News View All Decease of José Calavera Ruiz News José Calavera Ruiz, civil engineer, died on 25 August. He was a trustee of our Foundation from 2006 to 2019. Chaired professor emeritus of the Technical University of Madrid, José Calavera Ruiz was recognized worldwide as an eminence in concrete structures. He founded in 1967 the Instituto Técnico de Materiales y Construcciones (INTEMAC). He earned numerous awards and honours, including honorary doctorates from several international institutions. A member of a numerous of Spanish and foreign professional associations, José Calavera Ruiz wrote any number of monographs and articles and supervised 28 doctoral theses. In 2014 he won the National Civil Engineering Prize, and in 2017 he received the Outstanding Civil Engineer Award for his distinctive career. Fernando Sáenz Ridruejo, Foundation trustee, authored the remembrance of José Calavera’s life reproduced below. Read (In Spanish)
Decease of José Calavera Ruiz News José Calavera Ruiz, civil engineer, died on 25 August. He was a trustee of our Foundation from 2006 to 2019. Chaired professor emeritus of the Technical University of Madrid, José Calavera Ruiz was recognized worldwide as an eminence in concrete structures. He founded in 1967 the Instituto Técnico de Materiales y Construcciones (INTEMAC). He earned numerous awards and honours, including honorary doctorates from several international institutions. A member of a numerous of Spanish and foreign professional associations, José Calavera Ruiz wrote any number of monographs and articles and supervised 28 doctoral theses. In 2014 he won the National Civil Engineering Prize, and in 2017 he received the Outstanding Civil Engineer Award for his distinctive career. Fernando Sáenz Ridruejo, Foundation trustee, authored the remembrance of José Calavera’s life reproduced below. Read (In Spanish)