Rolando Gamez Rodes
Civil Engineer
Nationality: Cuban
Date of birth: February 24, 1985.
Location: Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
Graduated as: Civil Engineer.
Profession: Professor and Specialist in Structural Design of Bridges and Buildings.
Academic formation:
2006-2011 Civil Engineer by the Engineer College of the Camilo Cienfuegos Matanzas
University. Matanzas City. Cuba.
2001-2004 Civil Construction Technician, Antonio Maceo Construction Polytechnic.
Matanzas City. Cuba.
Postgraduate courses:
2012 - Graduate for young professors intensive Course of the Camilo Cienfuegos
Matanzas University. Matanzas City. Cuba.
2012 - Design, Technology - Construction and Conservation of Bridges. Intensive
Course at Matanzas Architecture and Engineer Design Enterprise. Matanzas. Cuba.
History labor:
2014 Structural engineer at Caribbean Engineering and Design Consultants Ltd.
2011-2013 Professor at the Construction Department of the Camilo Cienfuegos
Matanzas University. Matanzas City. Cuba.
Has been professor of:
 Topography I.
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Topography II.
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Topography Integral Services.
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Materials Resistance.
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Metallic Structures.
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Mechanic Design of Structures II.
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Bridges and Culverts.
2011 Engineer Chief of Land Surveying studies at the Construction Department of the
Camilo Cienfuegos Matanzas University.
Since 2009 is member of the Group of Marketing and Urban Management of the Camilo
Cienfuegos Matanzas University, where has carried out relating studies of Urban
Administration and the introduction of the Strategic Planning of Cities in small cities,
working at the same time in construction conservation studies.
In 2013 was lecturer of Marketing and Architecture at a workshop with students of
Technical Institute of Cajame ITESCA, Mexico.
Has been lecturer at several scientific meetings as:
2012 Brazil-Cuba II Meeting of Design, architecture and historical heritage. La Habana.
2012 Bridges Design, technologies, construction and preservations course at Matanzas
Architecture and Engineer Design Enterprise. Matanzas.
2012 Historical heritage and urban development Symposium, at the XXXIII PanAmerican Convention of Engineers UPADI 2012. La Habana.
2011 IX International Meeting of Management of Historical Centers. La Habana.
2011 International Scientific Convention CIUM 2011. Camilo Cienfuegos Matanzas
University.
Research labour:
2013 Determination of load capacity for several bridges.
2013 Methodology for integral evaluation of road bridges.
2013 Seismic risk evaluation for bridges at Matanzas Province.
2013 Seismological Characterization of Matanzas Province.
2013 Comparative Analysis of movable loads codes at roads bridges seeing different
internationals points of views.
2012 Rehabilitation Design for the XIX century suspended bridge over San Agustín
River at Matanzas.
2011 Rehabilitation of the concrete bridge over Buey Vaca River at Matanzas.
Design works:
2013 Design of rehabilitation and new construction of the Materials Laboratory at
Camilo Cienfuegos Matanzas University. Matanzas.
2012 Consultancy for the design of a metallic rail road bridge over the Yumurí River.
Matanzas City.
2012 Preliminary Ideas for the rehabilitation design of the XIX century suspended bridge
over San Agustín River at Matanzas.
2012 Checkup and evaluation of rail road XIX century iron bridges at Matanzas
Province.
2011 Rehabilitation design for the bridge over the Buey Vaca River. Matanzas City.
Since 2010 work as structural consultant at several architectural designs.
Published works:
2013 Rehabilitation Proposal for the change of use of the suspended bridge over San
Agustín River. (Author) Magazine of Architecture and Engineering. No. 1 of 2013 (ISSN
1990-8830 and RNPS2125, folio 109)
2012 Vindicating a patrimony, the small bridges of Matanzas City. (Joint Author)
Informative Sheets, Informative on the restoring work in Old Havana and Cuba. Year
XIX, No. 2. April-June of 2012. New York, USA. (First part)
2012 Vindicating a patrimony, the small bridges of Matanzas City. (Joint Author)
Informative Sheets, Informative on the restoring work in Old Havana and Cuba. Year
XIX, No. 3. July-December of 2012. New York, USA. (Second part)
2012 Procedure of organization of the commercial activity applied to the city of
Matanzas. (Joint author) Memoirs of the Symposium of Historical Patrimony and Urban
Development of the XXXIII Pan-American Convention of Engineers of the UPADI. Ed.
Editorial Works (ISBN 978-959-247-094-1)
2011 Procedure, using the Marketing tools for the reorder of the commercial structure of
the Matanzas City. (Joint author) Memoirs of the XIV Meeting of Marketing and Logistic
of the National Association of Economist and Counters of Cuba. Edit. LIGICUBA (ISBN
978-959-7197-50-6). Cuba.
2011 Rehabilitation works at the old Buey Vaca River bridge. (Author) Memoirs of the
International Scientific Convention CIUM 2011. Matanzas. Cuba.
2011 Ontology for the rehabilitation of the urban landmark. Studying the scenery of the
Vigía Square. (Joint author) Informative Sheets, Informative of the restoring work in Old
Havana and Cuba. Year XVIII, No. 3. July-December 2011. New York, USA.
Between 2011 and 2013 has published four sections in the Girón Local Matanzas
Newspaper related with the engineering and conservation of bridges and roads, as well
as two television reports related with the preservation of bridges.
Professional affiliations:
2011 National Union of Architects and Engineers of Construction in Cuba. UNAICC.
Prizes:
Science, technology and environment Ministry territorial Prize 2012 for the Preliminary
Ideas for the rehabilitation design of the XIX century suspended bridge over San
Agustín River at Matanzas.
Language skills:
Spanish (Homeland language)
English (Fluent)
Other skills:
Good domain of CAD programs, Program of structural design SAP V -14, Sketch Up 3D
Modelling, Microsoft Project and Excel.
Eng. Rolando Gamez Rodes
May 2014