Kai-Stefan Schober
Dr. Kai-Stefan Schober is Senior Partner and Co-Head of the global Materials and Process Industries team. His consulting expertise lies in strategy, reorganization, restructuring, performance improvement, as well as digitization, marketing and business planning. His clients include international construction material producers and distributors as well as chemicals conglomerates. He also drives and coordinates Roland Berger’s activities for Greece and Cyprus across all industries, such as financial services, energy, telco and others.
Before joining Roland Berger, Kai worked as Scientific Assistant in Marketing at Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen-Nuremberg and worked at at a major bank in Paris. He studied business administration in Germany and Spain and received his doctorate in 2001.
Ideas are worth nothing if they cannot be implemented.
Roland Berger Construction Trend Radar 2024
STUDY, October 1, 2024
Empowering and connecting construction projects
Interview, August 21, 2024
Digitalizing the heart of every construction site: lookahead planning
Interview, June 17, 2024
Roland Berger Construction Trend Radar 2023
Study, November 14, 2023
Using AI to unlock major stranded value in construction
Interview, September 21, 2023
How immersive technologies are reshaping real estate communication
Interview, September 21, 2023
Mining’s emission impossible?
Article, May 31, 2023
SAP S/4 HANA transformation
Article, May 24, 2023
Capital goods industry in great shape – but for how long?
STUDY, April 14, 2023
Reducing Scope 3 emissions – The next step toward decarbonization
Study, March 13, 2023
Keeping steel structures safe through wireless sensors
Interview, January 26, 2023
CREM reimagined – A new holistic framework to generate significant value
Study, November 23, 2022
Construction tech startups drive strong turnaround of the industry
Interview, November 23, 2022
Small excavators having a big impact on off-highway electrification
Article, October 21, 2022
Global crises burdening the construction industry
STUDY, October 20, 2022
A bright future for the capital goods sector
Study, October 10, 2022
Boosting concrete performance while addressing the climate
Interview, August 30, 2022
The challenge for EPCs: Short-term fossils, long-term sustainability
Article, July 26, 2022
Utilizing 3D printing for affordable housing relief
Interview, June 28, 2022
Robotic 3D printing for the concrete industry
Interview, April 13, 2022
Disruption Report: 90% of Spanish Constructors want Sustainability
Study, March 22, 2022
Recycling of paper-based hybrid packaging
Study, March 21, 2022
Building transformative constructions through technology and eco-friendly designs
Interview, February 3, 2022
Making energy management easy for businesses
Interview, November 12, 2021
Strengthening circular economy within the construction sector
Interview, August 30, 2021
Optimized construction workforce planning instead of spreadsheets
Interview, May 28, 2021
Building robots that build infrastructure
Interview, March 17, 2021
It’s time for construction to embrace the circular economy
Article, February 11, 2021
A smarter system for better buildings and a sustainable future
Interview, January 21, 2021
Tracking air quality for better action-plans in cities
Interview, October 19, 2020
Leveraging GIS in construction for optimized efficiency and safety
Interview, August 3, 2020
What the new normal could look like in construction
Article, June 12, 2020
The Promise of IoT Data for Construction Site Safety and Efficiency
Interview, May 6, 2020
Bringing a complete value-chain management solution to the residential construction market
Interview, February 25, 2020
Artificial intelligence in the construction industry
Article, February 18, 2020
Bringing data-driven efficiency to the construction and craft industries
Interview, December 10, 2019
Improving Efficiency in the Construction Business with AI and 360° Vision
Interview, November 18, 2019
Customizing bathrooms based on industry 4.0 efficiency
Interview, September 30, 2019
Three contech trends for the 2020s
Article, August 22, 2019
The future of 3D printed houses – made out of sand
Interview, July 23, 2019
Help from above: drone support on construction sites
Interview, May 2, 2019
Introducing helmets with IoT technologies for construction sites
Interview, January 9, 2019
Construction industry: decomplexing distribution channels for building materials
Interview, October 29, 2018
Hot trends in construction - A new era of opportunities
Study, September 7, 2018
"We foresee a digitialized construction world in which excavators dig holes alone"
Point of view, August 29, 2018
Meet the robots helping to assemble scaffolding
Point of view, July 25, 2018
Bringing residential communities closer together with digital platforms
Point of view, June 20, 2018
Boosting construction efficiency with building information modeling
Point of view, May 24, 2018
High-speed internet to support BIM software on construction sites
Point of view, April 24, 2018
Breaking up data silos with OPEN BIM solutions
Interview, March 19, 2018
Interview with tresmo
Point of view, February 21, 2018
Construction Start-Up Radar Interview with Kai-Stefan Schober and Philipp Hoff
Point of view, January 26, 2018
Prefabricated housing market
Study, January 10, 2018
Interview with FINALCAD
Point of view, November 27, 2017
Interview with cunio
Point of view, October 24, 2017
Interview with PlanRadar
Point of view, September 26, 2017
Disruptive impact of Building Information Modelling
Study, September 19, 2017
Interview with GenieBelt
Interview, August 23, 2017
Interview with Building Radar
Interview, July 20, 2017
Interview with Vitraum
Interview, July 3, 2017
Interview with Archdesk
Point of view, April 18, 2017
Interview with klickrent
Point of view, March 17, 2017
Interview with Sablono GmbH
Point of view, February 15, 2017
Interview with NUCE Consulting GmbH
Point of view, January 16, 2017
Digitization of the construction industry
Think:Act, July 18, 2016
Construction industry in transition
Study, April 14, 2016
Online market sanitary, heating & plumbing
Study, December 1, 2013