Viktor Markelj Explained

Viktor Markelj
Nationality:Slovenian
Birth Date:9 March 1958
Birth Place:Zgornja Bistrica, Slovenia
Education:University of Maribor - Faculty of Civil Engineering
Discipline:Civil engineer
Institutions:Slovenian 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 Name:Ponting Bridges
Significant Projects:Ada 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

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

External links

Notes and References

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

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