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Gordon Clark Palestra “Long Lasting Concrete Structures” Gordon Clark has 40 years of experience in civil engineering, primarily in Bridges and Highways. He graduated in Civil Engineering from Imperial College London and is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Institution of Structural Engineers. His early experience was in concrete and steel bridges and especially in post-tensioned concrete. He joined Gifford in 1976 and was Head of Civil Engineering from 1999 to 2007 following which he became Chairman, prior to the acquisition by Ramboll in 2011. He was Project Director for the award-winning Gateshead Millennium Bridge which has become an icon around the world. |
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He became involved in work researching and investigating the problems with grouting of prestressing tendons which emerged in the UK in the early 1990's and is a primary contributor to the development and improvement of standards for post-tensioned bridges internationally. In fib (International Federation for Structural Concrete) and in CEN and ISO he has contributed to work in the fields of Post-tensioning, Grouting and Durability. He is currently President of fib for 2013 and 2014, and serves on several Technical Committees and Working Groups. In the UK he is chair of the British Standards Structural Concrete committee and is a non-Executive Board Director of CARES, the Certification Authority for Reinforcing Steels. |
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