FHWA Resource Center

CONSTRUCTION AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM

The Construction and Project Management Team at the FHWA Resource Center helps support the construction management process by providing technical assistance, technology transfer, training, and interagency coordination.

Our vision is that transportation projects and management will be based on state of the art construction practices, thereby improving the quality of our nation’s infrastructure.

Our mission is to promote effective practices nationwide through training and technical assistance and technology deployment.

The FHWA Resource Center Construction and Project Management Technical Service Team offers expertise in a number of specialty areas:

• Quality Highway Construction: Accelerated Construction Technology Transfer, Contract Administration Core Curriculum Training, Delivery of FHWA’s Construction Program Management and Inspection Guide, Quality Assurance Programs and Regulations, Specifications, Technical aspects of Construction Quality: Monitoring and Oversight, and Environmental Commitments in construction.
• Contract Administration Technical Assistance: Recommend Strategies and Identify Opportunities, Coordinate Group Training, and Provide Community of Practice Information.
• Innovative Contracting Solutions, Alternative Contracting: Cost Plus Time Bidding, Design Build, Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC), Lane Rental, and Warranty Clauses.
• Mobile Work Zone Protection Device: Designed as the result of the need for a device to protect workers in the work zone.
• Automated Equipment: Global Positioning System (GPS)
• Surveying: Potential uses for Global Positioning System (GPS) surveying within the highway community are diverse and range from Geographical Information Systems to automated equipment.
• Project Management: Risk Management along with scheduling and addressing Major Projects needs including: Cost Estimate Reviews, Financial Plans and Project Management Plans.

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Listed below are the Resource Center Construction and Project Management Experts. Please e-mail or call the Team Manager for technical assistance.

Team Manager

Rob Elliott
(biography)
Construction and Project Management Team Manager
61 Forsyth Street, SW Suite 17T26
Atlanta, GA 30303
Ph: (404) 562-3941
Fax: (404) 562-3700
rob.elliott@dot.gov

Program Assistant

Yolanda Rucker
(biography)
Program Assistant
61 Forsyth Street, SW Suite 17T26
Atlanta, GA 30303
Ph: (404) 562-3673
Fax: (404) 562-3700
yolanda.rucker@dot.gov

Team Members	Specialty Area(s)
Craig Actis (biography) Project Management Engineer 12300 West Dakota Avenue Suite 340 Lakewood, CO 80228 Ph: (720) 963-3242 Fax: (720) 963-3232 craig.actis@dot.gov	• Project Management • Major Projects Management • Design/Build • Contract Development • Contract Administration • Cost Estimate Reviews • Innovative Project Delivery
Jerry Blanding (biography) Innovative Contracting Engineer 10 South Howard Street Suite 4000 Baltimore, MD 21201 Ph: (410) 962-2253 Fax: (410) 962-3655 jerry.blanding@dot.gov	• Infrastructure - Innovative Contracting • Claims Avoidance and Mitigation • Contract Administration • Accelerated Construction Techniques and Technologies
Greg Doyle (biography) Construction Quality Engineer 55 Broadway 10th Floor Cambridge, MA 02142 Ph: (617) 494-3279 Fax: (617) 494-2745 gregory.j.doyle@dot.gov	• Construction Quality Assurance (QA) • Construction Program Management and Inspection • Construction and Materials Specifications • Construction Staffing • Innovative Contracting • Design-Build
John Haynes (biography) Transportation Specialist 2520 West 4700 South Suite 9A Salt Lake City, Ph: (801) 955-3526 Fax: john.haynes@dot.gov
Bernie Kuta (biography) Construction and Contract Administration Engineer 12300 West Dakota Avenue Suite 340 Lakewood, CO 80228 Ph: (720) 963-3204 Fax: (720) 963-3232 bernie.kuta@dot.gov	• Life-Cycle Cost Analysis • Contract administration • Specification development • Materials for construction • Pavement warranties and Pavement construction • Work Zone Safety
Jeff Lewis (biography) Project Management Engineer 650 Capitol Mall Suite 4-100 Sacramento, CA 95814 Ph: (916) 498-5035 Fax: (916) 498-5008 jeff.lewis@dot.gov	• Construction Program Management - Cradle to Grave - Environmental Issues in Designing and Constructing Projects • Major Projects • Local Public Agencies • Construction Quality • Emergency Relief • Contract Administration • Innovative Contracting • Construction Inspection and Oversight
David Platz (biography) Construction and Project Management Engineer 525 Junction Rd. Suite 8000 Madison, Ph: (608) 829-7509 Fax: david.platz@dot.gov
Michael Smith (biography) Team Leader 61 Forsyth Street, SW Suite 17T26 Atlanta, GA 30303 Ph: (404) 562-3694 Fax: (404) 562-3700 michael.smith@dot.gov	• Life-cycle Cost Analysis • Cost Estimation and Validation • Value Engineering • Quality Assurance • Asphalt Materials
Douglas Townes (biography) Construction and Contract Administration Engineer 61 Forsyth Street, SW Suite 17T26 Atlanta, GA 30303 Ph: (404) 562-3914 Fax: (404) 562-3700 douglas.townes@dot.gov	• Construction Training courses development • GPS in Construction • Construction Claims • Contract Administration • Contract Change Orders/Supplemental Agreements • Construction Quality • Training Administration • Mechanical Bridge Construction/Overhaul
David Unkefer (biography) Construction and Project Management Engineer 61 Forsyth Street, SW Suite 17T26 Atlanta, GA 30303 Ph: (404) 562-3669 Fax: (404) 562-3700 david.unkefer@dot.gov	• Federal-aid Program Management -- NEPA to Construction, safety, pavements, traffic operations/ITS, bridge, teach Federal-aid 101 • Program and Process Improvement Reviews • Project Management and scheduling • Innovative Contracting and Construction methods, Technology Deployment • Contract Administration • Construction Quality, Inspection and Oversight • Material and Construction Specifications • Local Public Agencys
Kathryn Weisner (biography) Construction and Project Management Engineer 10 South Howard Street Suite 4000 Baltimore, MD 21201 Ph: (410) 962-3647 Fax: kathryn.weisner@dot.gov

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