/ HISTORY
/ HISTORY
/ Established in 2009, we are a Portuguese company that designs, develops, and manages Civil Engineering projects. The differentiating factor of our team is the balance between scientific knowledge and know-how.
Our team is highly professional, motivated, and accountable, always assuming the interests of each client as its own. Its main objectives are both the competent execution of the ongoing process and the ability to perform it within the contracted deadlines. This mix of skills and wills is the guarantee that “the solution” for each challenge, whether in the project phase or during the work in progress, is achieved.
Initially performing in the housing market, we redirected our core business after the subprime post-crisis period to the areas of logistics (large distribution platforms) and industry. In 2010 there was a broadening of horizons with the establishment of a partnership with KLH, a world-leading cross-laminated timber panel (CLT) manufacturing company, having since developed a few dozen projects in Portuguese territory with this technology, which continues to be a worldwide reference due to the innovative application of the product.
A new international partnership emerged in 2011 with the Norwegian company Nofitech – a specialist in aquaculture and ARS (aquaculture recirculation systems). This partnership allowed the expansion of our business core, at the same time boosting the growth to other countries and promoting innovation. With these new synergies, we far exceeded the initial expectations of a small project company.
We are guided by a solid global vision and work with a strong sense of environmental and social responsibility, embracing technology and scientific knowledge to achieve goals with quality. Our team members are focused on innovation and sustainability, making the innovative use of wood, as a material and constructive system, their strongest and most unique expertise.
Civil engineers, architects, and designers focus on TISEM’s diverse and complementary skills to deliver complete and rigorous solutions tailored to each project, each client, each site, and every set of constraints.
Fifteen years after founding our company, we are firmly convinced that the key to achieving our goals is the balance between theory and practice, the indestructible trust of our stakeholders, as well as our highly motivated team, linked by strong and narrow relationships. These are our values. This is our mission. TISEM, Overcome Expectations. /
/ TISEM TEAM
/ TISEM TEAM
/ A team is more than a set of professionals. A team is an organization of talents, skills, and collaboration, united by a common spirit: Developing and implementing projects and exceeding expectations.
Team professionals are, however, the critical mass that guarantees the solidity and effectiveness of such an organization. Learn about the curricular development of the main elements of the TISEM Team. /
PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Coimbra, is a managing partner and founder of TISEM
/ Graduated in Civil Engineering from the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra (FCTUC) in 1996, he got, in 2005, a Ph.D. from the same University, in specialization of Structures. Assistant Professor of the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, since 2005, he has been a faculty member of the same Institute, since 1998. He has been teaching several curricular units of the Degree in Civil Engineering and is currently the Coordinator of this Degree.
In 2011, he obtained certifications as Advisor to the BREEAM Sustainability Assessment System, and, in 2013, as Auditor of the BREEAM IN USE system.
He was a member of the Technical Standardisation Committees CT14 – Timber and CT115 – Structural Eurocodes (SC5 – Eurocode 5).
Expert and researcher in wooden construction with CLT panels, he is the author and co-author of several scientific papers in this area. Responsible researcher of the BUILDFROMFOREST project (a pioneering initiative in Portugal in the study of prefabricated high-rise modular buildings - 2017).
He is currently the TISEM Technical Coordinator for the Wood Construction area. /
a Master in Civil Engineering from the University of Coimbra, is a managing partner and founder of TISEM
/ Graduated in Civil Engineering, Construction Branch, from the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra (FCTUC) in 2002, he got a Master's Degree in Structures Specialisation, at the same Faculty, in 2005. Faculty member of the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, as an Assistant, from 2003 to 2005, and taught curricular units of the Degree in Civil Engineering.
Subsequently, his professional activity was addressed towards the development of the design of hydraulic structures and networks.
In 2012, he obtained the certification as a qualified PQI expert from ADENE (energy certification) and as a SCIE (fire safety in buildings) Design Engineer for Risk Categories 3 and 4. In 2015, he also obtained the Passive House Designer certification.
He is currently the Project Coordinator of TISEM. /
a Master in Architecture from the University of Porto, is a Project Manager at TISEM
/ The integrated master's degree in architecture of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto was achieved in 2010. As part of this study program she completed, under the Erasmus program, a year of studies at the École Nationale d’Architecture of Paris-Belleville. From October 2022 to March 2023, she held a Post-Graduation in BIM Coordination at the School of Engineering of the Polytechnic of Porto (ISEP).
Having started his professional activity in 2001, she worked in two project offices and in the Department of Public Works of the Municipality of Figueira da Foz. In 2015, she joined TISEM.
With a professional activity focused on project development and coordination, her experience includes public and private activity of various typologies and constructive systems, including some international projects.
She is responsible for the TISEM architecture team, which develops architecture projects in the areas of Industry, Logistics, and family Housing (predominantly with CLT structure), among others, from the design phase to the execution project, and also technical assistance of works. /
graduated in Civil Engineering from the Coimbra Institute of Engineering, is a Project Manager at TISEM
/ The degree in Civil Engineering from the Coimbra Institute of Engineering was obtained in 2007. Subsequently, other skills were developed in the following courses: Senior Technician of Hygiene and Safety at Work; Specialisation in Coordination of Security in Civil Construction; Postgraduate in Integration of Quality Management Systems, Environment, and Safety; Designer of SCIE (fire safety in buildings) of Risk Category 2, 3 and 4. From October 2022 to March 2023, he completed a Postgraduate Degree in BIM Coordination at the School of Engineering of the Polytechnic of Porto (ISEP).
Starting his professional activity in 2005 as a City Council technician, he later moved to the areas of Security Coordination, Supervision, and Construction Management in several companies in the building industry. He has been part of the TISEM team since 2012, working in the area of project, supervision, and management of works, with special emphasis on aquaculture.
Responsible at TISEM for developing projects in the Land-based aquaculture industry, in BIM methodology, he has been monitoring works, from the design phase to the completion of its construction, in Norway, Scotland, Faroe Islands, Japan, and China. /
graduated in Civil Engineering from the University of Porto, is a Project Manager and Director of Construction Supervision at TISEM
/ The degree in Civil Engineering, specialization in Civil Construction, from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, was achieved in 2002, after obtaining the Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the Coimbra Institute of Engineering in 1996, and the course Professional Technician of Works in 1993.
Has additional training within the scope of the courses of Treatment Systems, Effluent and Waterproofing, Real Estate Evaluation, Legal Contractual Regime, Training for Qualified Experts - Energy Certification System, and Passive House Tradesperson Certification.
Starting his professional activity in 1999 as technical director of construction, he carried out this activity for 15 years in public and private works.
Being part of the TISEM team since 2014, he works in the coordination of Architecture and Engineering execution projects, focusing on technical review and analysis, preparation of quantities maps, cost estimates, tender books, tender programs, procurement, technical and financial analysis of budgets, negotiation and drafting of contract agreements. In this context, he has also intervened in the inspection and analysis process related to the rehabilitation of buildings.
Responsible for the construction inspection teams, he coordinates all activities involved in its execution. /
/ SOLUTIONS
/ TISEM develops its activity in the field of Civil Engineering, covering the following areas and specialties:
At the same time, TISEM has a permanent group of consultants and collaborators that allow it to carry out work in other specialties, namely geological/geotechnical studies, road engineering, electrical/mechanical engineering and architecture. /
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