Prof. Dr. Peter Vogt

Prof. Dr Peter Vogt combines ten years of professional experience in the construction industry with over a decade of teaching construction management at Hochschule Ruhr West in Mülheim.

In his teaching, he emphasises practical projects, digital methods, and diverse didactic approaches, aiming to prepare students effectively for the demands of professional construction practice. His research focuses include life cycle cost analysis of buildings and the integration of Building Information Modeling (BIM) with Lean Management.

Numerous scholarly publications, conference contributions, and textbooks attest to his active engagement in academic discourse. Prof. Vogt is committed to providing a forward-looking and practice-oriented education for future civil engineers.

During the lecture period, there is an opportunity to address concerns during in-person office hours. The dates are announced each semester during lectures and via the Moodle course rooms.

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• Chair of the Expert Committee ‘Construction Operations and Construction Economics’
• Member of the Working Group ‘Digitalisation in Construction Operations’
• Member of the BIM Competence Centre of the Ministry of Homeland, Municipal Affairs, Building and Digitalisation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
• Member of BIM Cluster NRW e.V.
• Member of the DAUB Expert Committee ‘Lifecycle of Tunnel Structures’
• Member of the Working Group ‘Lean in Teaching’

Bachelor’s Programme in Civil Engineering

• Compulsory Module: Construction Operations and Construction Law
• Compulsory Module: Construction Economics and Cost Estimation
• Elective Module: Large-Scale Construction Projects

Bachelor’s Programme in Industrial Engineering – Construction

• Compulsory Module: Cost Estimation and Tendering (AVA)
• Compulsory Module: Construction Operations and Construction Techniques
• Elective Module: Large-Scale Construction Projects

Master’s Programme in Civil Engineering

• Compulsory Module: Digital Planning and Construction

In addition to numerous didactic and methodological training courses, Prof. Vogt has completed two consecutive certificate programmes with the ‘Higher Education Didactics Network North Rhine-Westphalia’ in recent years:

• Professional Higher Education Teaching 1, February 2018 to February 2019
  Title of final assignment: Development of a learning portfolio for the Bachelor’s foundational module ‘Construction Operations and Law’
• Professional Higher Education Teaching 2, September 2022 to February 2023
  Title of final assignment: Creation of a portfolio reflecting on my personal learning and teaching biography

• Room 04.02.194 – BIM Laboratory
• Room 04.03.206 – Formwork Laboratory

Since 2013, Prof. Vogt has supervised around 100 final theses as primary examiner at HRW. Typically, the topics are closely linked to practical applications, and ideally, the results or developed processes can be directly applied or further developed.

Generally, a Bachelor’s thesis topic arises from a practical semester in construction operations or construction economics. The secondary supervision is usually provided by the respective company. Complex Master’s thesis topics often stem from the module Digital Planning and Construction, frequently involving companies with specific research questions.

Special importance is attached to the initiation phase of a thesis: from an initial research question, a task is gradually developed with logically sequential sub-tasks. Approximately six weeks should be allocated for this process. Once the work phase begins, regular status updates and coordination meetings are mandatory.

Prof. Vogt has presented several teaching concepts at national and international conferences and workshops:

• HDS.Forum Teaching, 4–5 November 2015, West Saxon University of Applied Sciences Zwickau
• International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, 25–28 June 2018, Kos
• Day of Teaching, 14 November 2018, Hochschule Ruhr West, Mülheim Campus
• eLearning Day, 22 May 2019, Hochschule Ruhr West, Bottrop Campus
• 5th German-Chinese University Forum, 14–15 October 2019, Free University of Berlin
• Exploration Day, 4 June 2025, Hochschule Ruhr West, Mülheim Campus

Furthermore, teaching concepts have been published as scholarly articles:

• Vogt, P.; Lesch, U.; Friese, N. (2019): Implementing Digital Methods into Project-Based Engineering Courses. In: Auer, M.E.; Tsiatsos, T. (eds.): The Challenges of the Digital Transformation in Education. Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL 2018) – Volume 2, Springer, 2019, pp. 299–310
• Vogt, P. (2024): Stepwise Development of a Realistic 5D Process Model. In: Astour, H.; Hanusrichter, M.; Strotmann, H. (eds.): Teaching BIM in Higher Education – Practical Contributions from Teaching. Springer Vieweg, Wiesbaden

• Approaches and Analysis of Life Cycle Costing for Buildings Using Dynamic Investment Appraisal
• Digital Methods in Construction Project Planning with a Focus on Construction Operations Building Information Modeling (BIM) and the Integration of BIM with Lean Construction Management
• Tender Costing as a Basis for Deriving Labour and Variation Costing

• Research Project SKRIBT (Protection of Critical Bridges and Tunnels on Roads), 2008 to 2011

Several software tools, some BIM-enabled, are available via the HRW university network; access for university members is primarily provided through AppsAnywhere.

Scholarly Publications on Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Buildings

• Vogt, P.; Thewes, M. (2012): PPP Road Tunnel Projects and the Role of the Life-Cycle Cost Approach. International Symposium: Practices and Trends for Financing and Contracting Tunnels and Underground Works, 22.-23. March 2012, Athens
• Vogt, P.; Thewes, M. (2012): New Life-cycle Cost Model for Road Tunnels Considering Technical and Financial Uncertainties. Proceedings of ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress "Tunnelling and Underground Space for a Global Society", 18.-23. May 2012, Bangkok
• Thewes, M.; Vogt, P. (2012): The life-cycle cost analysis for road tunnels taking uncertainties into account. Proceedings of the First Eastern European Tunnelling Conference "The tunnel connects", 18.-21. September 2012, Budapest
• Vogt, P.; Thewes, M. (2012): The calculation of life-cycle costs for road tunnels under the influence of uncertainties. Proceedings of the third International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE 2012), 3-6 October 2012, Vienna, Life-cycle and Sustainability of Civil Infrastructure Systems, Taylor & Francis Group, pp. 1036-1043 (reviewed conference paper)
• Kinateder, M.; Pauli, P.; Müller, M.; Krieger, J.; Heimbecher, F.; Rönnau, I.; Bergerhausen, U.; Vollmann, G.; Vogt, P.; Mühlberger, A. (2013): Human behaviour in severe tunnel accidents: Effects of information and behavioural training. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, Volume 17, Issue 2, February 2013, pp. 20-32
•  Schwarz, J.; Engelhardt, S.; Thewes, M.; Adden, H.; Vogt, P. (2013): Konzept zur nachhaltigen Betrachtung der Lebenszykluskosten von Tunnelbauwerken. Tagungsband Deutscher Bautechnik-Tag Hamburg, 11.-12. April 2013, S. 115-116
• Vogt, P.; Thewes, M. (2013): The Computation of Life-cycle Costs for Road Tunnels. In: Meschke, G., Eberhardsteiner, J.; Schanz, T.; Soga, K.; Thewes, M. (editors), Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computational Methods in Tunneling and Subsurface Engineering - EURO:TUN 2013, Ruhr-University Bochum, April 17-19 2013, S. 821-828, Aedificatio Publishers: Freiburg
•  Vogt, P. (2013): Modell für die Lebenszykluskostenanalyse von Straßentunneln unter Beachtung technischer und finanzieller Unsicherheiten. Dissertation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Fakultät für Bau- und Umweltingenieurwissenschaften
•  Thewes, M.; Schwarz, J.; Engelhardt, S.; Vogt, P. (2013): Lebenszykluskostenanalyse als Ansatz für die ökonomische Optimierung von Tunnelbauwerken. Forschung + Praxis 45: STUVA Tagung 2013 in Stuttgart, Bauverlag, Gütersloh, S. 241-246
• Thewes, M.; Vogt, P. (2014): Modellentwicklung für die Lebenszykluskostenanalyse von Straßentunneln. Bauingenieur, Band 89, Oktober 2014, S. 421-430
• Adden, H.; Engelhardt, S.; Friebel, W.-D.; Lehan, A.; Schwarz, J.; Speier, L.; Thewes, M.; Vogt, P. (2019): DAUB-Empfehlungen für die Ermittlung von Lebenszykluskosten für Straßentunnel. In: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geotechnik e.V. (Hrsg.): Taschenbuch für den Tunnelbau 2019, Ernst & Sohn, 2018; S. 267-320
• Adden, H.; Engelhardt, S.; Fries, F.; Hofmann, K.; Lehan, A.; Kaiser, M.; Reikat, K.-H.; Schwarz, J.; Speier, L.; Thewes, M.; Vogt, P. (2023): Empfehlungen für die Ermittlung von Lebenszykluskosten für Tunnel - Planung - Bau - Betrieb (Straße, ÖPNV, Bahn). DAUB Arbeitsgruppe Lebenszykluskosten
• Adden, H.; Engelhardt, S.; Fries, F.; Hofmann, K.; Lehan, A.; Kaiser, M.; Reikat, K.-H.; Schwarz, J.; Speier, L.; Thewes, M.; Vogt, P. (2023): Recommendations for the Determination of Lifecycle Costs for Tunnels. German Tunnelling Committee (ITA-AITES)

Scholarly Publications on Tender Evaluation

• Niewerth, S.; Vogt, P.; Thewes, M. (2017): Data Envelopment Analysis zur Angebotswertung öffentlicher Bauaufträge und Vergleich mit ausgewählten Wertungsformeln. In: Minnert, J. (Hrsg.): Tagungsband zum 2. BIH-Treffen, Gießen
• Niewerth, S.; Vogt, P.; Thewes, M. (2017): Wertung strategischer und lebenszyklusorientierter Zuschlagskriterien für die Vergabe von Bauleistungen. Bauingenieur, Band 92, September 2017, S. 398-405
• Niewerth, S.; Vogt, P.; Thewes, M. (2020): Tender evaluation through efficiency analysis for public construction contracts. Frontiers of Engineering Management, Volume 9, 2020/2022, pp. 148-158

Textbooks for the Professorship of Construction Costing and Construction Process Engineering

• Vogt, P. (2024): Einführung in die baubetriebliche Praxis - Planung und Steuerung von Baustellen des Hoch- und Tiefbaus. Springer Vieweg, Wiesbaden
• Vogt, P. (2025): Kalkulation von Baupreisen und Vergabe von Bauleistungen - Ausschreibung, Angebotsbearbeitung, Vergabe und Abrechnung. Springer Vieweg, Wiesbaden

• Ausrichtung Jahrestagung ‚Fachausschuss Baubetrieb und Bauwirtschaft‘, Hochschule Ruhr West, Campus Mülheim, 25. bis 27. Juni 2025
• Vortrag: Elemente zur Sicherstellung eines praxisbezogenen Ingenieurstudiums am Beispiel des Bachelorstudiengangs Bauingenieurwesen an der Hochschule Ruhr West. 5. Deutsch-Chinesisches Hochschulforum, Freie Universität Berlin, 14. Oktober 2019
• Vortrag: Implementing Digital Methods Into Project-Based Engineering Courses. International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, Kos, 28. September 2018
• Ausrichtung ‚Hochschultag der Bauindustrie NRW‘, Hochschule Ruhr West, Campus Mülheim, 29. November 2016
• Vortrag: Berufsbegleitende Masterstudiengänge: Bauingenieure binden durch Karriereplanung. Hochschultag der Bauindustrie NRW, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, 30. November 2017
• Postersession: Constructive Alignment und sichtbarer Kompetenzzuwachs. Prüfen und reflektieren durch Peer- und Selbstbewertungen. HDS.Forum Lehre, Hochschule Zwickau, 5. November 2015
• Vortrag: The Computation of Life-Cycle Costs for Road Tunnels. Third International Conference on Computational Methods in Tunneling and Subsurface Engineering, Ruhr-University Bochum, 19. April 2013

2020 and 2021: Head of the Institute of Civil Engineering and Pro-Dean of Faculty 3

Multiple terms served in the Senate, Examination Board, and Faculty Council of Faculty 3

• Children’s Lecture as Part of the ‘HRW-Kids’ Series: How Does a Tunnel Get Into the Ground?
• MINT4U Workshop: On the Trail – How Is a Tunnel Created?

• Taster Lectures as Part of Senior School Days
• Opening Lectures as Part of Career Orientation Days