Giovanni Lombardi (engineer)

{{Short description|Swiss engineer (1926–2017)}}

Giovanni Lombardi, (born 28 May 1926 in Sorengo, Switzerland; died 22 May 2017 in Fontvieille, Monaco[https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/010285/2017-10-24/ Giovanni Lombardi.] HLS (German).) was a Swiss engineer specialized in civil works and tunnel construction.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rsi.ch/news/ticino-e-grigioni-e-insubria/%C3%88-morto-Giovanni-Lombardi-9150340.html |title=È morto Giovanni Lombardi |date=22 May 2017 |website=RSI |language=it}}

Lombardi was educated at the Institut auf dem Rosenberg and studied civil engineering at university.{{cite journal |title=Giovanni Lombardi |journal=Swiss Review: The Magazine for the Swiss Abroad |date=2008 |page=21 |publisher=Secretariat for the Swiss Abroad |language=English}} In late 2006 his company Lombardi Engineering Ltd, a Swiss engineering and design company, was retained to build the Gibraltar Tunnel railway tunnel.{{cite web

| url = http://www.iconreview.org/news/14178

| title = Gibraltar tunnel biggest task for 80-year-old Swiss engineer

| accessdate = 2007-11-10

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| publisher = International Construction Review - iCON

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| archive-date = 2012-04-24

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