About me #

I am Marcis Luksevics. I studied BEng and MEng civil engineering in Latvia before moving to the UK and working for 5 years for BuroHappold in their head office in Bath. After achieving a chartership CEng MICE, I moved back to Latvia and helped UPB with their first project in London.

There is a sad part about these notes - I wrote those at the time when I was about to pivot to the software engineering industry. In a way - these are notes to myself about lessons learned over the years working as a structural engineer.

Currently (in 2023) I still do (and enjoy) structural engineering - but those are side jobs in parallel to working full-time as a .NET developer.

Some of the buildings I have modelled myself are the Prospect Place buildings in London designed by Frank Gehry architects and entry canopies for the Museum of The Future in Dubai. I definitely do not claim to have taken a major role in the design of such prominent buildings, however, these are actual FE models I have created and have learned a lot by working on such signature and also smaller projects. Another good perspective was being responsible for the glass and aluminium facade structural design for the Bloom Clerkenwell building in London.

I hope you find my notes useful to your journey in engineering.