Born in Melilla on 23 October 1931.

Completed his Baccalaureate studies at Colegio de Ntra. Sra. de las Maravillas (1940-1948).

Completed a degree in Technical Public Works Engineering (at Escuela Técnica Universitaria de Obras Públicas de Madrid) in 1953.

Completed a degree in Civil Engineering (at Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos de Madrid) in 1960.

Completed a doctorate degree in Civil Engineering (at Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos de Madrid) in 1967.

He became a Professor of Construction and Prefabrication at the Higher Technical School of Civil Engineering in Madrid in 1982.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Technical Director at Mills, S.A., a company engaged in Collapsible Scaffolding and Soldered Metallic Constructions (1958-1961).

Technical Director of Tetracero, S.A. Manufacturer of Reinforcing Bars to create Reinforced Concrete (1959-1967).

Director of the Prefabrication Department at Altos Hornos de Vizcaya (1961-1963).

Private Project Office (1961-1967).

He has been the Chair of the Technical Institute of Materials and Constructions (Intemac) since 1967.

MOST NOTABLE PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN:

Designer and Project Manager of the Fuente Dé Cable Car (Picos de Europa, Santander).

Designer and Project Manager of the Industrial Cartonera Factory in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid).

Designer of the MAHOU Beer Factory's space frame roof (Madrid).

Designer of TETRACERO, S.A. Factory's space frame roof in Seville.

Designer of the Real Madrid Sports Hall’s space frame roof (Madrid).

Designer and Project Manager of the TETRACERO, S.A. Factory in Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid).

Designer and Project Manager of the National Livestock Market’s space frame roof in Torrelavega (Santander).

Designer and Project Manager of the Mengíbar Paper Factory (Jaén).

Designer and Project Manager of the Monument to Marina de Castilla (Santander).

Designer of the Sanllehí Paper Factory (Girona).

Since 1967 he has worked at INTEMAC both in Quality Control and Research.

Since 1982 has been Professor of Construction and Prefabrication at the Higher Technical School of Civil Engineering at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

He has been the President of the Arbitration Institute in Construction since 1981.

Since 1990 he has been President of the Applied Hydrodynamics Institute (INHA), an organisation dedicated to carrying out theoretical studies and experiments into issues involving hydrodynamics and aerodynamics applied to Civil Engineering and Architecture.

Since 1990 he has been President of INTEMAC-AUDIT, an organisation dedicated to the Technical and Economic Control of Constructions.

TECHNICAL COMMITTEES HE HAS COLLABORATED WITH:

Member of the Administrative Council at the European Committee for Concrete (C.E.B.)

Member of the Advisory Committee at the European Committee for Concrete (C.E.B.)

Vice-President of the College of Civil Engineers.

Member of the Committee of Model Code 90 at the European Committee for Concrete (C.E.B.)

Member of the Prefabrication Committee of the International Federation for Structural Concrete (F.I.P.)

European Advisor for the International Council on Tall Buildings.

Member of the Coordinating Concrete Committee at RILEM.

Spain's Representative in the Construction Sector at the European Organization for Quality Control (E.O.Q.C.).

Expert in the Standing Interdepartmental Committee for Concrete.

Member of the Board of Directors at the Spanish Technical Association of Structural Concrete (A.T.E.P.).

PUBLICATIONS:

He has authored six books and over seventy essays on technical subjects published in journals in several countries.

He has published the following books:

La influencia de las variaciones resistentes de los materiales y de las variaciones dimensionales de las piezas de hormigón armado sobre su capacidad resistente (The influence of the variable resistance of materials and dimensional variations of pieces of reinforced concrete on their resistance capacity). 2nd edition, 1979. Madrid.

Ábacos para el dimensionamiento óptimo de secciones de hormigón armado sometidas a flexocompresión (Abacuses for the optimal dimensioning of sections of reinforced concrete subjected to flexocompression). 2nd edition, 1979. Madrid.

Proyecto y cálculo de estructuras de hormigón armado para edificios (Design and calculation of reinforced concrete structures for buildings). 2nd edition, 1991. Madrid.

Cálculo de estructuras de cimentación (Calculation of foundation structures). 3rd edition, 1991. Madrid.

Muros de contención y muros de sótano (Retaining walls and basement walls). 2nd edition, 1990. Madrid.

Cálculo, construcción y patología de forjados de edificación (Calculation, construction, and pathology of shaping buildings). 4th edition, 1988. Madrid.

TITLES AND AWARDS:

“Honorary Member” of the Spanish Technical Association of Structural Concrete (A.T.E.P.) (1964).

European Convention for Constructional Steelwork Prize SERCOMETAL (1975).

“Distinguished Member” of the Spanish Association for Quality Control (A.E.C.C.). (1976).

“Medal” from the Spanish Technical Association of Structural Concrete (A.T.E.P.) (1978).

“Honorary Professor” of the Civil Construction School at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Santiago, Chile (1980).

“Honorary Member” of the Engineering School at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Santiago, Chile (1980).

Chosen “Fellow” of the American Concrete Institute (A.C.I.) (1982).

“Medal of Honour” from the College of Civil Engineers (1987).

“Eduardo Torroja” Medal (1990).

“Medal of Honour” from the Spanish Highway Association (1991).