Andrés A.

Experience

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  LANAMMEUCR

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  Asistente

  • Collected data from the Guayabo heritage site and elaborated reports based on the findings.

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  ARMABLOQUE

  Nov 2014 - Aug 2015

  Project Manager Assistant

  • Developed plans and bill of quantities based on BIM in REVIT.• Interacted and solved problems with local engineers in order to meet design safety requirements.• Performed structural inspections

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  Gema Art Group.

  Aug 2016 - Jul 2017

  Assistant Project Engineer

  • Designed shop drawings, as built drawings and drawings for modifications both in REVIT and AutoCAD• Developed damage assessment reports for historical structures (Prague castle, US ambassador’s residency)• Calculated bill of quantities and performed site inspections.• Took final decisions about the need of structural interventions based on existing information

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  UNESCO Kathmandu

  Jul 2017 - Aug 2018

  Structural Engineer

  • Conducted detailed damage assessments of monuments and heritage structures in collaboration with multidisciplinary team of architects and archeologists• Participated in discussions with government officials and academia about the implementation of conservation guidelines and their refinement• Supervised, monitored and reported on structural issues of projects implemented by UNESCO and other agencies• Provided structural calculations and design solutions (based on ANSYS nonlinear models) for the rehabilitation and retrofitting of historic buildings and monuments• Facilitated two trainings for government officials, private consultants and students from local universities on the use of ANSYS software for the study of unreinforced masonry buildings. Show less

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  Dlubal Software

  Oct 2018 - Feb 2019

  Software Quality Assurance Engineer

  Calculated analytical solutions for Single and simple Multi Degree of Freedom Systems SDOF and MDOF to verify correct results of the dynamics module of the software RFEM for seismic analysis of buildings

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  Ministerio de Cultura y Juventud

  Mar 2019 - Aug 2019

  Conservation Engineer

  Evaluated the state of conservations of several historical buildings and other nonhistorical concrete public structures across Costa Rica and made recommendations for their repair and further conservations.Designed technical specifications and repair solutions for traditional buildings in Costa Rica: Timber, Adobe and Concrete structures.Developed a cooperation project plan to execute research on historic materials like steel, timber and adobe and cases of study on heritage structures with the University of Costa Rica. Develop destructive tests for the evaluation of current capacity of historical buildings.Worked together with architects, historians, and politicians to establish development plans for historic sitesActed as a representative of the minister of culture in dialogs with communities affected by interventions to historical buildings Show less

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  Early State Researcher at University of Patras DurSAAM project

  Sept 2019 - Nov 2022

  Early State Researcher

  Structural fire testing and analysis of full-scale structural elements created from: steel-reinforced Alkaline Activated Material's (AAM) concrete, AAM Fiber Reinforced High-Performance Concrete, Reinforced Concrete and masonry strengthened with AAM-Textile Reinforced Mortars.

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  J. Paul Getty Trust

  Oct 2022 - Oct 2023

  GCI Professional Fellow