NSF SAVI Wall Institute
Virtual International Institute for Performance Assessment of Structural Wall Systems
Mario Lafontaine
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Rene Lagos Engineers
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Has participated in several projects such as: Nunoa Capital Tower (highest residential tower with base isolation in the Americas), Costanera Center Tower (PBD of the tallest RC tower in South America), Peer Review of Barlovento Tower (Tower with Energy Dissipationlocated in Peru).Presenter in several congress such as: 10th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) in 2014. Has participated in several national codes comitees such as: Performance Based Design Comitee, Changes to Reinforced Concrete Local Code (DS 60) after the 2010 Maule's Earthquake.
Born in in Viña del Mar, Chile, in 1982. Graduated from University of Chile in 2007 with highest honors. His graduation thesis was titled "Using of Magnetoreological Dampers in a building with isolation systems" and was published in several congress and magazines (2008 WCEE and Journal of Earthquake Engineering) Working since then in Rene Lagos Engineers, first as a trainee engineer, then as a project engineer and since 3 years as Director of Seismic Technologies. Also teaches Reinforced Concrete in University Adolfo Ibañez.