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Birth Date 1946-07-07 Birthplace La Flèche Training Institution Ecole Polytechnique Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées Pierre et Marie Curie University Loughborough University Occupation Civil Engineer Biographical Text Michel Virlogeux was born in La Flèche, France, on July 7, 1946. He is a well-known French civil engineer specializing in bridge construction. He joined Ecole Polytechnique, from which he graduated in 1967, and the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, from where he graduated in 1970. He received his PhD in Engineering from Pierre et Marie Curie University in Paris in 1973. Many years later, in 2009, he received another PhD, in Technology, with Honoris causa at Loughborough University. His professional career is quite extensive. He became an Ingénieur des Ponts et Chaussées of the French Civil Service in 1970, and Ingénieur en Chef in 1984. During this period, he worked for the state, having worked for as civil servant. He worked at SETRA, the technical service of the Highways Administration, was head of the concrete bridge division and also head of the large bridge division of steel and concrete. At last he worked as a consultant for the Highways Direction at the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. Since 1995 he started working as a private consultant. He designed many bridges, namely the Ottmarsheim bridge, the Abbeville, the Fleche bridges, the Moulin sur Escaut rail bridge, the Seyssel cable-stayed bridge, which received an Award of the Steel Construction Industry, the Ré Island Bridge, the Chevire Bridge, the Auray viaduct, the Chateaubriand arch bridge, the Burgundy cable-stayed bridge at Chalon-sur Saône, the Bouran viaduct at Rodez, the A75 Motorway, the Morbihan arch bridge at La Roche Bernard, the Kerkinstensalmi cable-stayed bridge in Finland, the Grand-Tressan pedestrian bridge at Bordeaux, the bridges over La Rivière des Pluies and La Rivière Saint-Denis in La Réunion island and the Normandy Bridge. He also developed the preliminary design of the Millau Viaduct, a construction work awarded several times. He has been expert for the Moosou bridge in Ivory Coast, the Edea bridge in Cameroon and consultant for the Evripos bridge in Greece. With his team he also controlled the execution design of several important bridges, the Ru de Maubuée viaduct for the Marne-la-Vallée line of the Paris Mass Transit System, the viaducts over the Gouet and Gouedic at Saint-Brieuc, the Fontenoy viaduct, the Meylan and Illhof pedestrian cable-stayed bridges, the Tricastin bridge and the experimental bridges at La Ferté-Saint-Aubin, Cognac, Arbois and Charolles. As a private consultant he developed the design of the Avignon viaducts for the French Railways and the Vasco de Gama Bridge, in Portugal. He also made the preliminary design of the Verrières Viaduct, which received the Outstanding Structure Award. He was awarded several times. He received the IABSE Prize in 1983, the Guerite Silver Medal of the British Section of the Ingenieurs and Scientifiques of France in 1985, the Practical Construction Award of the American Concrete Institute in 1992, the Reed and Mallik Medal of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1994, the silver-gilt medal of the Société d'Encouragement au Progrès in 1993, the George S. Richardson Medal of the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania in 1995, the Award of Excellence from the Engineering News Record also in 1995, the Gold Medal of the Institution of Structural Engineers in 1997, the Silver Medal of the French Academie d'Architecture also in 1997, the Fritz Leonhardt Price in 1999, the Gustave Magnel Gold Medal also in 1999, the Award of the Italian Prefabrication Industry in 2002, the Turner Medal of the American Concrete Institute in 2003, the International Award of Merit of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering also in 2003, the Bridge Design Award of the Bridge Engineering Association that same year, the Hills Millennium Award of the Institution of Engineering Designers in 2005, the Gold Metal of the Institution of Civil Engineers also in 2005, the Freyssinet Medal of the Fédération Internationale du Béton in 2006, the Isambard Kingdom Brunel Award of the Institution of Civil Engineers also in 2006, the Albert Caquot Medal of the French Association of Civil Genesis in 2007 and the Icarus Award of the La Coruna University in 2008. In 2004 he was elected the Engineer of the Year by the French engineering associations. He contributed to some technical evolutions in his area, such as for external prestressing, cable-stayed bridges and composite structures. He was a Professor of Structural Analysis at the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées from 1978 to 1994. He was also a Professor of Bridge Design at the Ecole Speciesle des Travaux Publics from 1973 to 1993 and of stability of concrete structures at the Center of Hautes Etudes de la Construction from 1985 to 2006. In 2008 he became Professor of Bridge Design and Construction at the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. He has been Secretary, Secretary General and Executive Vice President of the Association Française Pour la Construction for more than twenty years. He was President of the International Federation of Pre-Presidents. He was also President of the International Federation of Béton and became Honorary President. At last he was elected President of the European Construction Institute in 2008. He was made "Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Merite" in 1989, "Officier" in 2000 and "Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur" in November 2005. Bibliography "Michel Virlogeux". In Michel Virlogeux Consultant SARL, [online]. Available at: http://www.michelvirlogeuxconsultant.com/CV-Michel-VIRLOGEUX.pdf [Accessed 19 Dec. 2019]. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Michel Virlogeux Profile Subject The topic of the resource Individual Actor, Technician, Civil Engineer, Michel Virlogeux Description An account of the resource Michel Virlogeux Profile Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource PT BUILDS Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Michel Virlogeux Consultant SARL's Website Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available PT BUILDS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-12-19 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource PT BUILDS Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource TEXT Language A language of the resource ENG Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context IA68DOC1 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1946-present, France