Carlos Fernández Casado
Carlos Fernández Casado (born March 4, 1905 in Logroño , La Rioja , Spain , † May 3, 1988 in Madrid ) was a Spanish civil engineer .
Carlos Fernández became known in Spain for the planning of a large number of bridges and other structures, most of which were made of concrete. He pioneered the construction of prestressed concrete bridges in Spain. As a professor at the Technical University in Madrid (ETSI Caminos, Canales y Puertos), his numerous publications on structural design and his work on prestressed concrete bridges had a great influence on Spanish bridge construction and on Latin American civil engineers.
Due to his wide-ranging interests, he also dealt with philosophical and historical topics and published various works on Roman bridges and aqueducts.
Carlos Fernández Casado SL
In 1966, together with his son Leonardo Fernández Troyano and Javier Manterola Armisén, he founded the engineering company Carlos Fernández Casado SL , which he managed until his death. This office was best known for planning bridges and highways. Outside of Spain u. a. the Puente Ingeniero Carlos Fernández Casado , which long had the longest span of all cable-stayed bridges with concrete decks, and the recently completed Danube Bridge 2 between Bulgaria and Romania and the Salford Quays Millennium Lift Bridge in England, which opened in 2000 .
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| SURNAME | Fernández Casado, Carlos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish civil engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Logroño , La Rioja , Spain |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 1988 |
| Place of death | Madrid |