1986, step into self-employment. 1992, the own workshop in the Sankt Vith industrial zone.
From the year 2000 onwards, expert work was added. Initially as conciliator, then as technical advisor for building owners in disputes. Over the years this became the main occupation, because the demand for multilingual experts in the German-speaking Community is high and the complexity of construction disputes keeps growing.
1992 – 2000
Alongside self-employment: vocational school teacher in Sankt Vith
For eight years, passing the craft on to young people — not out of duty, but out of passion. Anyone who teaches apprentices why a timber joint works one way and not another must understand the trade more deeply than someone who merely carries it out. Teaching sharpens the eye — and it is precisely this eye that stands behind every assessment today.
Member of ABEX since 2011, member of the Board of Directors from 2011 to 2014. Postgraduate studies at the University of Liège in 2014 and 2016, certification as mediator in 2018, Gestion des émotions and psychology at HEC Liège in 2019, most recently Formation Apport de la preuve in March 2026. Today operating from the GmbH in Sankt Vith for building owners and clients throughout the German-speaking Community and across the language border into the francophone area.
One of my strengths is Belgian construction contract law, through the work of Prof. Benoît Kohl, University of Liège. A book that awakened in me the passion for learning.
"Two truths never contradict each other."
Guiding principle since the first report.
"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."
— Mark Twain
45 years of daily practice on the building site form the basis of every assessment. Experience in timber-frame building, low-energy houses, interior fitting, windows and furniture reveals, in a defective detail, more than the mere deviation from the standard: how it came about and which circumstances led to it. Added to this are modern measurement equipment, professional software for surveys and calculations, and the current digital tools for analysis, research and documentation.
Two examples: 30 years of in-house production of wooden windows — workmanship errors are evident in the finished piece. Anyone who has built timber houses themselves identifies hidden problems in wall structure, connections and load-bearing elements. The same applies to kitchens, staircases, conservatories and every timber detail encountered in an assessment.
Structural calculations are deliberately excluded. This work belongs to qualified structural engineer colleagues in the immediate professional network, with whom cooperation takes place when needed.
"Always honest, direct, straightforward and objective."
— My motto
