VERONICA DE ZUANI

* ******* ***, ********, *****-on-Trent, ST4 5EJ

075********

aczdjv@r.postjobfree.com

Nationality: Italian

PERSONAL PROFILE

A capable and motivated Construction Technologist currently working at Lucideon as part of the Construction Team. A good team player with great logical and organizational skills and an efficient problem solver gained from roles within recent jobs, university societies. Experienced in meeting deadlines and working under pressure.

WORK EXPERIENCE

2013-Present Construction Technologist at Lucideon Ltd Completing experimental laboratory testing on a wide range of materials in particular on Suspended Ground Floor Systems, Cladding and Roof Systems and External Thermal Wall Insulation Systems (ETICS) in accordance with British and European Standards. This includes client liaison, time organization, analysis of results, reporting and CAD drawing.

Involved in on-site surveying jobs including structural investigation of buildings. EDUCATION

2014 – 2015 CoRE Diploma (CPD Accreditation) – recognised by RIBA

Specialism in Retrofit Coordination

Subjects:

Assessing Dwellings for Domestic Retrofit, Building Services Retrofit, Solid Wall Insulation, Retrofit Coordination and Risk Management, Building Physics, Ventilation.

2012 University of Padua (Italy)

Qualifying examination to practice the Civil Engineering profession. 2010 – 2012 University of Padua (Italy)

Master's degree, Civil Engineering (2:1)

Subjects:

Architectural and Civil Design (EUROCODES), Building Technology, Data Analysis, Structural Analysis, Restoration and Conservation of buildings, Seismic Retrofit, Geotechnical and Hydraulic Design, Earthquake Engineering.

Dissertation: “Testing of Reinforced Concrete Frames with Reinforced or Strengthened Clay Masonry Infills” (10 months).

During the thesis I was involved in the project concerning experimental tests to study the in plane/out of plane behavior of reinforced concrete infilled frames (full scale). The first part of the research concerned innovative systems for seismic resistant infill wall, the second part concerned reinforcement systems for innovative seismic improvement of existing masonry infill.

2007 – 2010 University of Padua (Italy)

Bachelor's degree, Architectural Engineering (2:1) Subjects:

Mathematics, Physic, Structural Mechanics, Building Technology, Architectural drawing, Survey, City Planning, Hydraulics, Geotechnics, Topography, Acoustics.

Dissertation: “New Horizons of Research on Steel-Concrete Composite Structures”.

2001 – 2007 Enrico Fermi Secondary School of Padua (Italy)

Italian secondary school diploma (scientific certificate) SKILLS

COMPUTING

Knowledge of Microsoft Word / Excel / Powerpoint / Outlook

Advanced level skills in Autodesk AutoCAD 2D and 3D

Knowledge of Autodesk Revit

Knowledge of CRM

LANGUAGES

Italian (Native Tongue)

English (Level B2) – Churchill House School of English Language Ramsgate, Kent (6 months) CSCS card

DRIVING

Full clean European Licence

TRAINING COURSES

Autodesk AutoCAD 3D Training (City and Guilds Certificate)

Autodesk Revit Architecture Content Creation Training – Excitech

Presentation Skills Training – Instep UK Ltd

Commercial Skills Training – Corporate Training

INTERESTS

Sports I take part in many activities e.g. : Dance, Yoga, Pilates, Skiing. Sport has taught me the principles of determination, self-control and respect. Travelling I have travelled around Europe with friends, which required raising money for the trip, planning the itinerary and booking independent travel arrangements which required good organizational skills.

Photography I enjoy spending time shooting photos. References available on request.