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Arlington, Va, Us

Arlington County, Virginia, United States

Lead and oversee the Engineering section of the 8th largest water utility in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The section consists of a staff of 26 - two engineering managers, a construction management supervisor, four engineers, nine construction managers, 6 engineering support associates, two small-engine shop equipment mechanics and two engineer interns. The group is responsible for the planning, design, and implementation of the Arlington County Utilities and Paving/Concrete Maintenance Capital Improvement Program (CIP) with a budget of $50 million per year. I oversee the short- and long-term strategic planning and implementation of all engineering and design work performed by Water Sewer Streets (WSS), either in-house or consultant, relating to the County's water distribution and sanitary sewer collection systems, as well as the paving and sidewalk maintenance programs. WSS is responsible for the ownership and maintenance of 1,058 lane-miles of roadways, 443 miles of sidewalk, 459 miles of gravity sanitary sewers, 4 miles of force mains, 373 miles of storm sewer, 521 miles of water mains, 16,000 water valves, and 38,000 water meters/service lines.

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Led a four (4) member team consisting of design engineers and engineering support associates. The team is primarily responsible for providing engineering support to the Sewer and Streets maintenance and operations sections within the Water, Sewer and Streets (WSS) Bureau. The team coordinates and collaborates with construction crews and contractors to implement improvements that resolve concrete maintenance issues, stormwater drainage & flooding complaints, and sanitary sewer backups. The team is also responsible for the design review of the wet utilities, streets, and sidewalk elements of all County led capital projects and private developer led commercial and residential development.Served as project manager for many of the projects in the Infiltration & Inflow and the Sanitary Sewer System Improvements programs, which seek to improve the capacity and reliability of the County’s sanitary sewer system. Additionally, served as the program manager for the Curb & Gutter Missing Links program.Responsible for maintaining, amending, updating, and implementing the Sanitary Sewer Collection System Plan, the guiding document that underpins all the sanitary sewer system and wastewater services work performed in the County and is an element of the County’s comprehensive plan.

Arlington, Va

Served as Project Manager responsible for the delivery of a portfolio of ten (10) capital improvement projects and three (3) programs, with an overall value of approximately $125 million. Successfully oversaw and managed the completion of nine (9) of these projects totaling $25 million in actual cumulative construction costs.Project Management Highlights:1. Langston Blvd (Route 29) and N. Glebe Rd (Route 120) Intersection Improvements; led project from 30% design phase (2016) thru completion (2022); $5.5 million construction costScope: Utility undergrounding, watermain upgrades, traffic signal re-build, streetlighting upgrades, stormwater improvements, widening Glebe Rd to add left turn lanes, and sidewalk improvements.2. Army Navy Complete Streets; led program from planning phase (2016) to 100% design phase (2021); $18.5 million overall budgetScope: Re-build/re-configure a 0.70-mile section of a six lane arterial street to add a two-way protected bike facility, dedicated transit lanes, turn lanes, and stormwater improvements.3. Old Dominion Drive (Route 309) Sidewalk Improvements; led project from construction phase thru completion (2016-2017); $7 million construction costScope: Add sidewalks and curb & gutter along a 0.75-mile shoulder and ditch section arterial street where they were both previously absent. Work also included traffic signal re-builds and streetlighting upgrades.4. Boundary Channel Drive/I-395 Interchange Improvements program; led program from planning phase (2016) thru transfer to VDOT for Design-Build RFP advertisement (2021); $24 million overall budgetScope: Upgrade interchange to a modified Double Roundabout configuration and construct new multi-use trail.5. CC2DCA Intermodal Connector; led project during pre-planning phase (2020-2021) thru successful procurement of contract with consultant to complete the project's NEPA document (EIS) and conceptual design; $36 million overall budget.

Arlington, Va

Intersection Design: Produced intersection improvement plans using Civil3D to design curb return profiles, curb ramp details, and cross sections; developed concept plans for multi-modal complete streets projects that include pedestrian, transit, and bicycle facility upgrades; prepared demolition plans, easement exhibits, sight distance exhibits, and AutoTURN schematics; prepared cost estimates for the design & construction of transportation improvement projects.Temporary Traffic Control Plans: Developed temporary traffic control plans for intersection improvement plans and capital improvement projects that involve maintaining the mobility of vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians, and transit users through the work zone in the most safe and efficient manner possible. Plan Review: Reviewed a wide variety of design plans including roadway/intersection design plans, curb ramp details, bus stop/transit station plans, MOT plans, TMP plans, signal plans, pavement marking/signing plans, trail improvement plans, utility relocation plans, and site plans; led bi-weekly division plan review meetings.Traffic Analysis: Analyzed all-way stop warrants and speed studies; performed intersection capacity analyses; recommended traffic calming measures; reviewed traffic impact studies and IMRs.On-Street Parking: Analyzed different lane geometry and on-street parking configurations to determine the most optimal street layout to maximize on-street parking.Pavement Marking/Signing Plans: Designed pavement marking and signing plans as part of the County’s annual paving program, signal plans, and intersection improvement plans; prepared striping cost estimates; designed protected bike lanes, cycle tracks, bike boxes, and contra-flow bike lanes; design RRFB plans.Signal Design: Designed signal plans, signal MOT plans, and mast-arm street name signage; served as the County’s reviewer for the contractor submitted red light enforcement camera installation plans.

Arlington, Va

Managed the transportation engineering design team, which consists of 6 engineers and technical staff. Supervised, supported, and oversaw the design team’s work that included: transportation investigations in response to citizen and stakeholder concerns, engineering plan review, site plan review, design of pavement marking & signage plans, traffic impact study review, developing & reviewing maintenance of transportation (MOT/TMP) plans, developing & monitoring intersection and corridor safety programs, developing a County-wide multi-modal travel demand model, developing new engineering standards and guidelines, and the design of transportation improvement projects from the concept level to 100% signed engineering plans for construction. Coordinated and interacted with multi-disciplinary staff representing various bureaus within the County, in addition to state/regional public agencies, private stakeholder advisory groups, and citizens to ensure the timely and effective delivery of transportation improvement projects. Developed, maintained, and/or monitored schedules that track the progress of capital improvement projects (CIP) under design by the design team. Provided technical expertise to staff to solve transportation related issues and ensured that all CIP projects are designed in a responsible and technically sound manner. Served on the Northern Virginia East-West Corridor Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) Program Advisory Group.

Haymarket, Va

Traffic Analysis: Prepared traffic impact studies, interchange justification studies, speed studies, parking studies, corridor signal timing modification studies, TDM plans, and justified ROW vacation; performed intersection capacity analyses, link analyses, weaving/merge/ramp junction analyses, queuing analyses, freeway corridor analyses, sight distance analysis, site parking analyses; determined requisite capacity/signal timing improvements needed for the studies’ acceptance.Warrants/Waiver Studies: Prepared traffic signal, HAWK signal, and all-way stop warrant studies; prepared turn lane warrant and design waiver studies, and access management exception requests.Signal Design: Designed traffic signal installations/modifications and HAWK signals for VDOT, local municipality, and US military base intersections, including intersections with adaptive traffic control systems; developed and submitted signal timing plans to VDOT.MOT/TMP Plans: Designed TMP/MOT plans; conducted supplementary traffic capacity and safety analyses.Pavement Marking/Signing Plans: Designed pavement marking and signing plans using the MUTCD for intersections, roadways, and parking garages. Developed parking management plans for parking garages.Crash Data Analysis: Analyzed crash data, determined crash patterns, and recommended safety mitigation measures.Public Hearings/Meetings: Attended & answered traffic related questions from public at county Board of Supervisors and community meetings. Led TIS scoping meetings with VDOT & county staff.Project Review: Reviewed, marked up, & commented on company studies, reports, memos, and signal plans.

Lexington, Ky

T.A. for the undergraduate Transportation Engineering course, CE 331. Graded homework, exams and projects, gave lectures when professor was unavailable, conducted review sessions, assisted students with homework and class projects.

Lexington, Ky

Drainage Design: Designed ditches, calculated watershed areas and time of concentrations for pipes and ditches, sized pipe diameters, determined proper type and quantity of ditch linings, and calculated linear feet of silt fence required.Right of Way Design: Designed ROW boundaries, extents of easements and controlled access, wrote and verified accuracy of property deeds, determined ROW bearings and distances.Pavement Design: Calculated pavement quantities and paving areas.Roadway Design: Designed entrances, determined locations where guardrail was required and specified the type of end-treatments needed, created project coordinate control sheets, developed striping, MOT, and erosion control plans.Quantities: Collected data to fill out ROW, pavement, pipe, and general summary sheets.Drafting: Marked up and drafted plans, profiles, cross sections, MOT, and pipe sheets.

Fairfax, Va

Developed traffic signal timing plans for signal optimization projects using Synchro, counted traffic, performed travel runs, collected and inputted intersection field data into Synchro and Mist, assisted in the installation and removal of video cameras in the field.

Chantilly, Va

Interpreted plans, cross sections, and geological maps, identified boring requirements, plotted boring locations, prepared boring logs and profile sheets, communicated with property owners and utility companies, assisted drilling crews, classified soils and rocks, measured soil strata and groundwater depths.

Master Of Science, Civil Engineering

Bachelor Of Science, Civil Engineering