Dr. Nestor Rubiano, PE
Director of Quality
Dr. Nestor Rubiano is the Director of Quality at Decon Engineering in Houston, TX. He is also a Lecturer of Structural Engineering courses for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Rice University in Houston and he is the current Chair of Technical Committee 342 for Evaluation of Concrete Bridges of the American Concrete Institute (ACI). He obtained his Master’s and PhD degrees in Structural Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Rubiano has over 30 years of experience in structural analysis, design, and construction of a significant variety of structures such as dams, buildings, and bridges. In the last 20 years, he has led the structural design of transportation projects including design-build projects with grade separation structures, river crossings, complex highway bridges, light-rail bridges, railway bridges, mine hauling bridges, pedestrian bridges, cap-and-stitch bridges, drainage structures, overhead sign bridges, retaining walls, noise barrier walls and toll gantries. He has also been involved in condition assessment, performance evaluation, retrofit and rehabilitation of existing structures.
Dr. Rubiano has experience in the development, implementation and/or compliance oversight of Quality Assurance and Quality Control programs for specific projects, for owner oversight and for firm-wide implementation. He has also initiated and directed the development of a firm-wide library of Engineering Applications for Bridge Design.