Dr. Clemens Kielhauser

• Optimisation of maintenance interventions for infrastructure networks

• GIS-based prioritisation of maintenance interventions

• Key performance indicators for road maintenance

• Automation-supported inspection of infrastructure assets

• Resilience and safety assessments of infrastructure networks

• Safety analyses of transport infrastructure

• Bachelor Civil Engineering BFH

• CAS Implementation of Maintenance Measures BFH-VSS

• Bachelor Civil Engineering ETH Zurich

• Bachelor Environmental Engineering ETH Zurich

• Bachelor Geomatics and Planning ETH Zurich

• Master Civil Engineering ETH Zurich

• Master Spatial Development and Infrastructure Systems ETH Zurich

• Erhaltung von Strassen (Road Maintenance) (BFH)

• BIM im Infrastrukturbau (BIM in infrastructure construction) (BFH)

• Umsetzung v. Erhaltungsmassnahmen (Implementation of maintenance measures) (BFH-VSS)

• Systems Engineering (ETH Zurich)

• Infrastructure Management 1 (ETH Zurich)

• Infrastructure Management 2 (ETH Zurich)

• Infrastructure Management 3 (ETH Zurich)

• Infrastructure management

• Infrastructure security and resilience

• Automation in infrastructure management

• Optimisation of maintenance activities for infrastructure networks

• GIS-based prioritisation of maintenance activities

• Key performance indicators for road maintenance

• Automation-supported inspection of infrastructure structures

• Resilience and safety assessments of infrastructure networks

• Safety analyses of transport infrastructure

• Dr. Clemens Kielhauser, born 22.03.1983 in Vienna, studied civil engineering with a focus on resource management and waste management systems at the Vienna University of Technology and wrote his diploma thesis on the implementation of the waste management knowledge base. He received his doctorate in infrastructure management from ETH Zurich. Dr Kielhauser conducts research on intervention optimisation for infrastructure networks, automation-supported inspection of infrastructure structures, resilience and safety considerations of infrastructure networks, and safety investigations of bicycle infrastructure. He speaks German, English and French. He was also a Fellow of the Global Future Councils of the World Economic Forum for 2 terms and is a member of the Academic Advisory Panel of the Global Infrastructure Hub.

• since 2021 Research Associate BFH
• since 2018 Managing Director Carmentae Infrastructure Management
• 2019-2021 Lecturer ETH Zurich
• 2018-2021 Research Associate ETH Zurich
• 2016-2018 Consultant Adey Infrastructure Management GmbH
• 2012-2018 Research Assistant ETH Zurich

• 2012-2018 Dr. Sc. ETH Zurich
• 2002-2011 Dipl.-Ing. Vienna University of Technology

• In-depth evaluation of a survey on the topic of accidents as well as dangerous spots in Zurich for FEDRO.

• Automated UAV-based infrastructure management

• Benchmarking of pedestrian crossing safety

• Analysis of bicycle accidents in the city of Zurich and their relationship to the infrastructure

• Time series analysis of accident data for the identification of abnormalities in the accident pattern of the city of Zurich

• Safety effect of road traffic intervention measures

• Investigation of the differences in cycling accident patterns in the cities of Zurich and Bern

• Network safety management for bicycle traffic

• Effects of the COVID pandemic on road safety in the city of Zurich

• Factors influencing bicycle accidents in the city of Zuric

• Investigation of the impact of model parameters on the results of the SBB forecast model for bridges and tunnels and recommendations for the further development of the SBB forecast model

• SIB-BW: Integration of the structures database SIB-Bauwerke in the system WSVPruf of the German federal waterways

• FORESEE: Development of a toolkit to provide short- and long-term resilience systems for rail and road corridors and logistics terminals capable of reducing the magnitude and/or duration of human- or nature-induced disruptive events

• Key Performance Indicators for road maintenance in Switzerland

• Manifest and latent processes - risk-based approach to determine measure strategies for a road link

• Adey, Bryan T.; Lethanh, Nam; Kielhauser, Clemens (2014). A Comparison of Three Preventive Maintenance Models to Determine Optimal Intervention Strategies for Transportation Infrastructures in Alpine Regions International Journal of Architecture, Engineering and Construction, 3(3), pp. 153-167. International Association for Sustainable Development and Management http://dx.doi.org/10.7492/IJAEC.2014.013 <http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.7492/IJAEC.2014.013>

• Richmond, Craig; Kielhauser, Clemens; Adey, Bryan T. (2015). Leistungsmasszahlen für die Strassenerneuerung Zeitschrift für Verkehrswissenschaft, 86(2), pp. 122-154.

• Kielhauser, Clemens; Adey, Bryan T; Lethanh, Nam (2015). A COMPARISON OF GEOGRAPHIC INTERVENTION GROUPING METHODS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INTERVENTION PLANNING ACROSS MULTIPLE NETWORKS In: International Construction Specialty Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (ICSC) (5th : 2015). June 8 to June 10, 2015. 10.14288/1.0076360 <http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0076360>

• Richmond, Craig M.; Kielhauser, Clemens; Adey, Bryan T. (2016). Performance measures for road managers facing diverse environments Benchmarking, 23(7), pp. 1876-1891. Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. 10.1108/BIJ-01-2015-0005 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-01-2015-0005>

• Kielhauser, Clemens; Adey, Bryan T.; Lethanh, Nam (2017). Investigation of a static and a dynamic neighbourhood methodology to develop work programs for multiple close municipal infrastructure networks Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 13(3), pp. 361-389. Taylor and Francis Ltd. 10.1080/15732479.2016.1162818 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15732479.2016.1162818>

• Kielhauser, Clemens; Martani, Claudio; Adey, Bryan T. (2018). Development of intervention programs for inland waterway networks using genetic algorithms Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 14(5), pp. 550-564. Taylor and Francis Ltd. 10.1080/15732479.2017.1373299 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15732479.2017.1373299>

• Kielhauser, Clemens (2018). A Method for Determining Optimal Intervention Programs for Interrelated Infrastructure Networks (Dissertation, ETH Zürich, D-Baug)

• Adey, Bryan T.; Martani, Claudio; Kielhauser, Clemens; Robles Urquijo, Ignacio; Papathanasiou, Natalia; Burkhalter, Marcel (2019). FORESEE – D1.1: Guideline to measure service provided by, and resilience of, transport infrastructure FORESEE Project https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000414783 <http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000414783>

• Bose, Sujoi; Coutinho, Sylvia; del Valle, Clemente; Ebobissé, Alain; Guislain, Pierre; Jun, Fu; Kaldany, Rashard; Kefalas, Vicky; Khelifi Touhami, Mounia; Kielhauser, Clemens; Losavio, Joseph; Maasdorp, Leslie Warren; Madsbjerg, Saadia; Marangoly George, Anita; Marquet, Jean-Patrick; Martin, Helen; Moser, Joel; Musallam, Nadia; Nasse Bridier, Emmanuelle; Newfield, Paul; ... (2019). Bridging the Infrastructure Gap: Tools for Creating Investable Infrastructure Project Pipelines World Economic Forum

• Bose, Sujoy; Box, Adrian; Brayham, Ralph; Coutinho, Sylvia; del Valle, Clemente; Ebobissé, Alain; Esty, JoAnna; Guislain, Pierre; Jun, Fu; Kaldany, Rashad; Kefalas, Vicky; Khandelwal, Kavisha; Khelifi Touhami, Mounia; Kielhauser, Clemens; Losavio, Joseph; Maasdorp, Leslie Warren; Madsbjerg, Saadia; Marangoly George, Anita; Marquet, Jean-Patrick; Moser, Joel; ... (2019). Transforming Infrastructure: Frameworks for Bringing the Fourth Industrial Revolution to Infrastructure World Economic Forum

• Kielhauser, Clemens; Martani, Claudio; Adey, Bryan T. (2019). FORESEE – D1.2: Guideline to set target levels of service and resilience for infrastructures FORESEE Project https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000388318 <http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000388318>

• Kielhauser, Clemens; Renteria Manzano, Raul; Hoffman, Jeffrey J.; Adey, Bryan T. (2020). Automated Construction Progress and Quality Monitoring for Commercial Buildings with Unmanned Aerial Systems: An Application Study from Switzerland Infrastructures, 5(11), p. 98. MDPI AG 10.3390/infrastructures5110098 <http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures5110098>

• Kielhauser, Clemens; Herrmann, Julia S.; Adey, Bryan T. (2020). Identifying Changes in Bicycle Accident Trends Using GIS and Time Series Information in the City of Zürich Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2, p. 21. Frontiers Media SA 10.3389/frsc.2020.00021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2020.00021>

• Kielhauser, Clemens; Adey, Bryan T. (2020). Determination of intervention programs for multiple municipal infrastructure networks: considering network operator and service costs Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, 5(1-2), pp. 49-61. Taylor and Francis Inc. 10.1080/23789689.2018.1497879 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23789689.2018.1497879>

• Kielhauser, Clemens; Adey, Bryan T (2020). A demonstration of the use of a unified service model for urban infrastructure networks Infrastructure Asset Management, 7(4), pp. 269-281. Thomas Telford Ltd. 10.1680/jinam.18.00040 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/jinam.18.00040>

• Adey, Bryan T.; Martani, Claudio; Kielhauser, Clemens; Robles Urquijo, Ignacio; Papathanasiou, Natalia; Burkhalter, Marcel; Beltran-Hernando, Iñaki (April 2020). Guideline to measure service provided by, and resilience of, transport infrastructure In: 8th Transport Research Arena: Rethinking transport. Towards clean and inclusive mobility (TRA 2020). Helsinki, Finland. April 27-30, 2020 (cancelled due to COIVD-19). https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000403298 <http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000403298>

• Kielhauser, Clemens; Bueche, Nicolas; Domer, Bernd (2021). "digiMABS" - der Weg in eine digitale Normenzukunft für Strasseninfrastrukturprojekte Strasse und Verkehr, 107(11), pp. 56-58.

• Adey, Bryan T.; Le Thanh, Nam; Kielhauser, Clemens (February 2014). A comparison of the suitability of age replacement, block replacement and Markov models in the determination of optimal intervention strategies for road infrastructure in alpine regions (Unpublished). In: Brenner Congress 2014 (BC 2014). Innsbruck, Austria. February 20-21, 2014.

• Kielhauser, Clemens; Adey, Bryan T.; Le Thanh, Nam (March 2014). An Example of the Effect of Simultaneous Planning of Interventions on Proximate Infrastructure Networks In: Sustainble Municipalities. Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering 2014 2 (pp. 819-828). Curran Associates Inc.

• Richmond, Craig; Akveld, Meike; Kielhauser, Clemens; Adey, Bryan T (2014). Adding Realism to Cost Functions for Road Network Renewal to Identify Better Management Conference Proceedings Industry Studies Association University of Pittsburgh, Center for Industry Studies

• Richmond, Craig; Kielhauser, Clemens; Adey, Bryan T. (June 2014). Genügender und effizienter Strassenunterhalt - Wie kann man es wissen? In: Konferenz „Verkehrsökonomik und -politik“ (2014). TU Berlin

• Kielhauser, Clemens; Le Thanh, Nam; Adey, Bryan T. (July 2014). Consideration of increased failure probabilities during interventions on multiple networks (Unpublished). In: Joint Conference of the Institute of Australian Geographers/New Zealand Geographical Society (IAG/NZGS 2014). Melbourne, Australia. June 30 - July 2, 2015.

• Kielhauser, Clemens; Adey, Bryan T; Lethanh, Nam (2015). A COMPARISON OF GEOGRAPHIC INTERVENTION GROUPING METHODS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INTERVENTION PLANNING ACROSS MULTIPLE NETWORKS In: International Construction Specialty Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (ICSC) (5th : 2015). June 8 to June 10, 2015. 10.14288/1.0076360 <http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0076360>

• Richmond, Craig; Kielhauser, Clemens; Adey, Bryan T. (November 2015). Developing key performance indicators for cantonal road management in Switzerland (Unpublished). In: Asset Management Conference (2015). London, United Kingdom. November 25-26, 2015.

• Richmond, C.; Kielhauser, Clemens; Adey, B. T. (November 2015). Key performance indicators for cantonal road management in Switzerland In: Asset Management Conference (2015). IET Conference Publications: Vol. 2015 (10 .-10 .). Institution of Engineering and Technology 10.1049/cp.2015.1731 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/cp.2015.1731>

• Kielhauser, Clemens; Le Thanh, Nam; Adey, Bryan T. (June 2016). A methodology to estimate losses in level of service for urban infrastructure networks Transforming the Future of Infrastructure through Smarter Information. Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction (ICSIC 2016). ICE Publishing

• Kielhauser, Clemens; Adey, Bryan T. (December 2016). Integrating sustainability and risk into the determination of intervention programs for multiple municipal infrastructure networks (Unpublished). In: 9th IFED Forum: Resilient Infrastructures – Integration of Risk and Sustainability (IFED 2016). Stoos, Switzerland. December 7-10, 2016.

• Kielhauser, Clemens; Adey, Bryan T. (June 2017). A Methodology to Determine Optimal Intervention Programs for Multiple Urban Infrastructure Networks with a Consistent Representation of Service Levels In: 2nd International Symposium on Infrastructure Asset Management (SIAM 2017). Zurich, Switzerland. June 29-30, 2017. 10.3929/ethz-b-000171368 <http://dx.doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000171368>

• Kielhauser, Clemens; Romer, Fabian B.; Adey, Bryan T. (13 September 2017). Preliminary estimates of the viability of UAV-based bridge inspections In: Fourth Conference on Smart Monitoring, Assessment and Rehabilitation of Civil Structures (SMAR 2017). Zurich, Switzerland. September 13-15, 2017. 10.3929/ethz-b-000229541 <http://dx.doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000229541>

• Kielhauser, Clemens; Adey, Bryan T. (2018). Ein Weg zu automatisiertem Infrastrukturmanagement Tagungsband zum 29. BBB-Assistententreffen - Fachkongress der wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiter der Bereiche Bauwirtschaft, Baubetrieb und Bauverfahrenstechnik: Beiträge zum 29. BBB-Assistententreffen vom 06. bis 08. Juni 2018 in Braunschweig, pp. 115-127. TU Braunschweig 10.24355/DBBS.084-201805141058-0 <http://dx.doi.org/10.24355/DBBS.084-201805141058-0>

• Academic Advisory Panels of the Global Infrastructure Hub (G20)

• Fellow of the World Economic Forum Future Council for Infrastructure (2018-2020)

Dipl. Ing. Clemens Kielhauser, Vienna University of Technology, convinced the jury with his thesis on the implementation of a waste management knowledge base using the example of the implementation of the Landfill Ordinance. The creative approach as well as the many applied methods in the work were emphasised. Supervisor Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Paul Hans Brunner: "This thesis impresses with its creative approach and the processing of an elaborate topic."

• Joël Nussli Digitalisierung im Strassenbau (Digitisation in road construction) 2021

• Sacha Eggenberger Prognose von Zustand und dazugehörigem Finanzmittelbedarf von Infrastrukturobjekten eines Wassernetzes (Forecasting the condition and associated financial requirements of infrastructure objects of a water network) 2020

• Marla Kohli Budget Estimation for a Road Network 2020

• Liliana Cedro Estimation of Budget Needs for a Wastewater Network 2020

• Jérôme Pfaffen Prognose von Zustand und dazugehörigem Finanzmittelbedarf von Infrastrukturobjekten eines Gasnetzes (Forecasting the condition and associated financial requirements of infrastructure objects of a natural gas network) 2020

• Shiji Cheriyamulla The estimation of budget needs for a portfolio of rail assets 2019

• David Lehmann A water distribution network to accommodate the future needs for Uster 2017

• Dominique Angehrn Ein nachhaltiges Verkehrssystem für Uster (A sustainable transport system for Uster) 2017

• Marco Lamberti A water distribution network to accomodate the future needs for Uster 2017

• Riccardo Arrigoni A water distribution network to accomodate the future needs for Uster 2017

• Stefano Pons Infrastrukturbedürfnis für die zukünftige Entwicklung des Strassennetzes der Stadt Uster (Infrastructure needs for the future development of the road network of the city of Uster) 2017

• Linda Ammann Kosten und Nutzen von geschützten Velostreifen (Costs and benefits of protected bicycle lanes) 2022

• Nicole Selina Stutzmann Effekte der Corona-Pandemie auf die Verkehrssicherheit in der Stadt Zürich (Effects of the Corona pandemic on road safety in the city of Zurich) 2021

• Corina Wiher Network Safety Management für den Veloverkehr (Network Safety Management for bicycle traffic) 2021

• Philippe Hirsiger Untersuchung der Unterschiede im Velo-Unfallgeschehen in den Städten Zürich und Bern (Investigation of the differences in bicycle accidents in the cities of Zurich and Bern) 2020

• Laura Schnoz Road Safety Impact Assessment für die Radinfrastruktur (Road Safety Impact Assessment for cycling infrastructure) 2020

• Laura Ringel Einflussfaktoren bei Fahrradunfällen in der Stadt Zürich – Auswertung einer Umfrage (Factors influencing bicycle accidents in the city of Zurich - evaluation of a survey) 2019

• Lea Portmann Sicherheitswirkung von Massnahmen im Strassenverkehr (Safety impact of road traffic measures) 2019

• Julia Seraina Herrman Zeitreihenanalyse von Unfalldaten zur Identifikation von Auffälligkeiten im Unfallgeschehen der Stadt Zürich (Time series analysis of accident data to identify anomalies in the accident patterns of the city of Zurich) 2019

• Franziska Koller Einbettung von neuen Key Performance Indikatoren in das bfu-Projekt MEVASI (Embedding of new key performance indicators in the bfu project MEVASI) 2019

• Raul Renteria An aerial perspective for the future in the construction industry: How drones could monitor progress and quality with real-time data on a commercial building during the execution phase. 2019

• Pirmin Scherer Investigation of the use of drone technology to assess quality control on a light rail infrastructure project 2018

• Julian Ulrich Investigation of the use of drone technology to assess progress on a light rail infrastructure project 2018

• Nadia Hofstetter Infrastrukturbedingte Velokollisionen (Infrastructure-related bicycle collisions) 2018

• Lisa di Lena Schleuder- oder Selbstunfälle mit Velos in der Stadt Zürich (Skidding or self-crashes with bicycles in the city of Zurich) 2018

• Simon Keller Prüfung der Qualitätssicherung der Bauwerksinspektionen (Auditing the quality of structural inspections) 2015

• Nick Merz Digitalisierung im Strassenbau (Digitalisation in road construction) 2021

• Simon Eck Organisatorische Entscheidungsprozesse der Strasseninfrastruktur im Nachgang von Naturereignissen (Organisational decision-making processes of the road infrastructure in the aftermath of natural events ) 2021

• Jonathan Hacker Entwicklung einer Kostenschätzung für den Unterhalt von Gemeindestrassen (Development of a cost estimate for the maintenance of municipal roads) 2020

• Mert Efe An aerial perspective for the future in the construction industry: How drones could monitor the progress and the quality in the construction site 2019

• Gérald Huber An aerial perspective for the future in the construction industry: How drones could monitor the progress and the quality in the construction site 2019

• Pirmin Vogel Fehlerbaum-Modell zur Risikoabschätzung von Infrastrukturobjekten (Fault tree models for the risk assessment of infrastructure objects) 2016

• Lea Baumgartner Fehlerbaum-Modell zur Risikoabschätzung von Infrastrukturobjekten (Fault tree models for the risk assessment of infrastructure objects) 2016

• Fabian Peter Romer Visuelle Inspektion mit Hilfe einer Drohne (Visual inspection of bridges with the aid of an UAV) 2015

• Dorothea Federer Entwicklung von Infrastruktur-Szenarien (Development of infrastructure scenarios) 2015

• Simon Keller Entwicklung von Infrastruktur-Szenarien (Development of infrastructure scenarios) 2014

• German - Native or bilingual proficiency
• English - Native or bilingual proficiency
• French - Professional working proficiency