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Konstantinos Nikas

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Ο Κωνσταντίνος Νίκας είναι Αξιωματικός του Πυροσβεστικού Σώματος.

Είναι διπλωματούχος Πολιτικός Μηχανικός Ε.Μ.Π., πτυχιούχος της Σχολής Ανθυποπυραγών της Πυροσβεστικής Ακαδημίας και κάτοχος M.Sc. στο Σχεδιασμό και Κατασκευή Υπογείων Έργων (Ε.Μ.Π.).

Είναι μέλος των ελληνικών ομάδων έρευνας και διάσωσης (USAR) με τον ρόλο του Πολιτικού Μηχανικού (Structural Engineer) και συνεργαζόμενος με την ομάδα έρευνας και διάσωσης της Μεγάλης Βρετανίας (UKISAR).

Είναι καθηγητής στην Πυροσβεστική Ακαδημία και μέλος του Ευρωπαϊκού Μηχανισμού Πολιτικής Προστασίας (EUCP) ως Τεχνικός Εμπειρογνώμονας (Technical Expert).

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Nikas Konstantinos is a Fire Officer in Hellenic Fire Corps (Greece).

He is the structural engineer of the greek Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams and he is also an international partner of the United Kingdom Urban Search and Rescue team (UKISAR). He is also a Technical Expert of the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism and a Lecturer at the Greece Fire Academy, teaching "Structures Earthquake Protection" course.

WORK EXPERIENCE

2014-Present: Fire Lieutenant Staff Officer at Technical Support and Infrastructure Department, Fire Corps Headquarters, Hellenic Fire Corps (Greece).

2019–2020: Fire Lieutenant - Adjutant officer Deputy Chief of Support staff office - Hellenic Fire Corps

2018–Present: Structural Engineer – Urban Search and Rescue Team (USAR) Hellenic Fire Corps, Athens (Greece) -Structural Engineer of the Greek and UK Urban Search and Rescue Team. -Infrastructure stability assessments and planning of remediation actions. Worksite and building assessments. Shoring design and construction.

Deployments:

EU MODEX, Portugal, 2018, GR/MUSAR1/ATH (Greek USAR)
EU MODEX, Sicily, 2019, UK International Search & Rescue
EU MODEX, Bulgaria, 2019, GR/MUSAR2/THES (Greek USAR)
EU MODEX, Austria, 2018, GR/MUSAR1/ATH (Greek USAR)

2015–Present: EU Civil Protection Technical Expert - European Union Civil Protection Mechanism of the Directorate General European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO)

2018, Seminar for Mechanism Experts Course (SEM)
2018, EUCPTeam, NEIFLEX, Italy
2015, Technical Expert Course (TEC)

03/2018: Volunteer Worker Conscious Impact, Sindhupalchowk region (Nepal) - Volunteer construction worker and overall assistant at Nepal, Sindhupalchowk region, in the rural village of Takure. The main purpose of the project is to rebuild homes and infrastructures after the 2015 Nepal Earthquakes by working with the local community, to provide and promote sustainable building solutions. Business or sector Disaster and Humanitarian Relief

2014–Present: Lecturer at the Greece Fire Academy (Greece)

Teaching courses

"Structures Earthquake Protection"

"Technical Drawing"

"Building Technology"

10/2017–11/2017: Course Instructor Greece Fire Academy (Greece), - Teaching course “Road Tunnel Fires” Course instructor on road tunnels – tunnel fires exclusively for national motorways operation and maintenance companies personnel.

2009–2012: Civil-Geotechnical Engineer Odotechniki LTD, Athens (Greece), Design team member in several projects with main responsibility the geotechnical design of infrastructure & transportation related civil engineering projects (foundation analysis and design of several projects, landslides remediation, tunnel design etc).

2007–2012: Civil Engineer Freelancer consultant, Athens (Greece) Design and construction of several projects mainly housing infrastructures. Engineer consulting.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2012–2014 BSc Rescue - Firefighting EQF level 6 Greece Fire Academy, Hellenic Fire Corps (Greece), Kifissia (Greece)
2007–2008 MSc (Post Graduate Specialization Diploma) in Design and Construction of Underground Projects EQF level 7 National Technical University of Athens, Athens (Greece)
2002–2007 Civil Engineering EQF level 6 National Technical University of Athens, Athens (Greece)

Certifications

▪ Structural Collapse Specialist, Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)
▪ Training in Operational Tunnel Intervention, Groupement D’Exploitation Du Frejus Centre De Formation et D’Entrainement aux Techniques D’Intervention en Tunnel, CFETIT - Modane / Saint Jean de Maurienne, France.
▪ Shift Water Rescue, Kayak Metavasi Rescue3, Greece.
▪ Caving Level A
▪ BLS/AED Provider (Basic Life Support and automated external Defribrilator), ERC European Resuscitation Council, Athens, Greece.

Seminars

Seminar for Mechanism Experts Course (SEM1.16), EU Civil Protection Mechanism, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2018.
Analysis of information in Humanitarian Emergencies, National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, 2017.
Methods of Risk Assessment in Planning for Disasters, National Center for Disaster Preparedness – Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, 2017.
Earthquake Mitigation Basics for Mitigation Staff (IS-00323), FEMA – Emergency Management Institute (2016).
Earthquake Basics, Science Risk and Mitigation (IS-00325), FEMA – Emergency Management Institute, 2016.
Seismic retrofitting: Seismic Capacity Evaluation of Existing Buildings, Design and Methods, Institute of Training (EKDDA-INEP), 2016.
Emergency management, Institute of Training (EKDDA-INEP), 2015.
Technical Expert Course (TEC12), EU Civil Protection Mechanism, MSB Sweden, 2015.

Publications

Road Tunnel Fires, Incident Command and Management (in Greek), Bookstars Publications, Athens, 2017.
Fortsakis, P., Nikas, K., Marinos, V. & Marinos, P. (2012) "Anisotropic behaviour of stratified rock masses in tunnelling." Engineering Geology, Vol. 141-142, pp. 74-83. doi: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2012.05.001.
Fortsakis, P., Nikas, K., Marinos, V. & Marinos, P. (2010) "Rock Mass Characterization for Stratified Ground in Tunnel Design" (in Greek). Proceedings of the 6th Greek Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering Congress, Vol. 2, 563-570, Volos.

General Information:

Title: Αντιστηρίξεις-Υποστυλώσεις σε επιχειρήσεις κατάρρευσης κτιρίων: Τεχνικό Εγχειρίδιο Έρευνας και διάσωσης

Author:	by ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΣ ΝΙΚΑΣ
Publisher:	Self-published
Language:	Greek, Modern (1453-)
Date:	2020
Collections:	Authors Community, Engineering

Book Id:	WPLBN0100302329
Format Type:	PDF (eBook)
Average Rating:	(23)


Subjects:	Non Fiction, Technology, Shoring techniques in Urban Search and Rescue operations

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