Bradley J Abar, P.E. Email & Phone Number

Taylor, Michigan, United States

Project Manager of Construction Administration for MDOT and other local Municipalities throughout the Greater Detroit, MI area.

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Project Manager of Construction Administration for MDOT and other local Municipalities throughout the Greater Detroit, MI area.

Greater Detroit Area

Provide full construction administration services for MDOT and various other municipalities throughout the state of Michigan.

Assistant Project Manager on Port of Miami Tunnel grouting operations. Project consisted of pre-grouting the porous coral area that the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) was to bore through. This was important since the TBM needed to maintain pressure as it bore thorough the porous rock. The tunnel was 37 feet diameter. The largest tunnel bored in the U.S.Managed and operated real-time computer monitoring system (Grout I.T.) for underground grout injection for the Army Corp. of Engineers on projects such as Howard Hanson Dam in Seattle, WA and Chicago Underground Plan McCook Reservoir Stage II in Chicago, IL. Responsible for determining the quantity and quality of grout injected into rock to create an impervious barrier.Experience with project scoping, material take-offs, pricing, and bidding, as well as, supervising and coordinating many aspects of different geotechnical projects from cradle to grave.Managed and assisted in various project information including bid documents, RFIs, submittals, shop drawings, change orders, schedules, on-site engineering, conflict resolutions, and record keeping.Field, management, and some design experience with geotechnical construction projects, such as, vibro-compaction, micro-piles, auger cast-in-place piles, grouting programs, rock anchors, stone columns, tie-backs, and soil nails. Assured customer with a quality product and instrumented quality control programs such as pile load tests, anchor stressing, and grout mix testing.

Conducted exploratory soil borings and site investigations for use on LA County projects. Created geotechnical soil, foundation, and backfill reports for use on county projects. Executed slope stability, liquefaction, and shoring parameter analyses. Performed as an on-site geotechnical field engineer for LA County bridge auger cast-in-place pile projects.

On-site engineer for Dearborn Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) project caisson sinking operationsOn-site engineer for 2006 Riverview Local Road Repair ProgramAssisted in design of various MDOT projects such as US-24 and M-85Scoping of bridges in Metro and Southwest regions of Michigan

Road cross section and pavement joint designWell versed in Micro-Station V8 and AutoCAD designConstruction and removal quantity calculationsWell versed with Field Book and Field Manager used in MDOT projectsObserved and inspected numerous utility construction sites to ensure they conformed to specificationsSurveyed as-built structures and created red line drawingsConducted traffic studies

Various laboratory Tests. i.e. sieve analysis, proctor examinations, cylinder compression tests Tested compaction of soils with Troxler® nuclear density gaugeSurveyed stockpile areas for Detroit Metro AirportTested concrete on-site and made cylinders