The overarching mission includes the following: 1. Education – to educate each other about our business plans and other areas of expertise. 2. Collaborative problem solving – to identify the challenges that require collective efforts and lay out a plan of action to solve them. Also to work together for improvements to project delivery and business practices that enhances public confidence in the transportation industry. 3. Strategic Leadership – to work together to develop some long-term visions for the transportation industry.
Current Issues
Pending changes to WSDOT’s standard contract Consultant Audits State Transportation Package
Meeting Summaries
Committee Roster
Jeff Carpenter – WSDOT State Design Engineer (co-chair) | Lindsay Yamane/ACEC-Parsons (co-chair) |
Kevin Dayton – WSDOT Deputy Secretary | Van Collins/ACEC |
Ahmer Nizam – WSDOT Business Administration | Richard Patterson/ACEC-Stantec |
Lorena Eng – WSDOT NW Region Administrator | Jim Thomson/ACEC-HNTB |
John Wynands – WSDOT – Olympic Region Administrator | Don Nelson/ACEC-Jacobs |
Marshal Elizer – WSDOT Asst Secretary M2D2 | Carole Leigh/ACEC-Shannon & Wilson |
Subcommittees
Bridge and Structures Subcommittee
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Jeri Bernstein – WSDOT/WSF (sub-comm co-chair) | Paul Brallier – ACEC/HNTB (sub-comm co-chair) |
Tony Allen – WSDOT State Geotechnical Engineer | Chester Werts – ACEC/HDR |
Jed Bingle – WSDOT Bridge and Structures | Paul Gunther – ACEC/COWI |
Brian Aldrich – WSDOT HQ Bridge Construction | Mathew Lengyel – ACEC/Figg Engineers |
Luong Tran – WSDOT Bridge and Structures | Joan Zhong-Brisbois – ACEC/WSP |
Evan Grimme – WSDOT Bridge and Structures | Eric Herzstein – ACEC/Parsons |
Michael Rosa – WSDOT Bridge and Structures | Daniel Campbell – ACEC/GeoEngineers |
Business Administration Subcommittee
Ahmer Nizam – WSDOT Business Administration (sub-comm co-chair) | Santosh Kuruvilla – ACEC/Exeltech (sub-comm co-chair) |
Erik Jonson – WSDOT Consultant Services | Crystal Donner – ACEC/Perteet |
John Ho – WSDOT | David James – ACEC/Clark Nuber |
Meg Blau – WSDOT NW Region Consultant Services Liaison | Laura Skillings – ACEC/Skillings Connolly |
Schatzie Harvey – WSDOT | |
Brian Marquette – WSDOT |
Design/Build Subcommittee
WSDOT Design/Build site
Ben Upsall – ACEC/GeoEngineers
Eric Ostfeld – ACEC/Parsons
Eric Crowe – ACEC/Jacobs
Manish Rohila – ACEC/Rohila
Richard Patterson – ACEC/Stantec
Scotty Ireland – ACEC/KBA
John Updike – ACEC/AECOM
Project Delivery Subcommittee
Mike Flemming – WSDOT Asst State Design Engineer (sub-comm co-chair) | Suryata Halim – ACEC/WSP (sub-comm co-chair) |
Dave Bierschbach – WSDOT | Rick Door – ACEC/JUB |
Mike Frucci – WSDOT Eastern Region | Tom McDonald – ACEC/Jacobs |
Cathy George – WSDOT Sno-King Connecting Washington | Scott White – ACEC/Confluence |
Bill James – WSDOT | Steve Olling – ACEC/Parametrix |
Ron Landon – WSDOT Olympic Region Program Manager | Alternate/on-call: |
Lisa Reid – ACEC/SCJ Alliance | |
Gordon Roycroft – ACEC/HDR | |
Alternate/on-call: | |
Lei Lu – WSDOT | |
Brian White – WSDOT | |
John Donahue – WSDOT |