Eng. Giovanni Costa
This studio was founded in 2008 and is the culmination of my personal training experience as a structural designer, which began in 1999 and consolidated with major construction companies and engineering firms. Since the degree in Engineering, I have dedicated commitment and perseverance to the study of many steel structures, forging a specialized yet flexible design ability that is open to the encounter with works in wood, concrete and other materials. The experience on site, conducted in parallel with the work in the studio, allowed me to develop a unique design methodology, sensitive from the earliest stages of the study to the delicate final aspects of manufacturing and assembling phases.
Academic collaborations and other activities:
University of Pisa – Faculty of Civil Engineering
Speaker at conferences in the field of “Realization of steel structures” for the class of Construction Technology.
Order of Engineers of Livorno
Member of the Structures Committee.
Projects and activities
Silos Granari – Livorno Commercial Port
Designer responsible for the feasibility study and the preliminary design of the functional revamping.
Livorno, Italy
New Technical Standards ANAS
Assistance in drafting the update of the Special Tender Specifications and Technical Standards relating to the chapters about the construction and assembly of metal structures in the field of road bridges.
Wadi Hanifa Bridge
Designer responsible for the executive project of the prefabrication equipment.
Al Hair-al Hawtat Bani Tamim road, Saudi Arabia
New Motorway Technical Standards
Assistance in drafting the update of the Special Tender Specifications and Technical Regulations relating to the chapters on the construction and assembly of steel structures.
Minor works of art on the AC Milan-Turin line
Assistance in the technical and administrative testing of embankments, manholes and box-shaped underpasses in reinforced concrete.
Novara, Italy
Naples Capodichino Airport
Design of seismic resistant metal structures for the expansion of the Passenger Terminal.
Turin Polytechnic – Buildings on Corso Castelfidardo
Final design of the steel structures for two civil buildings with 5-storey bridges above Corso Castelfidardo.
Turin, Italy
Western High Speed Diameter
Designer in charge of the launch plan.
St. Petersburg, Russia
Chek Lap Kok Link
Designer responsible for safety equipment Hong Kong – Asia
Campus Michelin Project Urbalad
Designer responsible for the preliminary project.
Paris, France
Publications and conferences
CTA – College of Steel Technicians
XXIV Congress “Italian Days of Steel Construction”
Turin Conference, 2013
Technical paper Speaker “New High Speed Station – Rome Tiburtina. Roof of the Bridge Tunnel and station buildings”.
Technical paper speaker “Porta Vittoria multifunctional complex – Milan. Metal structures of the Hotel building ”.
CTA – Steel Technicians College
XXII Congress “Building with steel”
Conference in Padua, 2009
Technical paper Speaker “Metal roofing structures for the new Pavilion B of the Genoa Expo”.
Conference “Technical standards for construction. Application of the NTC 2008 to metal structures ”- Rome, 2009
Co-supervisor of the paper “Design aspects and practical applications on buildings ”.
Conference “Ponti Ad Arco – Arch Bridges” – Milan, June 2007
Co-speaker on “Design and technological aspects in the construction of arch bridges”.
CTA – Steel Technicians College
XXI Congress “Building with steel”
Conference in Catania, 2007
Technical paper Speaker “Naples Capodichino Airport – expansion of passenger terminal. Design of seismic resistant metal structures “.
Technical paper Speaker “Railway arch bridge over the canal Naviglio Grande. Detailed design and analysis during assembly “.
CTA – Steel Technicians College
XX Congress “Building with steel”
Conference of Ischia, 2005
Technical paper Speaker “Replacement of an existing railway girder in Genoa on the Parco Campasso – Bivio Succursale line (km 4 + 328)”.
Railway Engineering Magazine – n. 11/2004
Co-author of the article “Replacement of a railway bridge. Genoa – Bridge over the Polcevera – Park Campasso-Bivio Succursale line (km 4 + 328) “.
CTA – Steel Technicians College
XIX “Building with steel”
Congress Genoa Conference, 2003
Co-speaker for Technical paper “Politecnico di Torino. Overpass buildings “.
Strade & Autostrade Magazine – Issue 63 – May / June
Co-author of the article “The waterproofing of an orthotropic slab deck”.