Seiji Nishiyama

Mr. Nishiyama joined Nikken Sekkei Ltd. after graduating with a degree in civil engineering from the Graduate School of Engineering at Osaka University in 1993 and transferred to Nikken Sekkei Civil Engineering Ltd. in 2001.
In 1995, he was seconded to the Railway Technical Research Institute where he worked for four years on the development of Design Standards for Railway Structures and Commentary. Later, he was engaged in the seismic design of various high-speed railway structures and subway station design projects.
 He is currently working on design quality assurance in overseas railway projects as a quality verification expert. In recent years, he has been engaged in the integrated design of buildings and railway structures in Japan, with a focus on the role of bridging the gaps between architectural design and civil engineering in highly-challenging projects.