CHRISTIAN RIESER
Email christian@rka-design.com
EDUCATION
Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, 2003-2006, Diplôme d’Ingénieur (Master’s équivalent), Civil Engineering, 2004
Technical University of Munich, Diplom Ingenieur (Master’s equivalent), Civil Engineering, 2004
University of Pittsburgh, Bachelors of Science, Economics, 1997
REGISTRATION
Professional Engineer (P.E.), State of New York, license no. 088228
Professional Engineer (P.Eng.), Province of Alberta, Canada, license no. 162857
PUBLICATION
Engineering News Record et Architectural Record, engineering of WTC Tower One Antenna
Route to Recovery, Bridge Design & Engineering, Third quarter 2014
Design and Construction of St. Patrick’s Pedestrian Bridge in Calgary, IBC 2014 proceedings
Construction of St. Patrick’s Pedestrian Bridge in Calgary, Canada, Proceedings 9th International Conference on Small and Medium Span Bridges
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
With RFR
St. Patrick’s Bridge, Calgary
Project
manager. Project consists of a 182 m long multi-span bowstring arch pedestrian bridge with post tensioned concrete deck with network cable suspension.Responsibilities included fabrication supervision, resolution of contractor RFI’s, as-built cable and geometry tolerance analysis, approvals of submittals for construction, and site inspection.
Campus Footbridge, Aix-en Provence, France
Project manager. Project consists of design of asymmetric pedestrian bridge with 74 m tubular steel arch and cable suspended deck. Responsibilities included engineering design and finite element modeling for design build project.
Footbridge over the Scarpe
River, Arras, France
Project manager. Project consists of a 45 m composite steel and concrete balanced cantilever pedestrian bridge over the Scarpe River.Responsibilities included engineering design and finite element modeling, preparation of bid documents and coordination with Owner and authorities for project approval.
Footbridge over the Oise, Creil, France
Independent review. Independent Review of all design
calculations for 100 m long asymmetric concrete suspension bridge with diagonal hanger cable arrangement for construction approval.
Footbridge, Bois Colombes, France
Independent review, Independent review of design, fabrication, and erection 25 m lightweight steel truss pedestrian bridge over railway.
Footbridge St Sever, Les Landes, France
Engineer. Project consists of a
54m composite lenticular truss footbridge. Responsibilities included FE modeling and engineering design, dynamic analysis.
Footbridge, Lyon Confluence, France
Engineer. Project consists of a
63 m steel arch pedestrian bridge with timber deck. Winner of PBOC award and Footbridge Award 2011 “ Highly commended”. Responsibilities included FE
modeling, engineering design, and dynamic analysis.
With Schlaich Bergermann + Partner
World Trade Center Tower One Antenna, New York
Project manager. Engineering and coordination for the 122m steel truss antenna and ring structure with aramid cable stays. Structural design and detailed design of connections, development of bid documents and supervision of design drawings, fabrication supervision, resolution of contractor RFI’s and submittals for construction.
Revere Footbridge,
Boston
Project manager. Responsibilities included supervision of engineering design and drawings for 40 m long tension rod stayed bridge design build project.
Wendy Park Pedestrian
Bridge, Cleveland
Engineer. Supervision of engineering for preliminary models of design options of the pedestrian bridge crossing at Wendy Park.
Transbay Transit
Center, San Francisco
Project manager. Responsibilities included engineering of building superstructure during schematic design and for glazed and special structures to bid including seismic analysis and blast analysis of glazed structured, preparation of design-build documents.
Second Vivekananda Bridge, Kolkata, India
Engineering intern. Independent review of bridge superstructure and foundation design for multi-span extra-dosed post tensioned segmental bridge
founded on steel caisson, preparation of project review reports.
Sassnitz Footbridge. Germany
Engineering Intern. Preparation of conceptual studies for project and 3D graphic modelling.
Working party Guidelines for the design of pedestrian bridges. Research assistant and assistance in preparation of guide for conceptual design of footbridges for the Féderation Internationale du Béton
Projet de Recherche SYNPEX
Research assistant and assistance in preparation research study on pedestrian induced oscillations in footbridges for the European Union
EDUCATION
Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, 2003-2006, Diplôme d’Ingénieur (Master’s équivalent), Civil Engineering, 2004
Technical University of Munich, Diplom Ingenieur (Master’s equivalent), Civil Engineering, 2004
University of Pittsburgh, Bachelors of Science, Economics, 1997
REGISTRATION
Professional Engineer (P.E.), State of New York, license no. 088228
Professional Engineer (P.Eng.), Province of Alberta, Canada, license no. 162857
PUBLICATION
Engineering News Record et Architectural Record, engineering of WTC Tower One Antenna
Route to Recovery, Bridge Design & Engineering, Third quarter 2014
Design and Construction of St. Patrick’s Pedestrian Bridge in Calgary, IBC 2014 proceedings
Construction of St. Patrick’s Pedestrian Bridge in Calgary, Canada, Proceedings 9th International Conference on Small and Medium Span Bridges
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
With RFR
St. Patrick’s Bridge, Calgary
Project
manager. Project consists of a 182 m long multi-span bowstring arch pedestrian bridge with post tensioned concrete deck with network cable suspension.Responsibilities included fabrication supervision, resolution of contractor RFI’s, as-built cable and geometry tolerance analysis, approvals of submittals for construction, and site inspection.
Campus Footbridge, Aix-en Provence, France
Project manager. Project consists of design of asymmetric pedestrian bridge with 74 m tubular steel arch and cable suspended deck. Responsibilities included engineering design and finite element modeling for design build project.
Footbridge over the Scarpe
River, Arras, France
Project manager. Project consists of a 45 m composite steel and concrete balanced cantilever pedestrian bridge over the Scarpe River.Responsibilities included engineering design and finite element modeling, preparation of bid documents and coordination with Owner and authorities for project approval.
Footbridge over the Oise, Creil, France
Independent review. Independent Review of all design
calculations for 100 m long asymmetric concrete suspension bridge with diagonal hanger cable arrangement for construction approval.
Footbridge, Bois Colombes, France
Independent review, Independent review of design, fabrication, and erection 25 m lightweight steel truss pedestrian bridge over railway.
Footbridge St Sever, Les Landes, France
Engineer. Project consists of a
54m composite lenticular truss footbridge. Responsibilities included FE modeling and engineering design, dynamic analysis.
Footbridge, Lyon Confluence, France
Engineer. Project consists of a
63 m steel arch pedestrian bridge with timber deck. Winner of PBOC award and Footbridge Award 2011 “ Highly commended”. Responsibilities included FE
modeling, engineering design, and dynamic analysis.
With Schlaich Bergermann + Partner
World Trade Center Tower One Antenna, New York
Project manager. Engineering and coordination for the 122m steel truss antenna and ring structure with aramid cable stays. Structural design and detailed design of connections, development of bid documents and supervision of design drawings, fabrication supervision, resolution of contractor RFI’s and submittals for construction.
Revere Footbridge,
Boston
Project manager. Responsibilities included supervision of engineering design and drawings for 40 m long tension rod stayed bridge design build project.
Wendy Park Pedestrian
Bridge, Cleveland
Engineer. Supervision of engineering for preliminary models of design options of the pedestrian bridge crossing at Wendy Park.
Transbay Transit
Center, San Francisco
Project manager. Responsibilities included engineering of building superstructure during schematic design and for glazed and special structures to bid including seismic analysis and blast analysis of glazed structured, preparation of design-build documents.
Second Vivekananda Bridge, Kolkata, India
Engineering intern. Independent review of bridge superstructure and foundation design for multi-span extra-dosed post tensioned segmental bridge
founded on steel caisson, preparation of project review reports.
Sassnitz Footbridge. Germany
Engineering Intern. Preparation of conceptual studies for project and 3D graphic modelling.
Working party Guidelines for the design of pedestrian bridges. Research assistant and assistance in preparation of guide for conceptual design of footbridges for the Féderation Internationale du Béton
Projet de Recherche SYNPEX
Research assistant and assistance in preparation research study on pedestrian induced oscillations in footbridges for the European Union