Maria Cristina Costa
Director of the Structures Department
Chair of the Shareholder’s Meeting Board of COBA Portugal
Degree in Civil Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) of the Technical University of Lisbon (1986).
Senior Member of the Portuguese College of Engineers since 2010.
Key Qualifications
Cristina Costa initiated her professional activity in structural design at Hidrotécnica Portuguesa, where she remained until 1992, proceeding with this activity as senior design engineer with the Hydraulics and Special Structures Division of CENOR - Projetos de Engenharia up to 2002.
Permanent employee of the COBA Group since 2002, has been involved in the design and technical assistance of Bridges, Underground Structures integrated in Transportation Infrastructures, Dams and Hydraulic Undertakings in Portugal and in several African and South American countries.
Head of the Special Structures Division of the Structures Department between 2005 and 2015.
Director of the Structures Department since 2015.