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Curriculum Vitae
Kristian Hertz
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2005-11-14
Curriculum Vitae
Name: Kristian Dahl Hertz
Born: Copenhagen 1950-09-02
1971 Student (math,phys) Frederiksberg Gymnasium.
1976-05-31 Master of Science (Building Design and Structural Engineering) from The Technical
University of Denmark (average of marks: 11,4 on a scale from 0 to 13).
Final project: "A stringer method for calculation of building structures" mark: 13.
1976-07-05 - 1977-10-31 Duty in the Danish Civil Defence as a lieutenant.
One special task in this period was to teach Fire Service and Fire Safety at the officer’s academy.
1978-02-01 - 1980-07-31 Ph.D. study: "Fire Properties of Concrete Constructions” at the Institute of
Building Design, Technical University of Denmark. A new course on Structural Fire Safety was
established and Stringer Theory and Building Stability was taught on other M.Sc. courses.
1980-12-16 Ph.D degree defended. (Diploma signed 1981-07-04).
1980-09-01 - 1986-03-31 Half time employed at the Institute of Building Design, Technical University
of Denmark making projects supported by the Danish Council for Scientific and Technical Research.
Design methods were developed for concrete structures subjected to the load case of fire, and thereby
solving a number of problems for other load cases for example the anchorage problem. New advanced
test methods were developed some of which using microwave power for heating concrete specimens.
1980-09-01 - 1986-03-31 Half time employed as a consulting engineer at the structural department of
M. Folmer Andersen Ltd. making structures in wood and steel and advanced concrete structures such
as partly prestressed shells and untraditional walls and prestressed frames. Own object oriented cross
stringer method was used for calculation of stabilizing walls, floors and shells for example for the
building for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia (MOFA) and for structures made at the
Royal Theatre in Copenhagen.
Responsible for all structural calculations for the MOFA building, and development of EDP methods
for automatic calculations of steel and concrete structures according to British Standards, and stability
calculations and fire safety assessments were made. (Architect: Henning Larsen)
For the rebuilding of the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen a number of untraditional constructions have
been designed. Among these a post tensioned concrete portal surrounding a new hole of 150 m 2 in the
old scene back wall, a 44 m long partly post tensioned half cylinder shell bearing the roof, a ribbed
shell structure over the set piece workshop, a reinforcement of the brick vault over the main entrance
and a project for the replacement of the group Apollo and Pegasus at the roof. Further, a new test
method was developed for finding cavities in old brickwork by means of ultrasonic measurements on
location (architect: Niels Koppel).
Among other projects the following could be mentioned: Industrial buildings for Novo Industry Ltd.
and Meadox Surgimed Inc., a 45 m high bomb safe building for the Central Bank of Iraq and a steel
building for the Central administration of Greenland, a building for the Parliament of Greenland and
buildings for industry, habitation and schools in Denmark and Greenland.
Steel balconies were designed for fire exposure without protecting insulation for the first time in
Denmark.
1986-04-01 - 1986-07-31 Full time employed at the EDP department of M.Folmer Andersen
consulting engineers Ltd. making structural design, and an object oriented EDP program for simulation
of the flow of the cooling system at the MOFA building.