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: Contract Administration Core Curriculum (CACC) 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.
• Alternative Contract Methods (ACM’s): Cost Plus Time Bidding, Design-Build (D-B), Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC), Alternative Technical Concepts (ATC), Lane Rental, and Warranty Clauses.
• 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

Team Members	Specialty Area(s)
Kenneth Atkins (biography) Contract Administration 61 Forsyth Street, SW Suite 17T26 Atlanta, GA 30303 Ph: (404) 562-4782 Fax: (404) 562-3700 kenneth.e.atkins@dot.gov	• Project Leadership and Strategic Planning • Construction Manager / General Contractor (CM/GC) • Construction Engineering and Inspection (CEI) • Budgeting for Transportation Programs
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 & Inspection • Construction & Materials Specifications • Construction Staffing • Alternative Contracting Methods • Design-Build
John Haynes (biography) Transportation Specialist 2520 West 4700 South Suite 9A Salt Lake City, UT 84129 Ph: (801) 955-3526 Fax: john.haynes@dot.gov	• Project Management • Construction Management • Construction Manager/General contractor (CM/GC) • Design Build Contracting • Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) • Consultant Services Procurement • Construction document preparation • Specification Writing
Bernie Kuta (biography) Team Leader - 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
Leslie Lahndt (biography) LPA Transportation Engineer and Program Manager 575 North Pennsylvania Street Room 254 Indianapolis, IN 46204 Ph: (317) 226-7481 Fax: (317) 226-7341 Leslie.lahndt@dot.gov	• Contract Administration • Construction Inspection and Oversight • Specifications • LPA Program Development and Delivery • Preservation Program Administration • Project Management • Contracting • Cost Estimate Review
Jeff Lewis (biography) Construction and Contract Administration 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 Agency's • Construction Quality • Emergency Relief (ER) • Contract Administration • Alternative Contracting Methods (ACMs) • Construction Inspection and Oversight Utilities Maintenance/System Preservation
Roy Siegel (biography) Construction and Contract Administration Engineer 61 Forsyth Street, SW Suite 17T26 Atlanta, GA 30303 Ph: (404) 562-3914 Fax: (404) 562-3700 roy.siegel@dot.gov	• Construction Contract Administration • Construction Claims • Construction Quality, Inspection and Oversight • Material and Construction Specifications • Construction Project Management • Construction Site Safety • Work Zone Traffic Control Evaluation and Implementation • PS&E Development, Constructability Reviews
Michael Smith (biography) Project Management Engineer 61 Forsyth Street, SW Suite 17T26 Atlanta, GA 30303 Ph: (404) 562-3694 Fax: (404) 562-3700 michael.smith@dot.gov	• Cost Estimation and Validation • Risk-based cost estimation • Local Public Agencies • Life-cycle Cost Analysis • Quality Assurance • Asphalt Materials
David Unkefer (biography) Team Leader - 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 Agency's
Kathryn Weisner (biography) Construction and Project Management Engineer 10 South Howard Street Suite 4000 Baltimore, MD 21201 Ph: (202) 823-2267 Fax: kathryn.weisner@dot.gov	• Construction Inspection and Oversight • Construction Project Management • Construction Site Safety • Contract Administration • Claims • Work Zone Traffic Control, design, evaluation and implementation • Design-Build • Program and process improvement reviews

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