Curriculum Vitae Heinz Ehrbar
Professional background
since June 2017
ETH Zurich, Executive in Residence, responsible for the subjects of construction managemen in underground construction and project management of large infrastructure projects
07.2017 – 09.2019
11.2014 – 06.2017
DB Netz Ltd, Frankfurt upon Main
Head of management major projects, head of the responsible organizational unit for the central control of the large-scale project portfolio of the now decentralized large-scale projects
2013 – 10.2014
DB Netz AG, Frankfurt upon Main
Head of major projects, head of the organizational unit responsible for client representatives for the portfolio of major projects at DB Netz Ltd.
since April 2012
Owner of Heinz Ehrbar Partners Llc
AlpTransit Gotthard Ltd., Chief Construction Officer
responsible for the project planning and execution of all civil construction work for the 57 km Gotthard Base Tunnel and the northern access routes.
Member of the Executive Board
Head of the AlpTransit division and project manager for the project planning and construction of the Sedrun section of the Gotthard Base Tunnel (squeezing rock),
Deputy Head of the Gotthard Base Tunnel South engineering group.
Expert in underground structures for hydropower plants in Peru and Iceland.
1981 – 1996
Elektrowatt Engineering Ltd, Hydropower Division
Project manager, senior construction manager and project engineer (rock mechanics, hydraulics, feasibility studies, tenders) in the project planning and construction of several hydropower plants in Switzerland and abroad
further activities
German Tunnelling Committee (DAUB)
since 2016: Member as a representative of the owners organsisations
RWTH Aachen
since 2014: Lecturerer for organisation of underground work
International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA)
2004 – 2016: Animator of Working Group 19 (Conventional Tunnelling).
Swiss Tunnelling Society, 2004 – 2016: member of the board
(2004 to 2010 Head of the Swiss Tunnel Congress department)
Journal Geomechanics and Tunnelling, 2009 – 2016: Member of the advisorary board.