Construction and Project Management Team

Michael Smith Project Management Engineer
61 Forsyth Street, SW, Suite 17T26 Atlanta, GA 30303 Ph: (404) 562-3694 FAX: (404) 562-3700 michael.smith@dot.gov

Education •    Master of Science, Civil Engineering, Auburn University •    Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Auburn University

Expertise/Specialty

•    Life-cycle Cost Analysis •    Cost Estimation and Validation •    Value Engineering •    Quality Assurance •    Asphalt Materials

Professional Associations

•    Association of Asphalt Paving Technologist, Member

Professional Highlights

•    Michael Ray Smith is the Materials Engineer for the U.S. Federal Highway Administration at the Southern Resource Center (SRC) in Atlanta, Georgia. •    Mr. Smith is responsible for the identification, development, and implementation of materials technologies throughout the 13 state SRC service area. •    He began his career with the FHWA in 1991 at the Agency´s Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center located in McLean, VA. In this capacity, he supported the development and implementation of research into modified asphalt technology. •    In particular, he worked to develop national guidelines for the use of recycled scrap tire rubber in asphalt pavements. •    In 1995 he began work in the Agency´s Washington, DC HQ Pavement Division where he developed national workshops on state-of-the-practice preventive maintenance technologies including the application of chip seals, slurry seals, and thin overlays. •    In 1997 he developed national guidelines for the conduct of life-cycle cost analysis in pavement design. •    To implement the guidelines he developed a two day workshop and has provided training and instruction to more than 30 State highway agencies throughout the country. •    Recently, Mr. Smith transferred to the Southern Resource Center in Atlanta Georgia where he provides consulting support services in life-cycle cost analysis and materials engineering techniques. •    At the National Center for Asphalt Technology, located at Auburn, he conducted research on the use of latex in hot-mix asphalt concrete. Mr. Smith is a member of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologist.

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