LAURA BABUT
LB Strategy & Engineering
Experience & knowledge transfer
Structuring experiential knowledge and making it usable for future projects
I support structural engineering firms in systematically identifying valuable experiential knowledge from project work, documenting it in a structured way, and making it usable for future projects and competence development.
Why structured experiential knowledge is crucial today
Experiential knowledge is one of the most valuable resources of an engineering firm.
Project and deadline pressure
There is often little time to reflect on project experience and make it accessible to others.
Internationalization
Distributed teams need clear, comprehensible information structures.
Technological development & project complexity
AI and new technologies are changing the way we work – making professional judgement increasingly important.
Demographic Change
Experienced employees are retiring – and with them, valuable experience and knowledge.
Quality & Responsibility
Documented decisions and experience help maintain quality and reduce project risks.
To structure experiential knowledge, you also need experience.
Structuring experiential knowledge
and make it usable
I support structural engineering firms in systematically identifying, structuring and making their engineers' valuable experiential knowledge usable in the long term – with a particular focus on existing buildings.
Three phases to usable experiential knowledge
Phase 1 – Identifying experiential knowledge
In a half-day workshop with management or the department head, we identify which experiential knowledge is particularly valuable to the firm, where it resides within the organization, and what should be secured as a priority.
½ day · at your office or online
Phase 2 – Structuring experiential knowledge
The selected experiential knowledge is captured through structured expert interviews, taking relevant project documentation into account, and prepared in a way that makes decision-making processes, experience and lessons learned understandable and usable for future projects.
Individual scope · depending on the number and complexity of selected projects
Phase 3 – Making experiential knowledge usable (optional)
The structured experiential knowledge is prepared for internal knowledge transfer or external professional visibility – for example, as best-practice documentation, website content or professional publications. In the future, it can also serve as a knowledge base for internal AI systems.
Individual scope · internal or external
Knowledge transfer in the construction industry
Experiential knowledge is often tied to specific individuals and projects. Structured knowledge transfer helps preserve and share this knowledge within the engineering firm, making it available for future projects and skills development.
Especially in the age of AI, skills development is becoming increasingly important.
The experiential knowledge already exists within your firm.
Use it as a strategic resource.
Let’s discuss which experiential knowledge is particularly valuable to your engineering firm and how it can be made usable in the long term.
Free, no-obligation initial consultation · 45–60 minutes · online
Why me?
Professional experience in structural engineering
Over 12 years of practical experience in structural engineering – from project engineering to project management.
Understanding of technical decision-making processes
I can assess technical contexts, decision-making processes and project-specific experience from engineering practice.
Structuring knowledge with its use in mind
The goal is not to produce as much documentation as possible, but to structure experiential knowledge so that it can be effectively used in future projects.
Experiential knowledge in engineering firms
7 questions for an initial assessment
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Download the PDF with 7 questions for an initial assessment and get an initial overview of where valuable experiential knowledge resides within your engineering firm and where action may be needed.