• Dr.Costas Sachpazis

    Civil & Geotechnical Engineer / Professor
    BEng (Hons) Civil Eng. UK, Dipl. Geol, M.Sc.Eng UK, Ph.D. NTUA (Ε.Μ.Π.), Post-Doc. UK, Gr.m.ICE.

  • Costas is a Professional Civil & Geotechnical Engineer, accredited by the Ministry of Public Works, holding a professional license scholar in category 21/C (Geotechnical Engineering), specializing in Geotechnical Engineering, Soil Dynamics, Soil Mechanics, Rock Mechanics, Foundation Engineering, Landslides, Earth Retaining Structures in excavations, Structural Modeling, Analysis, Design and Detailing, as well as on the analysis of Ground – Foundation – Structure Interaction. He has about 25 years of experience and involvement in applied research, consultancy services, and design of Geotechnical and Civil Engineering Projects in both Public and Private sectors.


    In addition, he is a Professor of Civil-Geotechnical Engineering in the Department of Mineral Resources Engineering at the University of Western Macedonia (UOWM), Greece, since 29 April 2019 to date. (Government Gazette (FEK) 2155 t.B. 7-6-2019 & Government Gazette (FEK) 2151, B 7-6-2019), (Link),


    Postgrad Professor in the MSc Course MOGMAT of the Greek-Azerbaijani International Inter-University, Interdepartmental common Master Programme, “Petroleum Oil and Gas Management and Transportation - M.Sc. MOGMAT” (Government Official Gazette FEK 1449 issue B/16 April 2020, in accordance with the provisions of Law 4485/2017 (Official Gazette 114 A), (Link),


    Postgrad Professor in MSc Course in Renewable Energy Sources & Management. Interdepartmental common Master Programme, between Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Electrical & Computer Engineering of the University of Western Macedonia - Kozani Greece, are jointly organizing a Post-graduate - Master of Science - program entitled: “Renewable Energy Sources & Energy Management in Buildings - M.Sc. RES” (Government Official Gazette FEK 3716 issue B/08 October 2019), (Link),


    as well as Adjunct Professor at the Greek Open University in the Postgraduate (M.Sc.) programmes: “Waste Management” (2008 to 2011) and “M.Sc. in Earthquake Engineering and Seismic-Resistant Structures” (2014 to date).


    He is also an Accredited Reviewer at the International Publishing Organizations “Elsevier” and “Springer”. He is an Industrial Expert, appointed by the Hellenic Republic Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs, for the evaluation and assessment of research proposals submitted to the Inter-State Programme for Research, Innovation & Technological Development between Greece and Israel. He has published numerous scientific Papers, Articles and Academic Books / Lecture Notes. For more details click (pdf).


    He has founded & directs «GEODOMISI Ltd» Civil & Geotechnical Engineering Consulting Company for Design, Supervision & Construction of Projects, holding a professional license for companies (no.440), issued by the Ministry of Public Works at the categories: 21 (Soil & Rock Mechanics & Geotechnical Engineering Studies & Researches) Class C, 20 (Engineering Geological - Hydrogeological - Geophysical Studies & Researches) Class C, & 13 (Hydrological & Hydraulic Studies & Researches) Class B.

    Since 1983, as a professional Geotechnical Engineer & managing director of «GEODOMISI Ltd», he has carried out more than one thousand (1000) Geotechnical Engineering, Soil Mechanics, Rock Mechanics, Foundation Engineering, Seismic Risk Analysis, Geological Engineering, Environmental Engineering & Hydrogeological projects, both in Private & mainly in Public Sector (Fieldwork & Design of Special Foundations, Landslides, Anchored Piled Retaining Walls, Soil & Rock Mechanics Stability Analysis, Site Investigations, Tunnels, Dams, Highways, Hydrogeology, Management of Water Resources, Waste Management & Disposal, using GIS & FEA methods).

    In addition has been a geotechnical engineering consultant of: a) ATTIKO METRO S.A. b) EGNATIA ODOS S.A. c) ERGOSE S.A. d) OLYMPIC GAMES ATHENS 2004 for Design of foundations of bridges, tunnels, stabilization of slopes & Design of Anchored Piled Retaining Walls.

    He is also accepted by the EUROPEAN COMMISSION-Directorate-General III (26-02-1997. Reg. n. 003908), for executing studies &/or provision of services in the field of Geotechnical Engineering, Engineering Geology, Hydrogeology & Environment. He has been registered in the researchers list of the Ministry of Defense to carry out Studies & Researches for Military Projects concerning "NATO-FORTIFICATION-TOP SECRET”, with Registration Number: 1947-F.589.6/76033-S.2092. Finally he is a founding member of the journalistic union, titled: "European Union of Journalists for Environment & Life Quality".

  • EXPERIENCE
     

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    Geodomisi Ltd

    GEODOMISI Ltd. - Dr. Costas Sachpazis

    – Present

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    GEODOMISI Ltd. - Dr. Costas Sachpazis at Geodomisi Ltd. Civil, Geotechnical & Structural Engineering Consulting Company for Soil Mechanics, Rock Mechanics, Foundation Engineering & Retaining Structures.
    Phone: +30 210 523 8127, +30 210 571 1263, +30 210 571 1898
    Fax: +30 210 440 1717
    Mobile: +30 6936425722 (Gr), +44 7585939944 (UK)
    Email: costas@sachpazis.info, csachpazis@tee.gr
    URL: www.sachpazis.info & www.geodomisi.com

    From now on our Web Site, GEODOMISI Ltd, can operate in iPhones, iPads, Tablets, mobile phones running on Android, etc ....

    The App can be downloaded from the Link: http://www.geodomisi.com/en/files/-Geodomisi_Ltd..apk, and can then be installed.

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    Geostatic

    Geotechnical & Structural Engineering Services.

    Co-Managing Director / Engineer ,

    – Present

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    GeoStatic provides engineering design, consulting and forensic-investigation services to clients, delivering integrated solutions on projects of any kind and level of complexity.

    We kindly invite you to discover who we are (http://www.geodomisi.com/files/Short_Company_Profile_GeoStatic_.pdf).

    Acting as a partnership, its affiliate consultants, and strategic technology alliances, have extensive geotechnical and structural engineering experience throughout the Europe and around the world.

    Our association was dictated by the real needs of the market as well as by the performance of the structural systems. It is well recognized the soil-foundation-structure interaction and its implications in the safety and economy on constructions. Thus, we provide both geotechnical and structural services in a unique way supporting each other, under the same affiliation and responsibility to clients. Remarkably, we offer expertise that goes beyond the "state of the art and practice" developing techniques usually found in academic and research institutions.

    Combined technology resources can be made available to provide all the necessary geotechnical equipment and personnel, structural specialists, and civil-geotechnical engineers required for almost any type of project. Accordingly, our close ties with universities and national-international laboratories help us to provide design by testing.

    We are the leaders in the field of GeoStatic. Based on knowledge, practical experience and by using all the knife edge informational tools we have the ability to provide technologically innovative and practical solutions on time and on budget.

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    Geodomisi Ltd

    Managing Director

    – Present

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    Management of Human Recourses, Management of Engineering Projects, Negotiations with Clients, Bidding Preparation for Public Works, Supervising Engineering Projects, etc.

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    University of Western Macedonia - M.Sc. MOGMAT

    Postgraduate Professor in MSc Course MOGMAT at the UOWM

    – Present

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    Postgrad Professor in MSc Course MOGMAT. Greek-Azerbaijani International Inter-University, Interdepartmental common Master Programme, “Petroleum Oil and Gas Management and Transportation - M.Sc. MOGMAT” as published in the relevant revised decision in Government Official Gazette FEK 1449 issue B/16 April 2020, in accordance with the provisions of Law 4485/2017 (Official Gazette 114 A). Department of Mineral Resources Engineering and Department of International and European Economic Studies of the University of Western Macedonia, in cooperation with the Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC). Sep 2020 to Present.

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    Hellenic (Greek) Open University

    Adjunct Professor at the M.Sc. programme “Earthquake Engineering and Seismic-Resistant Structures"

    – Present

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    Adjunct Professor & Instructor, M.Sc. Thesis Supervisor at the Postgraduate programme “Earthquake Engineering and Seismic-Resistant Structures” of the Hellenic (Greek) Open University. 2014 to date.

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    University of Western Macedonia - M.Sc. RES

    Postgrad Professor in MSc Course in Renewable Energy Sources & Management at the UOWM

    – Present

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    Postgrad Professor in MSc Course in Renewable Energy Sources & Management. Interdepartmental common Master Programme, between Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Electrical & Computer Engineering of the University of Western Macedonia - Kozani Greece, are jointly organizing a Post-graduate - Master of Science - program entitled: “Renewable Energy Sources & Energy Management in Buildings - M.Sc. RES” as published in the relevant decision in Government Official Gazette FEK 3716 issue B/08 October 2019.

     

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    University of Western Macedonia - School of Engineering

    Professor of Geotechnical & Civil Engineering in the Department of M.R. Engineering

    – Present

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    Professor of Civil-Geotechnical Engineering in the Department of Mineral Resources Engineering at the University of Western Macedonia (UOWM), Greece, since 29 April 2019 to date. (Government Gazette (FEK) 2155 t.B 7-6-2019 & Government Gazette (FEK) 2151, B 7-6-2019). He is responsible and/or teaches eight (8) subjects, concretely: 1. Reservoirs and Tailings Dams (MRE913), 2. Advanced Geomechanics and Tunnelling (MRE911), 3. Failure Analysis / Forensic Engineering (MRE893), 4. Retaining and Support of Surface & Underground Excavations (MRE811), 5. Rock Mechanics - Engineering Geology (MRE701), 6. Geotechnical Engineering - Soil Mechanics (MRE401), 7. Mechanics-Strength of Materials (MRE302), 8. Industry and Mining Engineering Steel Frame Structures (MRE993) and Design of Steel Structures (MRE502).

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    Greek Open University

    Postgraduate course Professor of the Greek Open University

    – Oct 2011

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    On 17th of June 2008 he was appointed as Professor of the Greek Open University for Postgraduate students in order to give lectures and supervise their M.Sc. Dissertations in the field of Geo-environmental Engineering.

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    Department of Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering

    Full Professor of «Geotechnical Engineering»

    – Jun 2019

     

    @ the University of Applied Sciences of Western Macedonia, Greece. Moreover, during the Academic years 2008 until 2011, he was elected President (Head) of the Department of Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering.

  • Cynicism is the enemy of every honour system.

    MY MOTTO

  • SKILLS
     

    Civil Engineering

    Geotechnical Engineering

    Foundation Engineering

    Foundation Design

    Soil Mechanics

    Rock Mechanics

    Structural Engineering

    F.E.A. / F.E.M.

    Earth Retaining Structures

    Earthquake Resistant Structures

  • EDUCATION
     

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    University of Portsmouth, UK, School of Civil Engineering, B.Eng.

    Civil Engineering BEng (Hons) Civil & Structural Engineering 2011 - 2013
     

    Ranking place: Top student distinction because he achieved the highest overall grade, 86%, in the cohort of 120 classmates.

    Specialisation in Structural Modeling, Analysis, Design & Detailing of High Rise Buildings and in Soil / Structure Interaction Analysis.

    Activities: Graduate Member of The Institution of Civil Engineers (MICE). ICE Membership Number: 67689219.

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    National Technical University of Athens, M.Sc. in Civil Engineering.

    M.Sc. in Civil Engineering M.Sc. (Eng) in Analysis and Design of Earthquake Resistant Structures (A.D.E.R.S.) 2013 - 2014
     

    A new Postgraduate Programme of Studies entitled: MSc in "Analysis and Design of Earthquake Resistant Structures" (ADERS), launched at the Department of Structural Engineering of the School of Civil Engineering at NTUA, with the synergy of the Department of Geotechnical Engineering.

    The Programme covers taught units and research facilities in the area of earthquake engineering such as: structural dynamics, structural analysis and design, computational mechanics, geomechanics, reliability and risk analysis. ADERS is designed, with its variety of topics in earthquake engineering to prepare engineers for careers as consultants, in private or government organizations, researchers, or members of the academic community. The Programme offers the opportunity to balance practical engineering concepts with advanced computational methods in order to meet the challenges of earthquake engineering.

    Activities: Structural Engineering

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    National Technical University of Athens, Greece. Ph.D., in Geotechnical Engineering

    Ph.D. Geotechnical Engineering 1983 - 1988
     

    Activities: * Geotechnical investigation in major projects concerning foundations, tunnels, roads & railways, underground works & dams.
    * Design & analyses of specific foundations.
    * Deep anchored piled retaining walls.
    * Design & Construction supervision of soil and rock slopes. (Slope stability analyses problems and retaining structures. Slope Stabilization techniques).
    * Foundations and ground improvement design and analyses.
    * Soil stabilization & improvement of their properties - grouting.

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    Newcastle University, U.K., M.Sc.Eng. in Geotechnical Engineering

    M.Sc. Eng. Geotechnical Engineering of the Civil Engineering Faculty 1982 - 1983
     

    M.Sc. Eng., in Geotechnical Engineering. Civil Engineering Department. University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, England. (Specialized in: Foundation Engineering, Soil Mechanics, Rock Mechanics, Laboratory testing-researching of Soils and Rocks, Engineering Geology, Underground water flow). 1983.

    Activities: Geotechnical Engineering

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    Newcastle University, U.K., Civil Engineering

    B.Sc. Eng. Civil Engineering 1981 - 1982
     

    Attention of final year of the Bachelor degree (B.Eng.) in the Civil Engineering Faculty at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, 1982.

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    Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Diploma in Applied Geology

    Diploma Diploma in Applied Geology / Geotechnique 1976 - 1980
     

    Diploma in Applied Geology / Geotechnique. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Greece. 1980.

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    Other Skills

     1980 - Present
     

    Other Skills:

    He has also had a profound and extensive knowledge on using and configuration / setting up Operating Systems and Platforms like: ESXi v. 4.1 & v.5.0 platform, MS Servers 2008 R2 Enterprise Ed & MS Server 2012 RC, MS Exchange Servers 2010, FTP Servers, Web Servers, Asterisk VoIP Call Centres (Trixbox), NAS storage systems, PLCs, etc, as well as on controlling remotely Servers & WorkStations by using remote access software like remote desktop, VNC, TeamViewer, iLO2, WinSCP for Linux systems, etc.

  • REFERENCES
     

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    John Doe
    Civil Eng Prof

    I fully recommend Dr.Costas Sachpazis – it is rare to see someone with who brings such enthusiasm and initiative to any project. Our team performance benefited greatly from Dr.Costas Sachpazis’s dedicated work ethic, creative skills, and flexibility of thinking.
  • CONTACT ME! 

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