Born in Huesca (Spain), 3rd of July of 1940.

ACADEMICS TITLES

• Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos (Civil Engineer), Madrid Polytechnic University, 1963.
• Doctor Ing. Caminos (Ph. D.), Madrid Polytechnic University, 1970.
• Lecturer of Prestressed Concrete at Madrid Polytechnic University, 1971-1976.
• Professor of Bridge Design at Cantabria University since 1976.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

Designer of bridges and remarkable buildings since 1964 from offices in Saragossa (1964-67), Madrid (1967-78) and Santander. In 1988 he founded the engineering design firm APIA XXI, settled in Santander.

In November of 1999 he established the engineering design firm “ARENAS & ASOCIADOS, INGENIERÍA DE DISEÑO” with five engineers of his team, giving continuity between both stages of his professional life.

MOST REMARKABLE PROJECTS IN THE LAS 10 YEARS:

• Renovation of “María Cristina” Bridge in San Sebastian.
• Viaducts in the Ring Road of Granada.
• “La Barqueta” bridge in Seville for the Expo’92.
• Seville West Outer Ring SE-30.
• “La Arena” cable stayed viaduct in the Cantabrian Highway (Biscay).
• “Potosí” cable stayed bridge over Besós River in Barcelona.
• Cable stayed bridge over Science and Technology Park in Paterna (Valencia).
• Oblatas Bowstring Bridge in Pamplona.
• Four levelled junction of M-40 Madrid Bypass with Burgos and Colmenar Roads.
• Viaducts of Almery Bypass.
• Viaduct over Betanzos Estuary, La Coruña, for the Spanish Atlantic Highway.
• Southern Inner Ring Road, First Phase. Urban Ring Road with cable stayed bridge over Pisuerga River in Valladolid.
• The Regenta Viaduct, concrete arch with a span of 190 meters, constructed by cantilever method using launching girder and temporary ties.
• Bowstring in “Las Llamas”, Santander.
• Morlans arch bridge in San Sebastian.
• “The Barrial” Arch Bridge over A6 Highway in Aravaca. Madrid.
• New Urban Bridge and accesses over the Tormes River in Salamanca.
• “La Puerta de Europa” Bascule Bridge over Morrot dock in Barcelona Harbour, world leading spanning among rotation joints.
• Composite Bridge over Ebro Reservoir. Cantabria (Spain).
• 2000 of November: Winner of International Bridge Design Competition for “The New Ponte dei Congressi in Rome”, over Tiber River in Rome.

REMARKABLE BUILDINGS:

• Structure and roof of “The New Sardinero Stadium”, Santander.
• Granada Municipal Sports Stadium.
• Underground vaults for Wine Cellars in Otazu, Pamplona.
• New Fresh Fish-Market in Santander Harbour.

PUBLICATIONS AND LECTURES

Eight books and several monographies about projecting and calculating in structures, the most remarkable are the next:

• “El Puente, pieza esencial del mundo humanizado” (“Bridges, essential pieces of a humanized world”). Brief synthesis of the development of the humankind in the field of construction. Iinaugural lecture of the University of Cantabria in 1982. It was published by the University and now out of print.
• “Caminos en el aire: Los Puentes” (“Roads on the air: The Bridges”). Two volumes book edited by the “Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos”, in May of 2003. General essay about technical and cultural values of bridges in different historic stages.
• “Puentes de Cantabria” (“Cantabria Bridges”), 1999.
• More than a hundred of technical articles since 1970 published by Spanish engineering and architectural reviews. About 15 technical articles in English reviews (Bridge), Swiss (IABSE Journal), German (Baukultur), Italian (L’Industria Italiana del Cemento) and North American (PCI Journal).

A large number of lectures in Spanish educative and professional institutions:

• “Escuelas de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos” of Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona, La Coruña, Ciudad Real, Granada and Santander (Civil Engineering Universities).
• “Escuelas de Arquitectura de Sevilla, La Coruña, Valladolid y Pamplona”. (Architectural Universities in the cities previously named).
• “Escuelas de Ingenieros Industriales de Gijón y Santander” (Mechanical Engineering Universities).
• “Colegio Nacional de Ingenieros de Caminos de Madrid” (Spanish official Civil Engineers Association).
• “Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos de Andalucía Occidental” (Seville).
• “Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos de Aragón” (Huesca and Saragossa).
• “Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos del País Vasco”.
• “Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos de Galicia (Santiago de Compostela)”.
• “Colegio de Arquitectos de Cantabria” (Cantabrian oficial Architect Association).
• “Colegio de Aparejadores del País Vasco (Bilbao)” (Technical Architects Basque Association).
• “Instituto E. Torroja de la Construcción” (Spanish institution whose mission is to develop scientific and technical research in the field of construction and building materials).
• “Colegio de Ingenieros Agrónomos de Murcia” (Murcia official Agricultural Experts Association).
• “Instituto de Estudios Riojanos” (La Rioja Cultural Institution). Logroño.
• “Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha” (University of Castilla-La Mancha). Ciudad Real.
• “Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canarias”. (University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria).
• Spanish Group of IABSE. Madrid.
• “Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo” (The Menéndez Pelayo International University).
• “Escuelas de Arquitectos Técnicos de La Coruña y Granada” (La Coruña and Granada Technical Architects Universities).
• Co-director in the Seminar: “Eduardo Torroja’s work: integrity of architecture and engineering” given by The Menéndez Pelayo University of Santander in August of 2000.

Several lectures out of Spain:

• University of Waterloo (Canada, 1983).
• Institut Technique pour le Bâtiment et les Travaux Publics (Paris, 1984).
• Universities of Melbourne and Brisbane (Australia, November 1991).
• Association Française pour la Construction (Paris, April 1992).
• University of Michoacana (Morelia, Mexico, July 1996).
• University of Stuttgart (October 1996).
• Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (Polytechnic University of Zurich. October 1998).
• “La Sapienza, Archittetura” (May 2000 and January 2003).
• “Istituto Universitario di Archittetura di Venezia” IUAV (Architects University of Venetia, May 2000 and April 2001).
• Belgian Structures and Bridges Association (Gant, June 2000).
• University of Porto, Portugal (November 2000).
• Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris (September 2001).

Several essays for 6 international conventions. For example: “Sense and quality of engineering design”, (14th congress of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering), this article wants to emphasize the importance that has the quality of the design and the cultural scene in the civil engineering projects for the society. Or “Conceptual design of structures” exposed to the IASS symposium that took place in Stuttgart in 1997. Or “Urban Bridges” presented in the FIB symposium of Prague in October of 1999.

REFERENCES

Articles concerning the cable-stayed bridge over Pisuerga River in Valladolid:

• Review “Bridge, design & engineering”. Nº 15, Second Quarter 1999, page 8.
• Review “Bridge, design & engineering”. Nº 16, Third Quarter 1999, pages 59-60.
• Review “L’Industria italiana del Cemento”, Nº 10, October 2001, pages 700-715.

Articles about the Bascule Bridge in Barcelona Harbour:

• Review “Bridge, design & engineering”. Nº 19, Second Quarter 2000, page 10.
• Review “Civil Engineering”. July 2000. Page 25.
• Review “Concrete Engineering International”. Volume 4. Nº 5, July/August 2000. Pages 50-52.
• Review “Cimbra” (Formwork). Nº 336. September-October 2000. Pages 10-14.

Other articles:

• Review “Bridge, design & engineering”. Nº 20, Third Quarter 2000, page 16-19.
• Review “TIME”, Special Edition: “Fast Forward Europe”. Winter 2000/01. Page 86.
• “Imaginative Welded Movable Bridges with Orthotropic Steel Decks. Porta’Europe Double Bascule Bridge” exposed by Mr. Alfred R. Mangus (Sacramento, California) in the World Steel Bridge Symposium. Chicago (USA). October 2001.

OTHERS ACTIVITIES

Several meetings in history and heritage congress:

• “Los puentes en el Bajo Medievo” (Medieval Bridges). XXII week of Medieval Studies in Stella 1995.
• “Los puentes bóveda históricos” (Historic Masonry Vault Bridge). Historic vault course. Madrid 1997.
• “Los puentes españoles en el siglo XIX” (Spanish Bridges in the XIX Century). Heritage Course of Reinosa 1998.
• “Patrimonio Cultural y Patrimonio Natural. Una reserva de futuro” (Historic and Natural Heritage. Nature Reserve for future). Cantabrian Cathedra. Santander, 2000.

Some articles about current issues in local and national press.

ANOTHER INTERESTING FACTS

Ex-president of the Association for the protection of regional heritage of Cantabria “Cantabria Nuestra”.

Honour Medal by ATEP (“Asociación Técnica Española del Pretensado”) (Technical Spanish Prestressed Concrete Association), 1983.

Honour Medal to Professional Merit of Spanish Official Civil Engineers Association (“Colegio Nacional de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos”).

Evaluator of Research Projects for the “Ministero dell’Universitá e della ricerca Cientifica e Tecnologica”. Rome (Italy).

Membership of “International Bridge Consulting” (Professional Association settled in Italy).