Jacques Mathivat
Jacques Mathivat (born January 3, 1932 in Neuilly-sur-Seine ; † November 13, 2012 ) was a French civil engineer and bridge builder.
Mathivat studied at the École spéciale des travaux publics and the École nationale supérieure des pétroles et moteurs. After graduating in 1961, he worked for the construction company Campenon Bernard , where he became one of the leading bridge builders in France. In 1972 he became one of the directors of the company (directeur d 'etudes), in which the bridge builder Jean Muller also worked as scientific director and Jean Chaudesaiges was technical director. Other well-known bridge builders in the company were Michel Placidi and Jacques Combault . In the 1960s, the company achieved significant innovations in prestressed concrete bridges made of cantilevered precast segments that were glued together with epoxy resin . The prototype of the development was the Pont de Choisy , the method was used, for example, at the Viaduc d'Oléron . He was significantly involved in the design of the Brotonne Bridge , the Pont de Maupré, the second Pont du Bonhomme in Brittany and the Pont Chateaubriand , at the Viaduc de Gennevilliers and the Saint Cloud Bridge (1400 m long, maximum span 102 m, Radius of curvature 300 m).
In 1978 he left the company and founded his engineering company Société d'étude et de calculs en ouvrages d'art (SECOA) with Bertrand Lenoir and Patrice Kirschner, who carried out research on prestressed concrete.
In 1985 he took over Les Deux Magots in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, which belonged to his family . He bought the property (and a hotel in Paris) and transferred the concept of the cafe and restaurant to Tokyo. In 2000 he became President of SYNHORCAT (Syndicat National des Hôteliers, Restaurateurs, Cafetiers et Traiteurs).
He also taught as a professor at the Center des Hautes Études de la Construction in the Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Section (CHEBAP) and at the École nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and the École Supérieure des Travaux Publics.
In 2002 he received the Albert Caquot Prize . In 2001 he became a Knight of the Legion of Honor . From 1989 to 1997 he was President of the Association Française pour la Construction and the AFGC. He was on the Executive Committee of the IABSE. In 1986 he received the fip medal.
Fonts
- Construction par encorbellement des ponts en béton précontraint, Éditions Eyrolles, Paris, 1979
- with Jean-François Bougard: Procédés généraux de construction, Eyrolles, Paris, 1985
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ IABSE Bulletin 2/1986 with biography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mathivat, Jacques |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French civil engineer and bridge builder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuilly-sur-Seine |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 13, 2012 |