Stefan Bauer

Construction project manager delivering complex builds on schedule

Construction project manager with 14 years on residential and commercial projects up to €60M contract value. Delivered the last five projects at or ahead of schedule, including one of Vienna’s first eight-storey timber-hybrid office buildings. Strong on claim prevention: subcontractor disputes on managed projects have stayed out of court for nine years running.

Education

Dipl.-Ing. Civil Engineering

Technische Hochschule DonauraumVienna, Austria

Oct 2005 - Jun 2011

Specialization in construction management and structural engineering.

Construction managementStructural engineering
Skills

Project leadership from tender to handover, with strong commercial control.

Project scheduling (MS Project, takt planning)Cost control and forecastingContract and claim management (ÖNORM B 2110)Subcontractor managementTimber-hybrid constructionBIM coordination (working level)Site safety managementTender evaluationClient and authority communication
Languages

Manages multilingual site teams; contract language German.

German (native)English (B2)Croatian (B1)Italian (A2)
Certifications

Certified Project Management Professional

Austrian Project Management BoardVienna, Austria

Issued Sep 2019, recertified 2024

Level B certification for managing complex projects.

Project managementCertification

Site Safety Coordinator (BauKG)

Austrian Construction Safety InstituteVienna, Austria

Issued May 2016
SafetyBauKG
References

DI Margarethe Hollaus

Head of Project DeliveryDonaukante Bau AG

Available on request

Can speak to schedule performance on Holzhafen and cost control across the portfolio.

Direct manager
Experience

Senior Project Manager

Donaukante Bau AGVienna, Austria

May 2018 - present

Lead PM for commercial and residential projects between €25M and €60M, managing teams of up to 12 site and technical staff.

  • Delivered the "Holzhafen" eight-storey timber-hybrid office (€58M) three weeks early and 2% under budget.
  • Completed a 214-unit residential quarter with handover defects 40% below the company’s historical average per unit.
  • Introduced LEAN takt planning on three sites, cutting structural-phase duration by 15 to 20% each time.
  • Nine consecutive years without a subcontractor dispute escalating to court across all managed projects.
Timber-hybrid constructionTakt planningCost controlClaim management

Project Manager

Alpenstein Hoch- und TiefbauGraz, Austria

Mar 2014 - Apr 2018

Managed mid-size residential and school-renovation projects from tender support through handover.

  • Delivered a €18M school renovation across two summer windows with zero missed school-start deadlines.
  • Recovered a residential project running 11 weeks late at takeover; handed over 2 weeks ahead of the revised program.
  • Built the company’s standard subcontractor prequalification checklist, still in use today.
RenovationSchedule recoveryTendering

Site Engineer

Wienerwald Bau GmbHVienna, Austria

Sep 2011 - Feb 2014

Site supervision and quantity tracking on residential projects.

  • Ran daily site coordination for up to 60 workers across eight trades.
  • Digitized the site diary and measurement records, cutting monthly billing disputes noticeably in the first year.
Site supervisionQuantity surveying
Key Projects

Holzhafen office building

Eight-storey timber-hybrid, €58MVienna, Austria

Jan 2021 - Oct 2023

One of Vienna’s first eight-storey timber-hybrid office buildings: 21,000 m² gross floor area, prefabricated timber elements over a concrete core.

  • Handed over three weeks early and 2% under budget despite the 2022 material-price surge.
  • Prefabrication logistics plan achieved a structural cycle of one floor per nine working days.
Timber-hybridPrefabricationCommercial

Quartier Sonnwendfeld

214-unit residential quarter, €41MVienna, Austria

Apr 2018 - Dec 2020

Three-building residential quarter with shared underground garage and courtyard landscaping.

  • Handover defects per unit 40% below company average; final account settled within four months of handover.
ResidentialHandover quality