Xavier Laurent

I followed up a high school diploma in Mechanical Engineering with a 2-year course in carpentry/construction, then did a 1-year preparatory class to take the ENSTIB entrance exam. I graduated as an ENSTIB Engineer in 2014, with a focus on Construction.
I work as a design office engineer for STABILAME in Belgium, the company I did most of my internships in. I’m in charge of stability studies for the buildings we construct – mainly single family homes, but also multi-family residences, service residences (nursing homes and care homes for example), creches and schools, the tertiary sector, special projects like traditional wooden structures for churches, pile supported buildings on water, wooden barges, and so on).
I did the ideal course for this job in every sense! And at the same time, this job is an ideal fit for my course and my love of wood as a building material.
My best memory from my time at ENSTIB is being able to interact with all the different people in and around the school. It’s a relatively small school, which means you can chat with everyone – from the dean to the maintenance crew, from faculty and the admin team to the students. It’s one big network, like a family!