Details about Habeb Astour

• Since 09.2024 Professor for digital construction at the h_da
• Professor for BIM and Building Informatics at the FH Erfurt
• BIM manager for major construction projects and project manager for BIM IT infrastructure at Deutsche Bahn
• BIM consultant: consulting and training in BIM and CAD in Kassel
• Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) in BIM and simulations at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Kassel
• BIM expert at DIN, CEN and BuildigSMART
• Member of scientific committees, speaker and session leader at various international conferences and author of several textbooks and reference books

Are you interested in final theses on

• the different aspects of the BIM working method
• the development of practice-oriented BIM use cases
• BIM and construction project management
• the application of databases in the construction industry
• BIM-based additive manufacturing
• XR in the construction industry
• Digital Twins
• AI in the construction industry
• Scan2BIM and integration of BIM and GIS.

or related areas, thenfeel free to contact me. I am happy to receive concrete proposals, also in cooperation with external parties (planning offices, authorities, companies, etc.).

Main focus:

• Development of practice-oriented BIM use cases
• BIM and construction project management
• BIM-based additive manufacturing and digital fabrication
• XR in the construction industry
• Digital Twins
• AI in the construction industry
• Scan2BIM and integration of BIM and GIS.
• Digitalization in inter- and transdisciplinary research and teaching

2024

Astour, Habeb; Niemann, Thorben. Development of an approach for digital diagnosis and monitoring of engineering structures using BIM as-built models. In: International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (ICCCBE). August 2024, Montreal, Canada.

Astour, Habeb; Hanusrichter, Mario; Strotmann, Henriette. Teaching BIM in university teaching. Practical contributions from teaching (2nd edition). June 2024. Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden.

Astour, Habeb. Practice-oriented approaches for the creation of BIM-based as-built models of engineering structures. Lecture in: 21st buildingSMART User Day. May 2024, Erfurt, Germany.

Niemann, Thorben; Astour, Habeb; Simon, Antje; Arndt, Ralf. Optimization of the structural inspection of timber bridges by using digital building models. PhD colloquium timber construction. March 2024, Stuttgart, Germany.

2023

Astour, Habeb; Niemann, Thorben. Creation and use of BIM as-built models for digital diagnostics and monitoring of existing engineering structures. Lecture in 4th impulse event of the network dpbb.THÜR. November 2023, Ettersburg, Germany.

Astour, Habeb. Greeting and presentation of the buildingSMART regional group Thuringia and the program. September 2023

Astour, Habeb. Open BIM approach to use the as-built model for diagnostics and monitoring of bridge structures. Technical presentation in: 20th buildingSMART User Day. May 2023, Stuttgart, Germany.

2022

Astour, Habeb. A campus from the BIM lab. In: Build-Ing. 4, 2022, pp. 38-39. (August 2022)

Astour, Habeb; Strotmann, Hennriette. Textbook Fundamentals of the BIM working method, questions, exercises, case studies. July 2022. Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden

Astour, Habeb; Hanusrichter, Mario; Strotmann, Hennriette. Teaching BIM in university teaching, position paper of the BIM in construction operations working group of the Construction Operations and Construction Industry Technical Committee. April 2022. Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden.

2021

Astour, Habeb. Impulses for a successful BIM implementation in the construction industry. Lecture in: 18th buildingSMART User Day. May 2021, Dresden, Germany.

Astour, Habeb; Weh, Christoph. BIM-based building application and approval process In: Build-Ing. 1-2, 2021, pp. 22-25.

2019

Dreischerf, Felix; Astour, Habeb. Bidirectional linking of 4D-BIM planning with Virtual and Augmented Reality. In: ICCBEI 2019. November 2019, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.

Astour, Habeb; Winkler, Ingrid. Interactive e-learning and introduction of digital working methods in teaching in the field of civil engineering at the FH Erfurt. Presentation of the project "New learning forum and project platform". In: E-Learning Day. April 2019, Jena, Germany.

Astour, Habeb. A practice-oriented concept for training and further education in the field of BIM at the University of Applied Sciences Erfurt. Lecture in: 17th buildingSMART User Day. March 2019, Düsseldorf, Germany.

Astour, Habeb. Building Information Modeling (BIM) - Opportunities for the water industry. 24th In: Thuringian Water Colloquium. March 2019, Erfurt, Germany.

2018

Astour, Habeb. BIM The Next Generation in Construction Technology. at Zayed University. November 2018, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Astour, Habeb; Dreischerf, Felix. BIM laboratory for digitization in construction at the FH Erfurt. Technical presentation in: Meeting buildingSMART Regional Group Central Germany. September 2018, Erfurt, Germany.

Astour, Habeb. BIM and construction - practical teaching and research at the FH Erfurt. Lecture in: BIM breakfast in Thuringia. September 2018, Erfurt, Germany.

Astour, Habeb. Building Information Modeling - Potential for our value chain. Lecture as part of the Thuringian construction industry awards for young civil engineers at Erfurt University of Applied Sciences. February 2018, Erfurt, Germany.

2017

Astour, Habeb; Frahm, Michael. Digital transformation with Construction 4.0 using the example of the Albvorland Tunnel. In: Conference proceedings. September 2017, Stuttgart, Germany.

Wörner, Christian; Astour, Habeb. Project management 4.0 - BIM in the realization phase of infrastructure projects. In: Presentations at the German Construction Technology Day on April 27 and 28, 2017 in Stuttgart, Germany

Frahm, Michael; Hallfeldt, Jens ; Astour, Habeb; Lorenz, Tim . Planning, construction and BIM use for the Albvorland Tunnel. In: Issue Tunnel 03/17. March 2017.

Astour, Habeb; Schütt, Bastian; Wörner, Christian BIM in the Stuttgart-Ulm rail project: Application from the client's perspective. In: Proceedings 2017 of the IPDC 2017 - Congress. March 2017, Innsbruck, Austria.

Frahm, Michael; Astour, Habeb. Design and construction of the Albvorland Tunnel with special consideration of the BIM methodology, Geotechnics Seminar 2017, Jan 2017. Stuttgart, Germany

2016

Halfeldt, Jens; Astour, Habeb BIM use cases for the Albvorland Tunnel. In: Conference proceedings of the WBIPRINT series. 01.2016

Astour, Habeb. Development of a BIM-based decision support system using simulation for construction site planning. Dissertation at the University of Kassel, kassel university press. January 2016. Kassel, Germany.

2015

Astour, Habeb; Franz, Volkhard. BIMBeP: An application for BIM-based construction site planning. In: Proceedings 2015 of the IPDC 2015 - Technical Congress. November 2015, Innsbruck, Austria.

Astour, Habeb; Franz, Volkhard Procedure model for BIM introduction in construction practice. In: Proceedings 2015 of the IPDC 2015 - Congress. November 2015, Innsbruck, Austria.

Astour, Habeb; Franz, Volkhard The planning of crane deployment on the construction site using BIM and simulation. In: Seminar volume 2015 from the 44th VDBUM Seminar February 24-27, 2015, Kassel, Germany.

2014

Astour, Habeb; Heese, Roland General possibilities with BIM (Revit), object and data-related requirements. In: Proceedings of the 24th Kassel-Darmstädter Baubetriebsseminar. November 2014, Kassel, Germany.

Astour, Habeb. Literature study for the analysis of research needs for a system to optimize construction site equipment planning. In: 26th Forum Bauinformatik 2014. September 2014. Darmstadt, Germany.

Astour, Habeb; Franz, Volkhard BIM-based construction site facility planning. In: Proceedings of the 25th Assistant Meeting of the Departments of Construction Management, Construction Operations and Construction Process Engineering at TU Graz, pp. 5 - 18, Verlag der TU Graz. June 2014. Graz, Austria.

Astour, Habeb; Franz, Volkhard BIM- and Simulation-Based Site Layout Planning. In: Proceedings of the 2014 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Edited by R. Raymond Issa and Ian Flood, Florida, USA, pp 291 - 298. June 2014. Florida, USA.

2013

Astour, Habeb; Franz, Volkhard Simulation-based crane deployment planner for structural engineering projects. In: Dangelmaier, W.; Laroque, C.; Klass, A. (Eds.): Simulation in Produktion und Logistik - Entscheidungsunterstützung von der Planung bis zur Steuerung, 15th ASIM-Fachtagung Simulation in Produktion und Logistik, Paderborn, October 09-11, 2013, pp. 515 - 524, Publisher: HNIVerlagsschriftenreihe. Oct. 2013. Paderborn, Germany.

Publications and presentations before 2013 on request