Kolos awards for exceptional achievements in civil engineering for the Pelješac Bridge project

The Kolos Awards were announced on 9.6.2022 at the 16th Days of the Croatian Chamber of Civil Engineers in Opatija, Croatia.
The Kolos Award for exceptional achievement in civil engineering was given to the main designer and one of the authors of the Pelješac Bridge project Marjan Pipenbaher and associate designer Tanja Peteršič Henčič.
Comments accompanying the awards cited that the 2,404 meters long Pelješac bridge, its dimensions, concept, complexity of the project and complexity of construction is by far the largest and most complex construction project in Croatia.
"Moreover, it can be seen as the project of the century, and one of the five largest and most attractive bridges of the 21st century on a European scale," the statement quoted.
It is also stated that the construction of the Pelješac Bridge included technical solutions and technologies that were used for the first time in Croatia, such as a deep foundation on 148 piles, 1.8 and 2 meters in diameter, the longest of which are 130 meters below sea level.
Marjan Pipenbaher (1957) is a Partner, Managing Director and a Senior Bridge designer of Ponting Bridges and Pipenbaher Consulting Engineers. His other notable bridges include Nissibi Bridge over Euphrates in Turkey (2015), Millennium Bridge in Podgorica (2006), the biggest railway viaduct in Israel (2017) and Viaduct Črni Kal in Slovenia (2004). He is a winner of many awards for his engineering expertise and a lecturer that passes the knowledge to future generations at University of Maribor.
Source: HINA/HRT
Project details: www.ponting.si/en/projects/pe...
Video by: Hrvatska komora inženjera građevinarstva
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Nagrada Kolos za izjemne strokovne dosežke - Projekt Pelješkega mostu
Nagrade Kolos so bile podeljene 9.6.2022 na 16. Dnevih Hrvaške zbornice gradbenih inženirjev v Opatiji.
Nagrado Kolos za izjemne dosežke v stroki sta prejela glavni projektant in eden od avtorjev projekta Pelješkega mostu Marjan Pipenbaher in projektantka-sodelavka Tanja Peteršič Henčič.
V obrazložitvi nagrad so med drugim zapisali, da je 2404 metrov dolg Pelješki most s svojimi dimenzijami, zasnovo, zahtevnostjo projekta in zahtevnostjo gradnje daleč največji in najkompleksnejši gradbeni projekt na Hrvaškem. "Hkrati lahko govorimo o projektu stoletja, ki je v evropskem merilu eden od petih največjih in najprivlačnejših mostov 21. stoletja," so tudi dodali.
Na dogodku so spomnili tudi, da je gradnja Pelješkega mostu vključevala tehnične rešitve in tehnologije, ki so bile na Hrvaškem uporabljene prvič, kot je globoko temeljenje na skupno 148 pilotih premera 1,8 in 2 metra, od katerih sega najdaljši 130 metrov pod morsko gladino.
Marjan Pipenbaher (1957) je partner, generalni direktor in odgovorni projektant v inženirskem biroju Ponting in specializiranem biroju Pipenbaher inženirji. Med njegovimi pomembnimi mostovi so tudi most Nissibi čez Evfrat v Turčiji (2015), Most Millennium v Podgorici (2006), največji izraelski železniški viadukt (2017) in viadukt Črni Kal (2004). Je dobitnik številnih nagrad za svoje inženirsko znanje in predavatelj, ki znanje prenaša na prihodnje generacije na Univerzi v Mariboru.
Vir: HINA/HRT
Podrobnosti projekta: www.ponting.si/si/projekti/mo...
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Really good job

[@PontingSLO]

Thank you!

[@asterixx6878]

What is the 'Kolos award'? Never heard about it and there seems to be very little info on the net.

[@PontingSLO]

Kolos are the awards of the Croatian Chamber of Civil Engineers (in original: »nagrade Kolos Hrvatske komore inženjera građevinarstva«).

[@asterixx6878]

@@PontingSLO Thank you for the information.