Riccardo Morandi

Riccardo Morandi (1902–1989) was the Italian engineer of prestressed concrete at its most daring. His Polcevera Viaduct in Genoa, the Morandi Bridge, and the Lake Maracaibo crossing pushed cable-stayed concrete to its limits. The 2018 collapse of the Genoa span made his work a permanent lesson in the duty of maintenance.