Armando Rito

Armando António Marques Rito (* 1936 ) is a Portuguese civil engineer and bridge builder.

Life

Rito studied at the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon and was Edgar Cardoso's assistant at the chair for bridges and special constructions.

In 1982 he founded the engineering office Armando Rito Engenharia, which constructed numerous large bridges, particularly in Portugal.

He was a member of the bridges working group of fib and in the Eurocode committee for concrete bridges. Among other things, he taught bridge building at the Catholic University and at the Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL).

Awards

In 2019 he was honored as a Grand Officer of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique , in 2014 he received the Freyssinet Medal and in 2005 the Albert Caquot Prize , in 1998 the fip medal .

Projects (selection)

Ponte Nova Portimao (1991)

• Bridge over the Tua River (2012)
• 4th of April - Bridge over the Catumbela River in Angola (2009)
• Sao Vicente Bridge in Guinea-Bissau (2009)
• Viaduct Vila Pouca de Aguiar , A24 motorway (2007)
• Pipa Viaduct, motorway bridge, Portugal (2006)
• Corgo Valley Viaduct, Peso da Régua , prestressed concrete motorway bridge (2004)
• Ponte Vasco da Gama , Lisbon (1998)
• Bridge over the Balsemão Valley (1998)
• Miguel Torga Bridge in Peso da Régua, motorway bridge over the Douro Valley (1997)
• Viaducto César Gaviria Trujillo in Colombia, as a consulting engineer, cable-stayed bridge (1997)
• Viaduct over the Labriosque Valley, motorway bridge (1994)
• Ponte Nova over the Arade in Portimão (1991)

Web links

• Armando Rito Engenharia. Website of the engineering office
• Armando António Marques Rito at Structurae
• Curriculum de Armando António Marques Rito. Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (PDF, Portuguese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cerimónia de Imposição de Condecorações no Palácio de Belém. Website of the President of the Republic of Portugal, 29 January 2019 (Portuguese).