Chris Drakopoulos, Msc DIC

1. FIRST NAME: CHRISTOS – GEORGIOS

2. LAST NAMEDRAKOPOYLOS

3. DATE OF BIRTH: 20/11/1975

4. NATIONALITY:  Greek

5. MARITAL STATUS: Single

6. EDUCATION:

Educational institution:

Aristotle University of Thessalonica (AUTH)

Graduation Date:

September 1998

Degree:

Civil Engineer

Rate:

7 out of 10

Educational institution:

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)

Graduation Date:

September 2001

Master:

Interdisciplinary Course of Postgraduate Studies “Structural Design and Analysis of Structures”

Rate:

7.83 out of 10

7. LANGUAGES

 

Reading

Speaking

Writing

Greek (Mother tongue)

5

5

5

English

4

4

4

German

2

2

2

 

8. PARTICIPATION IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  • Member of Technical Chamber of Greece (R.No: 81013)
  • Member of Civil Engineers’ Association.

9. ADDITIONAL SKILLS:

  • He has worked for three years (1995-1997) as a member of the editorial team of the AUTH Polytechnic School magazine.
  • Very good knowledge of many softwares that are needed for the management of technical projects (ΕΤΑΒS, SAP2000, STATIΚ, FAGUS, CEDRUS, NEXT, MS OFFICE, MS PROJECT, AUTOCAD, ΜATHCAD, SOFiSTiK, ERGOLAVIKA (pi-Systems), 4M-VK STRAD, etc).

10. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

His primary skills are the static and seismic/dynamic analysis of existing and new structures built from R/C, unreinforced and reinforced masonry and steel structures. He is also experienced on the management procedures of public works, not only in public services but with the worksite stuff as well.

 11. JOB EXPERIENCE:

Date:

1998-2000

Country:

Athens, Greece

Employer:

Dynatec LTD.

Post:

Structural analysis department

Duties:

His primary responsibilities was the design of bridges and buildings and the structures’ retrofit or strengthening by traditional or contemporary means, such as composite materials and the composition of public work budgets.

·         Study of the bridge over Katerini’s railway station, (Employer: ERGOSE)

·         Study of the bridge over the river Manthias, 180m long, (Employer: Egnatia Odos S.A.)

·         Study of the Κ4 intersection in Efkarpia, Thessalonica, Technical Work 1 (bridge), Technical Work 3 (culvert), Technical Work 5 (bridge), Technical Work 6 (culvert), Technical Work 11 (culvert),

(Employer: Egnatia Odos S.A.)

·         Software development for section design with composite materials.

·         Participation in the supervision of Haidari Town Hall construction works.

·         Study of strengthening & rehabilitation of Preveza’s technical high school (Employer: Ο.S.Κ. S.A.)

·         Study of strengthening of a 5-story office building (Employer: RADIO KORASIDI S.A.)

 

Date:

1999 – 2000, 2003 – 2005

Country:

Piraeus, Greece

Employer:

MUNICIPALITY OF PIRAEUS

Post:

Civil engineer in technical services department

Duties:

Management of public work studies, composition of public work budgets, composition of technical plans, supervision of public works.

·         Study & Supervision of strengthening & rehabilitation of “Anastasi” church built from unreinforced masonry

·         Participation in the study of Dilaveris landmark building

·         Participation in the strengthening study of landmark building in Falireos street.

 

·         Participation in the strengthening study of landmark building in Bouboulinas & Koudouriotou street

·         Participation in the composition of technical plan financed by 3rd  EU support program.

·         Supervision of Works of the 4rth High School of Piraeus.

·         Supervision of Works of the 10nth–11th High School of Piraeus.

 

Date:

2000 – 2006

Country:

Piraeus, Greece

Employer:

Private works as freelancer

Duties:

·      Study of strengthening & rehabilitation of two 2-story residence buildings that were damaged from Athens earthquake at 7-9-1999.

·      Study of a new 2-story residence building with basement and slopping roof in Trikala prefecture.

·      Study of a new 2-story residence building with slopping roof, in Kifissia Municipality.

·      Study of a new 6-story residence building with basement and Pilotis, in Kallipoli, Piraeus.

·      Study of a new 6-story residence building with basement and rooftop, in Piraeus

·      Study of a 1-story extension in a ground floor residence building in Salamina island.

 

Date:

2000 – 2001

Country:

Athens, Greece

Employer:

ExelTEk S.A. – D. Koutsoukos

Duties:

·      Study of columns’ rehabilitation of an industrial building in Aspropirgos.

·      Preliminary study of a 2-story building with a new 2-story extension.

 

Date:

2001

Country:

Athens, Greece

Employer:

YPODOMI-Consultant engineers Ltd. (H. Vassilopoulos)

Duties:

·         Preliminary static study of sewage treatment constructions for account of municipality of Kyparissia

(Employer: Prefecture of Messinia).

·      Static and seismic study of Kyparissia pumping-station (Employer: Prefecture of Messinia).

 

Date:

2002

Country:

Athens, Greece

Employer:

A.D.K.

Duties:

Participation in the study of the New Acropolis Museum, Nonlinear dynamic time history building analysis. Analysis and design of seismic isolation system and Specifications for bearing fabrication, testing and installation.

 

Date:

2001-2005

Country:

Thessalonica, Greece

Employer:

Penelis Consulting Engineers S.A.

Duties:

·      Participation in the study of strengthening of MTS mansion

 – Building III

 – Building IV

 – Building IX (Pallas & Aliki Theatres)

·      Participation in the preliminary study of strengthening of the National Theatre of Athens.

·      Participation in the study of strengthening of the flour silo in “Ε. Melissari” Macedonian Mills.

·      Participation in the study of the following bridges:

– Static and dynamic analysis study of 2 road culverts at Vathylako and Chryso area servicing the new Kozani-Servia National Road.

– Static and dynamic analysis study of road bridge at Ptolemaida-Varikou area over “Drosero” river.

– Static and dynamic analysis study of road bridge at Krokou-Ano Komi area over “Vranas” river.

– Static and dynamic analysis study of road bridge at Kessaria-Eani area over “Ftelia” river.

 

Date:

2005 – 2012

Country:

Thessalonica, Greece

Employer:

Penelis Consulting Engineers S.A.

Post:

Supervisor engineer

Duties:

·      Static upgrade & earthquake strengthening of Pallas & Aliki Theatres in MTS mansion.

·       New center of OTE Materials’ Management at Parnitha.

 

Date:

2012 – 2016

Country:

Athens, Greece

Employer:

Penelis Consulting Engineers S.A..

Post:

Site office Structural manager for the SNFCC

Duties:

·      Revisions to structural design drawings

·       BBS

·       Design of anchors, facades, balustrades

·       Coordination of site-office

·       Liason to the Architects and MEP design teams

 

Date:

2017 – 2018

Country:

Athens, Greece

Employer:

Penelis Consulting Engineers S.A.

Post:

Structural design of the new PPC Powerplant in Ptolemaida V

Duties:

·      Façade engineering detailed design for boiler house

·      Approval of the supplier design for the façade (done by Elliniki Meletitiki) 

·       Structural Design of building V

·       Coordination and meetings with architects

 

12. PUBLICATIONS:

  • Gregory G. Penelis, Chris C. Drakopoulos, “Comparative evaluation of the analytical methods for Unreinforced Masonry Buildings”, Undergraduate thesis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki & Imperial College of London, June 1998.
  • Chris Drakopoulos, «Comparative Evaluation of Analytical Models Used For Concrete Confinement By Means Of Composite Materials», Postgraduate thesis NTUA, October
  • Andreas J. Kappos, Gregory G. Penelis, and Christos G. Drakopoulos, “Evaluation of Simplified Models for Lateral Load Analysis of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings”, pp. 890-897, Journal of Structural Engineering, July 2002, Volume 128, Issue 7.