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  • Ernst & Sohn

04. November 2011

Holger Svensson's book on cable-stayed bridges presented

On September 29th, 2011, Ingenieur Baukunst e.V. presented Holger Svensson's book on cable-stayed bridges „Schrägkabelbrücken weltweit – 40 Jahre Erfahrung“ in cooperation with the Technical University of Berlin and Ernst & Sohn, Josef Seiler (Chair of Ingenieur Baukunst e.V.), Mike Schlaich (TU Berlin, Schlaich Bergermann und Partner), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Schlaich (University of Stuttgart, Schlaich Bergermann und Partner), Karin Lang (General Manager of Ernst & Sohn), and the author himself provided for a very entertaining evening attended by more than 150 guests.

Jörg Schlaich provided an overview of Svensson's 458-page long book to the audience with an informative, but also charming and humorous presentation of the individual chapters. He then handed over the microphone to Holger Svensson himself who gave imposing examples of his decade-long experience in designing, assembling and supervising large-scale bridges spiked with anecdotes from his time at Leonhardt, Andrä und Partner (LAP) and his private life. The evening was rounded off by a get-together where the organisers provided delightful sustenance. The guest also had the possibility to purchase copies of the book signed by the author himself.

Svensson's „Schrägkabelbrücken – 40 Jahre Erfahrung weltweit“ has 458 pages of text, 1265 illustrations and is available as a hard cover volume for 129 €. The book also contains a DVD with lectures by Holger Svensson on cable-stayed bridges.

Svensson, who was awarded the Emil Mörsch Commemorative Medal just past June, is currently working as lecturer at the Civil Engineering Department of the Technical University in Dresden.