He is, inter alia, the Chairman of SIA Code Commission 262, Concrete Structures, member of fib Commission 2 Analysis and Design and delegate of the Swiss Group of fib (fédération internationale du béton) as well as member of the Swiss Working Group for Bridge Research of the Federal Roads Administration.
Honours
Year Distinction
2018 Golden Owl of the VSETH (Award for excellence in teaching)
2017 Best Paper Award, Second Concrete Innovation Conference, Tromsø 2017 (with N. Hack et al.)
2017 Mirko Roš Silver Medal Award (with M. Bimschas)
2011 European Steel Design Award (representing dsp Ingenieure + Planer AG)
2011 IABSE Outstanding Paper Award, Category Scientific Papers (with M. Alvarez)
2009 Swiss Steel Design Award "Prix Acier" (representing dsp Ingenieure + Planer AG)
2001 fib Award for Research
1999 ETH Medal for outstanding doctoral thesis
1998 IABSE Outstanding Paper Award, Category Scientific Papers (with P. Marti, M. Alvarez and V. Sigrist)