THEOPHILOU CONSULTING ENGINEERS - Key Persons

Aris Theophilou has over 13 years of experience in Civil/ Structural/ Temporary Works Engineering consulting. He participated in over 100 projects ranging from tall/public buildings, airports, bridges, tide/flood protection, desalination plants, water and wastewater distribution. His specializations are the earthquake-resistant design of concrete structures, and temporary works design. Education University of Surrey, PhD in Structural Earthquake Engineering, 2008-2014. Thesis title: "A Ground Motion Selection and Modification Method Suitable for the Probabilistic Seismic Response Assessment of Building Structures". Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MEng in Geotechnical Engineeering, 2000-2001. Princeton University, MEng in Structural Engineering, 1998-1999. University College London, BEng (Hons) in Civil Engineering, 1995-1998.

Job Titles:

• Senior Temporary Works Designer, May 2016 - November 2017

Carried out a number of temporary works designs that include temporary structure shoring of buildings and bridges, cofferdam propping, excavation shaft shoring, slope stability analysis, crane installations, piling platforms, falsework design, hoardings, etc. Participated in various projects at Heathrow Airport, the Eight2O (Thames Water) project, the Thames Tideway at Carnwath project, the Box Encapsulation Plant at Sellafield, and the Thames Estuary Asset Management to 2100 project.

John Theophilou has over 53 years of professional experience. He has participated as the Chief Civil/Structural Engineer and/or Project Manager in over 600 projects including public buildings, hotels, residential estate, water-retaining structures, sewerage, water treatment and water distribution schemes, and desalination plants. He collaborated with world-renowned firms such as Howard Humphreys (UK), Biwater (UK), IDE-Technologies (Israel), and NAMA (Greece). Education University of London, BSc in Civil Engineering, 1964.