#20 Designing World's Lightest and Most Innovative Bridges with Povilas Dabrila

This episode features a conversation with Povilas Dabrila, who is currently working in two roles: first, he is a PhD student and a lecturer at Vilnius Tech University, where he teaches about steel structures. Secondly, he is developing a virtual construction company where their team consults companies and creates and validates bridge, highway, and infrastructure construction sequences and approaches.

At the podcast we talk about:

• What does research in lightweight cable structures mean?
• Challenges in Infrastructure and Construction?
• What could modular construction in bridges look like?
• Working at the University while building his business - what does it look like?
• What made him learn to play the Banjo?
• Povilas shares his reflection on the BAFF Experience.

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