Viktor Markelj

Slovenian civil engineer
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Viktor Markelj
Born (1958-03-09) 9 March 1958 (age 66)
Zgornja Bistrica, Slovenia
NationalitySlovenian
EducationUniversity of Maribor - Faculty of Civil Engineering
OccupationEngineer
Engineering career
DisciplineCivil engineer
InstitutionsSlovenian Association of Civil Engineering (IZS)
International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)
'Fédération Internationale du Béton' (FIB)
Slovenian Association of Structural Engineers (SDGK)
Practice namePonting Bridges
ProjectsAda Bridge in Belgrade (2012), drawbridge in Gdansk (2017) and Puch Bridge in Ptuj (2007).

Viktor Markelj (born 1958, Zgornja Bistrica) is a Slovenian structural engineer and bridge specialist.

Career

Ada Bridge in Belgrade, Serbia. January, 2012.

Markelj graduated from the University of Maribor - Faculty of Civil Engineering in 1982. He obtained a PhD degree in civil engineering at FGPA - Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture in Maribor in 2016, under the joint supervision of Branko Bedenik and Zlatko Šavor. His doctoral dissertation focused on Innovations in incremental launching method of bridge construction.[1]

From 1981 he worked at Gradis Design Office where he participated in designing of several large bridges and viaducts constructed by Gradis. In 1990, he and Marjan Pipenbaher founded Ponting Bridges, a Slovenian studio for structural engineering, focusing mainly on bridge structures, with headquarters in Maribor. The practice is led by a duo of its founders, dr. Viktor Markelj and Marjan Pipenbaher, and has constructed many high-profile bridges.[2]

His high-profile bridges include Ada Bridge in Belgrade, Serbia (2012), drawbridge in Gdansk, Poland (2017) and Puch Bridge in Ptuj, Slovenia (2007). He lives in Slovenska Bistrica.

He is a lecturer in bridges at the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Maribor since 2003.[3]

Major projects

Major projects, by year of completion and ordered by type, are:

Bridges

Over- and underpasses

Pedestrian and cyclist bridges

Tunnels and galleries

Current

Selected works

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Inovativne metode pri gradnji mostov po tehnologiji postopnega narivanja". dk.um.si. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Intervju z gradbenim inženirjem Viktorjem Markljem o infrastrukturnih projektih v Sloveniji in smernicah gradnje mostov v svetu". MMC RTVSLO. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Predavatelji - IZS" (PDF). IZS. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Budowlane nagrody MIiR rozdane". Ministerstwo Funduszy i Polityki Regionalnej, Polska. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Najlepsze realizacje architektoniczne Gdańska lat 2016 – 2017". Sztuka Architektury. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Inženirska zbornica bo podelila nagrade za izstopajoče dosežke". The Slovenian Press Agency (STA). 22 October 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Slovenska arhitekta za Most na Adi dobila priznanje Društva arhitektov Beograda". Dnevnik newspaper. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Footbridge Awards 2011: winners announced". Bridge design & engineering. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Footbridge Awards 2008: winners". Bridge design & engineering. 20 February 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Inženir leta 2006 – Viktor Markelj". Društvo gradbenih inženirjev in tehnikov Maribor. Retrieved 20 May 2020.

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