Marjan Pipenbaher


Marjan Pipenbaher is a Slovenian structural engineer and bridge specialist.

Career

Pipenbaher graduated from the Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Maribor in 1981. From 1980, he worked at the Gradis Design Office where he participated in designing of several large bridges and viaducts constructed by Gradis. In 1990, he and Viktor Markelj founded Ponting Bridges, a Slovenian studio for structural engineering, focusing mainly on bridge structures, with headquarters in Maribor. The practice is led by Markelj and Pipenbaher, and has constructed many high-profile bridges. Since 2002, he is also founder and CEO of specialized design and research company Pipenbaher Consulting Engineers.
His high-profile bridges include Pelješac Bridge in Croatia, Nissibi Euphrates Bridge in Turkey, and Črni Kal Viaduct in Slovenia. He lives in Slovenska Bistrica.
He is a lecturer at the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Maribor since 2000, in the field of prestressed concrete structures and bridges. He began there as an assistant in 1986.

Major projects

Major projects, by year of completion and ordered by type, are:

Bridges

Pedestrian and cyclist bridges

Current

Awards