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We provide quality and excellence to our clients and address large complex projects.

We are an independent specialty bridge and structural engineering consultancy firm with outstanding accomplishments in DB and P3 projects through our offices in Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Spain, and the United States. We support our clients with our local knowledge and international perspective.

The firm is committed to technical excellence and innovative design. Our experience includes more than 2,000 bridge designs around the world, of all types, materials, structural types and sizes, as well as construction engineering, assessment, inspection and rehabilitation of bridges. The firm also provides engineering services for buildings, transportation, and civil engineering projects such as water treatment plants, reservoirs, roads, railways, subway, LRT, and underground structures.

Our engineers and technicians have been involved in the most intriguing projects on an international scale, working either for public or private sectors. We are growing but keeping our offices with a comfortable size so that the office directors are involved in most of the projects and can continually train and mentor our engineers to retain talent. With this approach, we can provide high quality and excellence to our clients and address complex projects.

Engineer of Record of:

  • 2000+ bridges of all types, sizes, and materials
  • 15+ Cable-Supported Bridges (9 already built) and helped to build 15+ more
  • 10+ Bridges in Stainless Steel and GFRP
  • 700,000+ m² of buildings (airport terminals, healthcare, commercial and residential)
  • 5+ km of cut-and-cover tunnels and subway
  • Construction engineering of numerous bridges and structures
  • Inspection of 5000+ bridges
Our approach is tailored to the specific needs and requirements of each client and project. Build more with less, with minimum means, is always present in our designs to serve the public and future generations.

We are a leading specialty bridge design and structural engineering firm, internationally recognized for cutting‑edge innovation and technical excellence. Whether working independently or as part of an integrated team, we approach every project holistically to achieve design excellence within its specific constraints.

Our work is distinguished by our early integration of constructability considerations, our context‑sensitive design philosophy, and our expertise in advanced materials such as stainless steel and FRP, which allow us to create sustainable, long‑lasting structures.

Knowledge, innovation, a deep understanding of our clients’ needs, and creativity are the driving forces embedded in our culture. These values guide us in developing optimal designs and delivering high‑quality engineering services. We embrace sustainability strategies and produce context‑sensitive solutions that enhance the communities we serve. The result is a portfolio of structures that are elegant, economical, efficient, easy to build, and environmentally responsible.
This holistic design philosophy is what we call “complex simplicity”: the elegance of simplicity achieved through the mastery of many underlying complexities.

PEDELTA Group was founded by Juan A. Sobrino in 1994 to provide design and structural engineering services for transportation projects and buildings. Today, we are a team of more than 140 professionals working across six countries and eight offices worldwide. Many of our designs have received awards in recognition of their innovation and aesthetic quality.
1995
The firm designs over 15 concrete bridges for the highway Sitges-Vendrell, Spain.
1997
The firm designs 3 subway stations in Barcelona and over 2 km of cut-and-cover tunnels using top-down construction.
1999
Pedestrian bridge over the Onyar River in Girona, Spain. Collaboration with the arquitects C. Guanter and A. Blazquez.
2000
Pedelta opens its first office in the Americas. Since then, Pedelta Colombia has become the lead bridge engineering firm in the country.
2002
Pedelta started to participate in the design of bridges for the high-speed rail network in Spain. Since then, the firm has designed over 70 bridges for HSR with an overall length of 25 km.
2005
Envigado Bridge, the first Pedelta’s cable-stayed bridge is completed. The bridge received two national awards in Colombia in 2005.
2005
Pedelta started to gain international recognition with the design of the longest GFRP pedestrian bridge using standard pultruded profiles in Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymers. The bridge was awarded for its innovation at the Footbridge Conference in Venice 2005.
2005
The Cala Galdana Bridge in Minorca is completed. It is the world’s first vehicular bridge in duplex stainless steel. Since then, Pedelta has designed 7 bridges in stainless steel, including the two first in North America.
2006
Pedelta opens its first office in North-America. Pedelta Inc. is based in Coral Gables, FL.
The Abetxuko bridge in Vitoria is completed.
2009
Juan Sobrino moves to North America to lead Pedelta’s operations in the region.
2012
Pedelta opens its office in Toronto, Canada.
2012
The Triplets, three extradosed bridges in the capital of Bolivia, are awarded with the Figg Medal, Pittsburgh, PA.
The second phase of the extension of the Bogota’s international airport is completed. This includes over 2650 m2 of post-tensioned concrete slabs and long-span steel roof.
2015
The bridge over the Ter River in Girona, Spain, is completed. It materializes a very innovative concept.
2018
Two major cable-stayed bridges are completed in Colombia. The Honda bridge, with a main span of 247 m and the Hisgaura bridge with a main span of 330 m and 148 m high towers.
2019
The Fort York Pedestrian bridges (Toronto, ON), are completed. These structures are the two first duplex stainless steel bridges in North America.
Our strength is our team of nearly 150 committed professionals.

Our local leaders and technical directors closely oversee each project from inception through completion to ensure the highest standards are maintained throughout.

Juan A. Sobrino, Ph.D., P.E., P.Eng., ing., ICCP
Founder and President – North America’s C.E.O.

Javier Jordan, M.Sc., P.E., P.Eng., ICCP
Global Technical Director

Leonardo A. Rosillo, M.Sc., Civil Engineer
C.E.O. Colombia

Raluca Badanau, B.Sc.
North-America’s Commercial Director

Ignacio Abad, M.Sc., Civil Engineer, ICCP
Office Director. Madrid, Spain

Johan Castano, M.Sc., Civil Engineer
Office Director. Lima, Peru

Nelson Betancour, M.Sc., Civil Engineer
Technical Director Colombia

We operate as a single, integrated company to deliver the best possible solutions. Our clients benefit from the combined strength of our local expertise and our global knowledge.

We currently operate locally in six countries, including Canada and the United States, where we continue to expand our presence. The company has been active in the United States since 2006, in Canada since 2012, in Spain since 1994, in Colombia since 2000, in Peru since 2016, and in Mexico since 2024.

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