After his studies at ETH Zurich with stays in Spain and the United States, Kristian stayed at ETH as research and teaching assistant and carried out his PhD on the design of rockfall protection galleries with a research exchange in Japan. Thereafter, he worked in Denmark on international major bridges and as consultant in Switzerland with focus on the assessment of existing bridges and the design of new bridges.

Vasco has vast experience in bridge engineering having been involved in the design of different types of bridges and construction methods, in different project stages from conceptual design to technical assistance during construction and assuming different roles. His working experience ranges from small standard structures to complex world class projects such as cable-stayed or suspension bridges.

After his studies in Stuttgart and Calgary, Stephan worked as structural engineer in Berlin and Haldenstein close to Chur and did then his PhD at ETH Zurich in the field of bridge monitoring. After that, he has been working on proof check projects at a recognized engineering office in Germany and is now professor for concrete and structural design at Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH).

Fernando Ortiz completed his master’s degree in Civil Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. From 2002 to 2016, he worked in structural engineering in Germany, China, and Switzerland. Since 2017, he has been teaching at ETH Zurich as well as at Bern University of Applied Sciences, where he was appointed full professor in 2019 for Computer-aided structural analysis, digitalization, and BIM.

Michal holds an MSc in Civil / Bridge Engineering from University of Technology in Wroclaw, Poland and a PhD degree from National University of Ireland Galway. He started his industry career in the Structural Design Section of Irish Rail, with a strong focus on design, rehabilitation, inspections and maintenance of very diverse aging and historic railway bridges. After gaining this versatile engineering experience running projects from the very start to the very end, he followed it up with work in Canada on large North American bridges.

Maria holds a Master’s degree with a specialization in structural engineering from the Poznan University of Technology and has studied one year at the Vienna University of Technology and one semester at the Politecnico di Milano as part of exchange programs. Subsequently, she worked on civil and bridge engineering projects in England and Germany, specializing mainly in railway bridges.

Alejandro is a structural engineer who earned his PhD from the Polytechnic University of Madrid in 2017, focusing on the structural behaviour of steel-concrete composite box girders in Ultimate Limit State. He has extensive experience from both design practice and academia, with expertise in the conceptual design of new bridges, assessing existing bridges, teaching bridge engineering and conducting research in large-scale structural testing.

Andrew completed his master’s degree in civil engineering at Cardiff University (UK). He has worked for more than seven years for a renowned consultancy, being recruited into a talent programme. After completing his Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) training scheme, Andrew went on to become a Chartered Civil Engineer. Much of his experience has been in the structural assessment of bridges in the UK railway environment.

Luciana graduated in Civil Engineering from the Universidad de la República in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 2003. In 2012, she attended, among others, the lectures on bridge construction and preservation of structures of the master’s program at ETH Zurich, after having first worked in construction site supervision with precast concrete elements and in research on self-compacting concrete and geomonitoring of structures. From 2012, she worked on bridges for Swiss national road projects (mainly in structural maintenance) as well as for the inspection of bridges.

Alexander completed his Master’s degree in civil engineering with a specialization in structural engineering at the Technical University of Valencia in 2012. Between 2013 and 2016, he completed his PhD in earthquake engineering with a specialization in numerical modelling at the Institute for Advanced Studies (IUSS) in Pavia, Italy. After graduating, he worked on numerous applied research projects at the Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences (OST) and has developed the non-linear analysis software XDEEA.

Vander completed his master’s degree in structural engineering with a specialisation in the field of construction digitalisation. Working in the construction technology department of the Portuguese National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (LNEC), he contributed to the process of digitising construction and working directly on the initial process of creating a standard for BIM projects in Portugal.

Ernest holds an MSc in Structural Engineering from The University of Zambia. He has worked on different construction projects, notably at the site supervision of the Kazungula Bridge Project, the extra-dosed border bridge connecting Zambia and Botswana. He is currently involved in research in the field of structural fire engineering at Stellenbosch University in South Africa and mainly interested into computational modelling, parametric design, and the application of BIM for new and existing structures.

Andreia completed her apprenticeship as a Draftswoman EFZ at the Engineering Structures department of the cantonal road administration of Grisons and created mostly formwork and reinforcement drawings in Allplan for internally designed projects. Construction in alpine terrain requires a careful examination of the terrain geometry, which she incorporates into the 3D modeling of our projects.

Armel holds a university degree in Political Science and a teaching certification. In 2016, he relocated from Cameroon to Spain, where he completed his education in humanitarian studies and perfected his language skills (native French, Spanish, and English). He also has knowledge in administration and finances. Since 2018, he has worked as a language teacher. Armel is learning Allplan and attending part-time education in technical drafting for infrastructure projects.

Joambeth studied up to the 7th semester of Industrial Process Engineering. Prior to her graduation, she started learning Japanese and became a teacher after completing the three levels of teaching, reaching the N3 level. Since 2023, Joambeth has been learning Allplan and is attending the part-time education for technical drafting, with the aim of creating parametric bridge models and executing the BIM method for the later operational phase.

Yoshiki holds a BSc in Structural Engineering from Kanazawa University in Japan. He specifically studied rock shed design and has attended several academic conferences. He is currently joining the team as part of the exchange program of young professionals Switzerland-Japan and is interested in reliability design, application of BIM for new and existing structures, and bridge maintenance systems.