M. Sc. Lilian Battelino, B. Sc. in Civil Engineering

Education:

  • B. Sc. in Civil Engineering University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Department of Constructions, Ljubljana, Slovenia in 1977.
  • M. Sc. in Port Engineering: International Institute for Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering (IHE), Delft, The Netherlands in 1991, Thesis: Safety Study for LNG Receiving Terminal in North Adriatic – Koper.

Synopsis:
Lilian Battelino works as head of the department for planning in the Sea Sector of the Institute for Water of Republic of Slovenia. She is also employed (part-time) as leading designer at the company Opi Inter, company for environmental, process and marine engineering, GmbH.

In more than thirty years of her career she has mainly been active in the design of complex industrial terminals in ports, design of individual port structures, and mostly coastal structures. In all these years she has acquired wide knowledge from the area of sea traffic as well as from the area of geomechanics and foundation in very poor conditions. She has mainly designed in the Port of Koper, and before the disintegration of former Yugoslavia also in Croatia and in Montenegro, where she cooperated in the repair of marine structures after earthquakes.

She started her professional career after the study of Civil Engineering at the Structural Divison at the University of Ljubljana. Her first job was the then Design Bureau (Office) of the Port of Koper. Her interest in marine structures started even before that, in the second year of her studies at the Faculty, when she visited the Port of Koper within the Faculty’s excursion. She perfected her professional knowledge with two years of visit in the Netherlands, in Delft, the “Institute for Hydraulic Engineering”, orientation “Port Engineering”, where she also acquired the title Master of Science – M Sc.

Beside active design practice in Slovenia, in the last two years she has also been active in the design abroad – in Jordan, Albania and Montenegro. In the Port of Ploce in Croatia she is engaged as consultant of the World Bank for the design of coastal structures.

Membership of Professional Bodies:

  • IZS – Chamber of Engineers of Slovenia
  • Member of Slovene Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering;
  • Member of Slovene Society of Seismic Engineering.

License for Design:

  • License for Design in Albania, K.1050 License, issued by the Republic of Albania / Ministry of Public Works and Transport / Commission / Dheniese the licencave proffesional per Shoqerite qe ushtrojne veprimtari ndertimore zbatuese

This License applies to the design of civil structures (industrial, tourism), the design of masonry and concrete structures, facilities for water supply and sewerage design (urban and rural areas), design for roads category V and IV, the design of asphalt roads, designing bridges to span 10 meters etc.

Licence Battelino.pdf

Personal reference – recent projects:

  • 2010 Preliminary design for civil eng. works for petroleum storage tanks of 30.000m3 and 10.000m3 capacity, Slovenia,
  • 2010 Detailed design for dredging of aquatorium in Port of Kotor, Montenegro,
  • 2009 Main design for preparation works and soil improvement for Petroleum storage in Port of Romano, Albania,
  • 2009 Main and detailed design for jetty, berthing dolphins and mooring system for Terminal for Liquid Chemicals in Port of Koper,
  • 2009 Detailed design for the container terminal on the piled construction in Port of Koper,
  • 2009 Main and detailed design for the extension of container wharf in Port of Koper,
  • 2009 Soil improvement design, main and detailed design for wharf for the multipurpose terminal in Port of Koper, Slovenia;
  • 2008 Ecological study for lake “Šmartinsko jezero”, Slovenia;
  • 2008 Investor consultant (World Bank) of main design documents for the Bulk Terminal in Port of Ploče, Croatia;
  • 2008 Preliminary and basic design for civil eng. Works for LPG storage at Aqaba, Jordan;
  • 2008 Main design for civil eng. Works for 5 storage tanks of 6.750m3 capacity each for alcohol and petroleum products in Port of Koper
  • 2008 Soil improvement design, main and detailed design for the container terminal in Port of Koper, Slovenia;
  • 2007 Investor consultant (World Bank) of main design documents for the Container Terminal in Port of Ploče, Croatia;
  • 2007 Main design for civil eng. Works for storage tanks of 55.000m3 and 30.000m3 capacity for petroleum product, Slovenia;
  • 2007 Main design for civil eng. Works for 3 storage tanks of 20.000m3 capacity each for JET in Port of Koper
  • 2007 Main design of berthing system for big vessels LOA 270m in Port of Koper, Slovenia;
  • 2006 Breakwater design for marina in Koper, Slovenia;
  • 2005 Main design for civil eng. works for storage tank of 60.000m3 capacity for petroleum product, Slovenia;
  • 2004 Preliminary design for Marina Ankaran, Slovenia;
  • 2004 Maritime elaborate for maritime structures in Piran, Slovenia