-built Shafts In In-situ Concrete; Diameters 2.4 M To 25 M, Depth < 36 M
- Design Of Shaft Start And Reception Pits With Concrete Piles, Mixed-in-place Piles, Secant Piles, Sheet Piles, Etc.; Diameter Up To 25 M, Depth < 40 M
Languages
Education
Technische Universität Clausthal
M.Sc. Geology / Diplom Geologist, Engineering Geology · Geology · Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Universität Hamburg
Pre-degree examination · Business administration · Hamburg, Germany
Gymnasium in Borgfelde
A-level exam, University entrance diploma · Hamburg, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Driving licence: B
Qualification under RAB 30 (Modules B & C) completed
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