Rising Stars Podcast

Hosted and edited by Nikola Tošić.

Episode 4 - Rising Stars podcast series - Ysabel Guil-Celada, Project Manager and Senior Associate at Arenas & Asociados, Spain

Ysabel Guil-Celada is a Project Manager and Senior Associate at the Arenas & Asociados bridge design consultancy company based in Madrid.

Ysabel boasts an extensive and impressive portfolio, having led the structural design and analyses of numerous bridge projects, including several landmark structures. These include, among others, the Santa Teresa Bridge over the River Pisuerga in Valladolid in Spain – a 90 m span composite steel-concrete bridge erected by flotation and uplifting methods; the Kvesheti – Kobi Road Arch Bridge, with a main span of 285 m in a high seismicity area; and the Almonte Viaduct, a concrete arch bridge with a 384 m main span, with a 350 km/h high-speed rail viaduct.

Beyond her work at Arenas & Asociados, Ysabel has teaching experience at the UAX University in Madrid and she has lectured at several international bridge conferences and symposia.

She is also dedicated to the search for gender equality in the construction industry – she encourages young students to enter the “STEM world” through her experience and is also actively involved in the Commission for Equality established at Arenas & Asociados.

She is also the winner of the 2023 fib AAYE award in the Design & Construction category.

In our talk, we discuss the process and experience of bridge design, the importance of mentoring the evolution of design aides and tools and the, sometimes challenging, relationship between an engineer’s professional and private life.

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This episode was recorded on the 12th of July, 2024.

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