Prof. Hagen Schmidt-Bleker

Since 2017, member of the Executive Board of formitas AG, Aachen, responsible for the corporation’s structure, culture and corporate strategy, consulting and facilitation in client projects on digital transformation, as well as the introduction of Building Information Modeling in the planning and construction process, establishment of the academy

2007-2017 Managing Director of formitas GmbH, Aachen, consulting, implementation and training of digital processes in planning and construction

2002-2007 Architect at Carpus+Partner AG, Aachen, planning and digital design of highly complex industrial buildings with a focus on office and production facilities

1999-2007 Managing Director of formitas GbR, digital planning support, programming of internet-based database applications, 3D visualizations and IT services

2007-2017 Member of the management team for BIM and IT support  at Carpus+Partner AG, Aachen, project planning, budgeting, innovation management and implementation

1998-2002 Work at various chairs as a student research assistant and freelance staff member at RWTH Aachen, Chair of Visual Form Creation, Housing, CAAD
Support for staff and students with CAD and IT questions, conceptualization and implementation

1995-1996 Surveying instructor and platoon leader (20 people), Topographic Battery 900, Koblenz
Professional training and leadership of military service personnel in the field of surveying

2015-2017 Further training as a systemic consultant according to DGSF and DGfB, Catholic University of North Rhine-Westphalia, certified as a Systemic Consultant according to DGSF and DGfB

1996-2002 Study of Architecture, RWTH Aachen

1994-1995 Training as a reserve officer for surveying, training as an instructor, Military Geographic Service of the German Armed Forces

1994 Abitur, AFCENT International School, NL

Digitalization in planning, construction and building operations, Building Information Modeling in practice, change processes in planning and construction projects

2010 – 2012 Research project Services in the industrial construction process (DIB) Partners: Imtech, Gildemeister, Carpus+Partner, FIR (RWTH), WZL (RWTH)

2016-2019 Research project, formitas AG myneDATA – Self-determined use of personal data with inherent privacy and data protection Partners: Dialego AG, Aircloak GmbH synaix Gesellschaft für angewandte Informations‐Technologien mbH, aixTeMA GmbH, Chair of Communication Science (CommScience), RWTH Aachen Chair of Computer Science 4 (Communication and Distributed Systems, COMSYS) RWTH Aachen Research Unit for Data Protection (FSDS), Goethe University Frankfurt a. M., Research Institute for Rationalization (FIR) e. V., RWTH Aachen

• Member of Aachen Building Experts e.V. | Cooperation on one of the association’s three focus areas: BIM
• Member of Building Smart e.V. | Founding member of the bS Regional Group Rhineland
• Digital Hub e.V. | Member as an enabler for start-ups
• Member of DVP (Association of Project Managers) | Co-design of the BIM training program for project managers
• Member of the 1st Academic Association for Project Management e. V.
• Member of VRCA (Virtual Reality Group of RWTH Aachen | Further development and use of CAVE technology at RWTH

until the end of 2019:

• competence center for Building Information Modeling e.V. (non-profit association) | Founding member (2013) and board member for planning, organization and implementation of information and continuing education events on the topic of BIM
• Planen Bauen 4.0 GmbH (now the Federal BIM Competence Center) | Delegated as representative of the shareholder ccBIM e.V.)

04/2019 Specialist article in BIM-Planung magazine: On the introduction of BIM: “A systemic approach to change management”

03/2015 wissensmanagement issue 03/2015, Practice of Knowledge Management Process Management
MORE EFFICIENCY IN THE INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, specialist article

03/2013 Virtual Reality Magazin, Digital three-dimensional representations on the construction site
Augmented Reality, interview

02/2012 architekturzeitung.com, The project at the center – IT for architects and engineers, specialist article

03/2012 Virtual Reality Magazin, Plans brought to life, specialist article

02/2012 Wirtschaftsdienst Architekten und Ingenieure, IT – The ten biggest mistakes in planning offices

10/2011 17th International ICE conference 2011, construction industry meets services, conference paper

03/2011 UdZ specialist article, Research project DIB: Services in the industrial construction process –
Into the future with augmented reality, specialist article

2010 Virtual Reality Magazin 04+05/2010, More than just optics

10/2019 competence center BIM e.V., BIMconvention #6, Pending event: organizer

09/2018 competence center BIM e.V., BIMconvention #5 9/2018, event: moderation, workshop, organizer

2018, FH Münster, Civil Engineering, Building Information Modeling (BIM) optimizes construction planning, workshop Construction Operations Day, FH Münster

2018, FH Aachen, Smart Building Engineering, “Practical lecture on BIM”, lecture for the lecture series in the Smart Building Engineering degree program

08/2017 competence center BIM e.V., BIMconvention #4 9/2017, keynote, workshops, organizer

03/2017 Management Forum Starnberg, lecture, Optimized construction planning process for modular buildings: transparency in costs, schedules and quality through integrated digital specialist planning with Building Information Modeling using the example of a modular laboratory in the pharmaceutical industry

06/2016 150th DVW Seminar, “BIM and 3D Geoinformation” Hochschule Bochum, practical report on digital planning and construction, lecture

6/2016 BIM in industrial construction, lecture as part of a course, RWTH WZL

05/2016 Powerbuilding Zurich, BIM – the building’s digital shadow, lecture / VR demo

05/2016 Powerbuilding Cologne, BIM – the building’s digital shadow, lecture / VR demo

05/2016 Heuer Dialog Aachen, Virtual Reality and Building Information Modeling, lecture / VR demo

02/2016 BIM project presentation at the ministry, Düsseldorf, BIM management in the CDPP project, lecture

02/2016 Digitalization Forum 2016, Bavarian Construction Industry Association, Munich, The digital treasure trove of data – BIM, lecture

2016-2018, RWTH Aachen, WZL, “BIM in industrial construction”, teaching as part of the Factory Planning master’s program, RWTH WZL, annually

11/2015 VDMA Building Services Information Day, Frankfurt, BIM dialogue between practice and research with Ms. Markova, RWTH CAAD, lecture

09/2015, Heuer Dialog Berlin, Update BIM – Building Information Modeling, lecture

09/2015, Heuer Dialog Insight, 10 ideas for the use of BIM in companies

07/2015– VDI Düsseldorf, BIM TGA Perspectives, lecture

01/2015 AR Day 2015 Munich, Augmented Reality in construction, lecture

2014-present, RWTH Aachen, WZL, “Efficient use of innovative digital planning tools in industrial construction planning”, teaching as part of an RWTH certificate course (professional continuing education)

2014-present, IHK Aachen and competence center BIM e.V., implementation of BIM cafés as information and networking events, evening event, 4x annually, since 2014, “Open-BIM-Workflow” for various organizers, Europe-wide conception and implementation with partners, see www.open-bim-workflow.de Practice-oriented and interactive continuing education on the topic of open BIM

07/2014 Expert panel KZA, “Building Information Modeling”, lecture

10/2012 Autodesk University, “BIM Practice”, lecture