Dr. Alexander Walzer
Dr. Alexander Walzer
ZHAW
School of Architecture, Design and Civil Engineering
Abteilung F&E, WB, DL
Work at ZHAW
Position
Research Associate (part-time)
Focus
Digital Construction Processes and Management
Experience
Lecturer
FHNW Institut Digitales Bauen
09 / 2025 - today
Education and Continuing education
Education
Dr. sc. ETH Zürich / Civil Engineering
ETH Zurich
01 / 2021 - 04 / 2025
Network
Membership of networks
ORCID digital identifier
Awards
Swiss Technology Award, Category "Inventors"
Swiss Innovation Forum
11 / 2016
Social media
Projects
- Smart Mobile Factory for Infrastructure Projects / Project leader / ongoing
- Swiss Digital Circular Construction Ecosystem / Team member / ongoing
Publications
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Tan, Tan; Graser, Konrad; Walzer, Alexander N.; Ng, Ming Shan; Hall, Daniel M.,
2025.
Journal of Construction Engineering and Management.
151(12).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1061/jcemd4.coeng-16680
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Walzer, Alexander; Tan, Tan; Graser, Konrad; Hall, Daniel M.,
2024.
Bug or feature? : institutional misalignments between construction technology and venture capital.
Construction Management and Economics.
43(2), pp. 130-152.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2024.2401818
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Graser, Konrad; Walzer, Alexander N.; Hunhevicz, Jens; Jähne, René; Seiler, Fabian; Wüst, Roman; Hall, Daniel M.,
2023.
Automation in Construction.
154(104964).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2023.104964
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Walzer, Alexander; Petojevic, Zorana; Graser, Konrad,
2025.
Aligning project delivery models with circular economy principles : a scoping analysis.
In:
Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2025 Zurich - Extended Abstracts.
Sustainable Built Environment Conference (SBE), Zurich, Switzerland, 25-27 June 2025.
Zurich:
ETH Zurich.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-c-000785685
Publications before appointment at the ZHAW
- Printing homes: Unit cost estimation for additive manufacturing in construction
- A Stochastic Decision-Support Framework for Exploring Strategic Pathways in 3D Concrete Printing
- Understanding stakeholders’ intention to use construction robots: a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis
- Beyond googly eyes: stakeholder perceptions of robots in construction
- Designing for people in human-robot collaboration
- Impact of Venture Capital on Entrepreneurship for Robotics in Construction
- Entrepreneurship Under Uncertainty: Insights into Construction Robotics
- Shifting gears, shifting paradigms: Entrepreneurial considerations for construction robotic firms
- Exploring the Dynamics of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Investing in Construction Robotics
- A Qualitative Technology Evaluation Scoreboard for Digital Fabrication in Construction
- Designing Robotically-Constructed Metal Frame Structures
- Structural stay-in-place formwork for robotic in situ fabrication of non-standard concrete structures: A real scale architectural demonstrator
- Mobile robotic fabrication beyond factory conditions: case study Mesh Mould wall of the DFAB HOUSE
- Mesh Mould: An On Site, Robotically Fabricated, Functional Formwork
- Robotic AeroCrete – A novel robotic spraying and surface treatment technology for the production of slender reinforced concrete elements
- Design, development and experimental assessment of a robotic end-effector for non-standard concrete applications
- Challenges in full scale filling of a digitally fabricated leaky formwork