EPGlasgow, Scotland
Chartered Structural Engineer, CEng MIStructE
Chartered Structural Engineer, CEng MIStructE
EP-029Datasheet · Rev. 2026
Elena Petrova
Structures that use less material and stand for longer.
Status: Associate Director roles and expert-witness work
Features
- Structural design
- Mass timber
- Steel & concrete
- Bridges
- Retrofit & reuse
- Embodied carbon
- Eurocodes
- Tekla & Robot
Typical application
Description
I’m a structural engineer with fourteen years on bridges, schools and low-carbon buildings. I lead design teams from concept to site and care most about the material we don’t use.
My recent work is in mass timber and in reusing existing structures rather than demolishing them.
Absolute maximum ratings
| Parameter | Rating |
|---|---|
| years designing | 14 |
| CO₂e saved on one school | 1,900t |
| longest span | 46m |
Project characteristics
| Ref. | Project | Client | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | Kelvin footbridgeA 46m steel truss footbridge over the River Kelvin, lifted into place in a single night. 38% less steel than the reference design. | Glasgow City Council | Lead structural engineer | 2024 |
| P2 | Riverside primary school retrofitKept a 1970s concrete frame and added two storeys in CLT. Saved an estimated 1,900 tonnes of embodied carbon. | Renfrewshire Council | Project engineer | 2023 |
| P3 | Clyde timber officeSix storeys of glulam and CLT on a steel podium. Scotland’s tallest timber office when completed. | Private developer | Design team lead | 2022 |
Pin configuration
- Associate, Structures, Arden Partnership2019–Present1
- Senior Engineer, Arup2014–20192
- Graduate Engineer, Atkins2011–20143
Elena Petrova
- 6MEng Civil & Structural EngineeringUniversity of Strathclyde · 2011
- 5Chartered Member (MIStructE) · CEngInstitution of Structural Engineers · 2015
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Left: appointments · Right: qualifications
Application notes
- AN-01Structural Awards, shortlisted (Kelvin footbridge) · 2025
- AN-02Reuse before rebuild: a design guide · The Structural Engineer journal · 2024
- AN-03STEM ambassador · Glasgow secondary schools · 2018–
Field reports
“Elena found us a structure that kept the building and the budget.”