DI Dr. Anton Pech was active for more than ten years in university research and teaching with a research focus on masonry and restoration of old buildings. He is the managing partner of Dr. Pech Ziviltechniker GmbH, a court-certified expert for structural damage, masonry structures, masonry drying, and historic structures, as well as a university lecturer and UAS honorary professor for building structures and renovation technology, a member of standardization committees and the author and editor of specialist books and the series Baukonstruktionen [Building structures].

DI Dr. Karlheinz Hollinsky studied civil engineering at the Vienna University of Technology and subsequently spent more than ten years in university research and teaching with a focus on structural engineering, timber, and steel construction. He is a managing partner of Hollinsky & Partner ZT GmbH, specializing in structural analysis and structural design, test engineering and structural construction management. He is also a sworn and certified expert in the fields of structural analysis and timber construction. In addition to his freelance work, he is a lecturer and teacher in the fields of statics, steel construction and timber construction as a university and university of applied sciences lecturer.