Jan Moksnes

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Jan Moksnes (* 1936 ) is a Norwegian civil engineer.

Moksnes studied civil engineering at the University of Newcastle with a degree in 1960 and began his work in the construction industry at Noteby, where he was particularly active in concrete construction. His first contact with maritime facilities was when he was building the quay in Jåttåvågen

He was with Norwegian Contractors (now part of Kvaerner) for around 20 years, where he became CEO . He was significantly involved in the development of reinforced concrete structures for offshore platforms in the North Sea (GBS, Gravity Base Structures). Between 1971 and 1995 Norwegian Contractors built around 20 offshore platforms, including Troll A (1995) and Heidrun. First it was Brent B and Beryl A for the British part of the North Sea (1975). Norwegian Contractors developed the Condeep concept for this purpose. The oil platforms, designed for water depths of up to around 300 m, were prefabricated from reinforced concrete in dry docks (in Hinna) and assembled in the deep Norwegian fjords. In addition, the development of high-performance concrete was necessary and overall Norway achieved a leading position in concrete technology during this time thanks to its offshore construction.

In the late 1990s he was president of Aker Maritime in Houston for two years . In 1998 he founded his own engineering office in Stavanger .

In 1998 he received the Freyssinet Medal and in 2005 the Albert Caquot Prize . From 1987 to 1989 he chaired the Norwegian Concrete Association and in 1995 he became its honorary member. In 2015 he received the Kongens Fortjenes Medal and in 2010 the first honorary award from Entreprenørforeningen Bygg og Anlegg (EBA).

He also taught at the University of Newcastle for four years.

Fonts

  • Concrete platforms in the North Sea - a golden era for development of advanced concrete structures, in: James Campbell u. a .: Proceedings of the First Conference of the Construction History Society, Queen's College Cambridge 2014, p. 281

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SURNAME Moksnes, Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian civil engineer
DATE OF BIRTH 1936