Pedelta Structural Engineers Explained

PEDELTA
Foundation:	1994 by Juan Sobrino
Type:	Private
Num Locations:	Barcelona, Bogota, Madrid, Miami, Panama, Toronto, Lima
Key People:	Juan Sobrino (President) Javier Jordán (Director-Spain) Leonardo Rosillo (Director-Colombia)
Industry:	Civil Engineering / Bridge Engineering
Num Employees:	Approximately 130
Homepage:	http://www.pedelta.com www.pedelta.com

PEDELTA is an independent multinational consultant firm headquartered in Barcelona, Spain which provides worldwide bridge and structural engineering services. The company is present in Canada, Colombia, Panama, Peru, Spain and the USA.The firm is internationally recognized by the introduction of advanced materials on bridges such as Cala Galdana Bridge, the first duplex stainless steel bridge, the GFRP Lleida Pedestrian Bridge, its innovative bridge aesthetics such as the Abetxuko Bridge and other cable supported structures.

History

The company was founded in Barcelona, (Spain) by Juan Sobrino in 1994 focus on bridge and structural design. The firm expanded to Colombia in 2001, the US in 2006, Canada in 2012 and Peru in 2013.In 2017 they started their geotechnical department in Colombia.

Introduction of advanced materials

PEDELTA is worldwide known for the introduction of GFRP and Stainless Steel as a main structural materials on bridges and building structures.^[1]

The firm has developed the first hybrid structures combining Stainless-Steel and GFRP profiles and panels. First application is Zumaia pedestrian bridge(2008)and Vilafant Pedestrian Bridges (2011).

International Awards

PEDELTA has received various awards including the following:

• 2012 E. Figg Medal Award for The triplets bridges. International Bridge Conference. Pittsburgh, PA.^{[2] [3]}
• 2012 National Engineering Award. Tunnel of Cune, Colombia.
• 2005 Footbridge Awards to the GFRP Lleida Pedestrian Bridge, Venize.
• 2004 Envigado bridge National Engineering Award of the Colombian Society of Engineering.
• 2003 Juan Sobrino recipient of the IABSE Award.^[4]
• 2001 Juan Sobrino recipient of the Award of the Association of Young Entrepreneurs of Catalonia.

Signature bridge projects

Road Bridges

• Abetxuko Bridge, Vitoria, Spain.
• Envigado bridge, Envigado, Colombia.
• Cala Galdana Bridge, Minorca, Spain.
• The triplets bridges, La Paz, Bolivia.

High-Speed Rail Bridges

• Sant Boi Bridge, over LLobregat River.^{[5] [6] [7]}
• High Speed Railway Bridge over AP7, Llinars del Valles^[8]

Pedestrian Bridges

• GFRP Lleida Pedestrian Bridge, Lleida, Spain
• Stainless Steel Pedestrian Bridge, Sant Fruitós, Spain.^[9]
• Hybrid Stainless Steel-GFRP Pedestrian Bridge, Zumaia, Spain.^{[10] [11]}
• Pedestrian Bridge over Segre River, Lleida, Spain
• Pedestrian Bridge over Oria River, Andoain, Spain
• Vilafant Bridge, Spain
• Fort York Bridge, Toronto, Canada

External links

• Web site: ASINCA website.
• Web site: Structurae.
• Web site: official website.
• Web site: Vilafant Pedestrian Bridge -Princenton Univ. website.
• Web site: Fort York Bridge. website. 2016-11-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20161101110736/http://fortyorkbridge.mmm.ca/#/home. 2016-11-01. dead.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sustainable_Duplex Stainless Steel Bridges. 2013-01-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20140520060634/http://www.worldstainless.org/Files/issf/non-image-files/PDF/Sustainable_Duplex_Stainless_Steel_Bridges.pdf. 2014-05-20. dead.
2. Web site: Eugene Figg Award IBC 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120717071219/http://www.eswp.com/bridge/awards.htm#figg . 2012-07-17.
3. Web site: E. Figg Award, IBC-2012, Pittsburgh, PA. 2013-01-23. https://archive.today/20130217090007/http://www.ce.cmu.edu/news/news-archive/2012/sobrino-figg-award.html. 2013-02-17. dead.
4. Web site: IABSE Award 2003 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140320040508/http://www.iabse.org/IABSE/association/Organisation_files/IABSE_Awards_List_of_Awardees/Juan_A._Sobrino__Spain.aspx . 2014-03-20.
5. Web site: High-Speed Rail in Sant Boi. 2013-01-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20141026033603/http://www.pedelta.es/en/Proyectos/Puentes/Peatonales/AVEsantboi. 2014-10-26. dead.
6. Web site: Moving at the Speed of Steel.
7. Web site: Sant Boi High Speed Rail Bridge .
8. Web site: Two Steel Bridges for the High Speed Railway line Madrid-Barcelona-French Border.
9. Web site: Stainless-Steel arch Bridge at Sant Fruitos. 2013-01-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20110819031006/http://www.pedelta.es/en/Proyectos/Puentes/Peatonales/sant-fruitos. 2011-08-19. dead.
10. Web site: Sustainable_Duplex Stainless Steel Bridges. 2013-01-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20140520060634/http://www.worldstainless.org/Files/issf/non-image-files/PDF/Sustainable_Duplex_Stainless_Steel_Bridges.pdf. 2014-05-20. dead.
11. Web site: Hybrid Stainless-Steel and GFRP Bridge over Narrondo bridge.