Garin
Etienne
Role
Lecturer

Country

Switzerland

Company

WSP Underground Works Team

Biography

Etienne Garin, Civil Engineer, M.Sc.: graduated in Civil Engineering from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne in 1996. He benefits from vast experience in the field of underground construction and hydroelectric scheme. Since he joined WSP-BG he has actively participated in the design and construction of major tunnels in Switzerland and abroad, as well as hydroelectric power schemes. During his career, he has carried out calculations at detailed and final design stage, been responsible for site supervision, and has managed projects from preliminary design to client delivery.

Head of the WSP Underground Works Team in Western Switzerland, he also is is animator of the ITA WG 19 “Conventional Tunnelling” Since 2023. Etienne Garin is lecturer at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Technical University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland and Ecole des Mines of Nancy