Ignacio Piñero Santiago began his career at Tecnalia in 2002 developing several works related to concrete quality control at Tecnalia´s the Construction Department. Later, he joined the Pathology and Rehabilitation Department where he has led and participated in numerous projects regarding concrete, masonry and steel structures inspection and evaluation. In 2009 he procured the European Master in Project Management (EuroMPM™) at the University of the Basque Country. In 2013, he defended his PhD with a thesis entitled "Methodology to prioritize and plan a sustainable rehabilitation of deteriorated structures". Currently, he works as a senior researcher at the Infrastructures Department and he is in charge of tunnel and bridge inspections and asset management systems. He is also lecturer at the Master of Construction Engineering and member of the Research Group IT781-13: Sustainability, Construction and Materials at the University of the Basque Country.