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The Georgia Partnership for Transportation Quality (GPTQ) is a longstanding partnership between ACEC Georgia, and the Georgia Department of Transportation. Its mission is to strengthen the working relationships between the parties that are responsible for designing, building, operating and maintaining Georgia's transportation infrastructure, with the overarching goal of making Georgia's transportation system the best that it can be.

ACEC Georgia Transportation Forum Leadership:

Forum Chair

Allen Krivsky

Heath & Lineback

Forum Coordinator

Drew Pitman

CHA Consulting, Inc.

Forum Reporter

Katie West

AtkinsRealis

GPTQ Steering Committee Members:

GDOT

Meg Pirkle

GDOT - Chief Engineer

GHCA

David Moellering

GHCA - Executive Director

ACEC Georgia

Michael "Sully" Sullivan

ACEC Georgia President/CEO

ACEC Georgia Co-Chair

Allen Krivsky

Heath & Lineback

ACEC Georgia

Chris Marsengill

Kimley-Horn

ACEC Georgia

Wendy Dyson

AtkinsRealis

ACEC Georgia

Brad Robinson

Practical Design Partners

ACEC Georgia

Robert Lewis

HNTB

GPTQ Subcommittees:

Consultant Collaboration Committee (CCC)

GDOT Co-Chair

Chris Rudd

GDOT - Director of Engineering

ACEC Georgia Co-Chair

Brad Robinson

Practical Design Partners

ACEC Georgia

Warren Dimsdale

BCC Engineering, LLC d.b.a Heath & Lineback

ACEC Georgia

Alex Stone

TranSystems

ACEC Georgia

Saurabh Bhattacharya

Parsons

ACEC Georgia

Prashanth Vaddu

MC Squared, LLC

ACEC Georgia

Laura Dawood

AECOM

ACEC Georgia

Bill Ruhsam

Michael Baker International, Inc.

ACEC Georgia

James Aitken

CHA Consulting, Inc.

ACEC Georgia

Erin Murphy

VHB

 

 

Bridge & Structures Subcommittee

GDOT Co-Chair

Donn Digamon

GDOT - State Bridge Engineer

ACEC Georgia Co-Chair

Kristen Kasmire

Arcadis

ACEC Georgia

Graham Elliot

Schnabel Engineering, LLC

ACEC Georgia

Melissa Harper

Jacobs

ACEC Georgia

Pedram Rahbar

Pond and Company

ACEC Georgia

Yoseph Gebremariam

WSP USA

ACEC Georgia

Gavin Good

Kimley-Horn

ACEC Georgia

Raj Anand

BCC Engineering, LLC d.b.a Heath & Lineback

ACEC Georgia (Ex Officio Non Voting)

James Aitken

CHA Consulting, Inc.

Construction Engineering & Inspection (CEI) Subcommittee

GDOT Co-Chair

Robert Simpson

GDOT - CEI Program Manager

ACEC Georgia Co-Chair

George Escojido

RK&K

ACEC Georgia

Betty Mason

AtkinsRealis

ACEC Georgia

Monica Fluornoy

Atlas Technical Consultants

ACEC Georgia

Patrick Millican

ECS Southeast

ACEC Georgia

Rob Mabry

KCI Technologies

ACEC Georgia

Patrick Palmer

MATERIALS MANAGERS AND ENGINEERS, INC.

ACEC Georgia (Ex Officio Non Voting)

Lee Upkins

Jacobs

Construction Engineering & Inspection (CEI) Subcommittee

GDOT Co-Chair

Robert Simpson

GDOT - CEI Program Manager

ACEC Georgia Co-Chair

George Escojido

RK&K

ACEC Georgia

Betty Mason

AtkinsRealis

ACEC Georgia

Monica Fluornoy

Atlas Technical Consultants

ACEC Georgia

Patrick Millican

ECS Southeast

ACEC Georgia

Rob Mabry

KCI Technologies

ACEC Georgia

Patrick Palmer

MATERIALS MANAGERS AND ENGINEERS, INC.

ACEC Georgia (Ex Officio Non Voting)

Lee Upkins

Jacobs

Digital Delivery Subcommittee

GDOT Chair

Sam Woods

GDOT - Assist State Roadway Design Engineer

ACEC Georgia Co-Chair

Chase Horton

HNTB

ACEC Georgia

Terry Cline

Infotech

ACEC Georgia

David Jackson

AtkinsRealis

ACEC Georgia

Ravi Vachhani

Moffatt & Nichol

ACEC Georgia

Nick Bauer

Kimley-Horn

ACEC Georgia

Andrew Garcia

Parsons

ACEC Georgia

Andrew Poszich

RS&H

Engineering Services Subcommittee

GDOT Co-Chair

Erik Rohde

GDOT - State Project Review Engineer

ACEC Georgia Co-Chair

Stephen Mosher

Barge Design Solutions

ACEC Georgia

Bob Baisden

Benesch

ACEC Georgia

Jay Simone

Neel-Schaffer, Inc.

ACEC Georgia

Luke Taylor

VHB

ACEC Georgia

Hisham Deeb

Axis Infrastructure

ACEC Georgia

Rhandi Gallegos

STV

ACEC Georgia

Ben Kauss

HDR

ACEC Georgia

Joshua Leljedal

TranSystems

ACEC Georgia (Ex Officio Non Voting)

Warren Dimsdale

BCC Engineering, LLC d.b.a Heath & Lineback

Environmental Subcommittee

GDOT Co-Chair

Eric Duff

GDOT - State Environmental Administrator

ACEC Georgia Co-Chair

Jennifer Napier

VHB

Alternative Delivery Subcommittee

GDOT Co-Chair

Andrew Hoenig

GDOT - P3 PreLet Assistant Administrator

ACEC Georgia Co-Chair

Joe Johnson

Jacobs

ACEC Georgia

Chad Havens

Michael Baker International, Inc.

ACEC Georgia

Dustin O'Quinn

HNTB

ACEC Georgia

Jonathan Langley

Arcadis

ACEC Georgia

Tyler McIntosh

Infrastructure Consulting & Engineering

ACEC Georgia

Jonas Kelly

BCC Engineering, LLC d.b.a Heath & Lineback

ACEC Georgia

Donia Aponte

Edwards-Pitman Environmental

ACEC Georgia

John Lin

Kimley-Horn

ACEC Georgia

Scott Dubord

AtkinsRealis

 

Land Surveying & Mapping Subcommittee

GDOT Co-Chair

Ernest Lee Howell

GDOT - Location Bureau Chief

ACEC Georgia Co-Chair

Erik Smith

CERM

ACEC Georgia

Brandon Miller

Bowman

ACEC Georgia

Rusty Evans

Jacobs

ACEC Georgia

Jarod Black

Rochester | DCCM

ACEC Georgia

Greg Karel

TranSystems

ACEC Georgia

Byron Freeman

Platinum Geomatics, LLC

ACEC Georgia

Andrew Settimio

Settimio Consulting Services

ACEC Georgia (Ex Officio Non-Voting)

Mike Peppers

Platinum Geomatics, LLC

Materials Subcommittee

GDOT Co-Chair

Ian Rish

GDOT - State Materials Engineer

ACEC Georgia Co-Chair

Stephanie Grahal

MC Squared, LLC

ACEC Georgia

Guoming Lin

Terracon Consultants

ACEC Georgia

Nathan Parker

Willmer Engineering

ACEC Georgia

Robert Massaro

Stantec

ACEC Georgia

John Pettigrew

ECS Southeast

ACEC Georgia

Riley O'Brien

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.

ACEC Georgia

Nathan Currier

Garver

ACEC Georgia (Ex Officio Non-Voting)

Prashanth Vaddu

MC Squared, LLC

Preconstruction Awards Subcommittee

GDOT Co-Chair

Daniel Pass

GDOT - Assist State Design Policy Engineer

ACEC Georgia Co-Chair

Nikki Parris

AtkinsRealis

ACEC Georgia

Chuck Deeb

CDM Smith Inc.

ACEC Georgia

Jennie Agerton

Edwards-Pitman Environmental

ACEC Georgia

Tonia Brown

Jacobs

ACEC Georgia

Abigail Burks

Athena Engineering

ACEC Georgia

Sherma Sobers

AECOM

ACEC Georgia (Ex Officio Non-Voting)

Chris Lowery

Holt Consulting Company, LLC

Procurement Subcommittee

GDOT Co-Chair

Treasury Young

GDOT - Chief Procurement Officer

ACEC Georgia Co-Chair

Michael Moseley

AtkinsRealis

ACEC Georgia

Derrick Vincent

Jacobs

ACEC Georgia

Holly Painter

KCI Technologies

ACEC Georgia

Jeff Church

STV

ACEC Georgia

Susan Thomas

Edwards-Pitman Environmental

ACEC Georgia

Erik Hammarlund

Benesch

ACEC Georgia

Matt McDow

Arcadis

ACEC Georgia

Ben Clopper

Michael Baker International, Inc.

ACEC Georgia

Kevin Ergle

Kimley-Horn

ACEC Georgia

Scott Jordan

Southeastern Engineering, Inc.

ACEC Georgia

Jordan Myers

WSP USA

ACEC Georgia

Jeremy Busby

Gresham Smith

ACEC Georgia

Matt Thompson

VHB

ACEC Georgia

Emilee Woods

Athena Engineering

ACEC Georgia (Ex Officio Non-Voting)

Brad Robinson

Practical Design Partners

Program Delivery Subcommittee

GDOT Co-Chair

Charles Robinson

GDOT - Assist State Roadway Design Engineer

ACEC Georgia Co-Chair

Kerrie Boyette

KCI Technologies

ACEC Georgia

Rick Strickland

NV5

ACEC Georgia

Josh Earhart

Edwards-Pitman Environmental

ACEC Georgia

Jeff Clayton

Garver

ACEC Georgia

Debbie Cottrell

HNTB

ACEC Georgia

Ed Culican

Mott MacDonald

ACEC Georgia

Matt Bennett

Michael Baker International, Inc.

ACEC Georgia

Justin Banks

AECOM

ACEC Georgia

Mitchell Greenway

Stantec

ACEC Georgia (Ex Officio Non-Voting)

Kevin Ergle

Kimley-Horn

Right-of-Way Subcommittee

GDOT Co-Chair

Kevin York

GDOT - State ROW Administrator

ACEC Georgia Co-Chair

Ruthie Jones

Gresham Smith

ACEC Georgia

Janae Barbeau

HDR

ACEC Georgia

Mickie McJunkin

BM&K

ACEC Georgia

Desmond Dasent

CERM

ACEC Georgia

Michelle Brock

THC, Inc.

ACEC Georgia

Jennifer Sweigart

Colliers Engineering & Design

ACEC Georgia

Bryon Letourneau

T.Y. Lin International

ACEC Georgia (Ex Officio Non-Voting)

Jared Estes

Holt Consulting Company, LLC

Roadway Design Policy Subcommittee

GDOT Co-Chair

Frank Flanders

GDOT - Assist. State Design Policy Engineer

ACEC Georgia Co-Chair

Ty Denning

Arcadis

ACEC Georgia

Kurt Walcott

Holt Consulting Company, LLC

ACEC Georgia

Zachary Lammers

Gresham Smith

ACEC Georgia

Eric Rickert

STV

ACEC Georgia

Cory Pfau

Practical Design Partners

ACEC Georgia

Jeff Harrison

Michael Baker International, Inc.

ACEC Georgia

Dipan Shah

Kimley-Horn

ACEC Georgia

Molly Rea

Benesch

ACEC Georgia (Ex Officio Non-Voting)

Shawn Fleet

BCC Engineering, LLC d.b.a Heath & Lineback

Traffic Subcommittee

GDOT Co-Chair

Alan Davis

GDOT - State Traffic Engineer

ACEC Georgia Co-Chair

Clay Smith

Keck & Wood, Inc

ACEC Georgia

Tom Udell

AECOM

ACEC Georgia

Jim Tolson

Arcadis

ACEC Georgia

Ben Pierce

GWES

ACEC Georgia

Bing Zhang

Kimley-Horn

ACEC Georgia

Josh Williams

Michael Baker International, Inc.

ACEC Georgia

Andrew Antweiler

KCI Technologies

ACEC Georgia

Chris Maddox

Southeastern Engineering, Inc.

ACEC Georgia

John Karnowski

NV5

ACEC Georgia (Ex Officio Non-Voting)

Marco Friend

Jacobs

Training Subcommittee

GDOT Co-Chair

Kyle Mote

GDOT - HR Program Manager

ACEC Georgia Co-Chair

Kate Henry

Aulick Engineering

ACEC Georgia

Kenneth Fluker

CERM

ACEC Georgia

Yolande Stover

Hussey Gay Bell

ACEC Georgia

Jake Mitchell

Lowe Engineers, LLC

ACEC Georgia

Valeria Hernandez

Neel-Schaffer, Inc.

ACEC Georgia

Candice Thomas

VHB

ACEC Georgia

Richard Boston

LJA

ACEC Georgia (Ex Officio Non-Voting)

Debbie Cottrell

HNTB

GPTQ Task Force:

Planning and Environmental

Linkage (PEL) Task Force

GDOT Chair

Megan Weiss

GDOT - Planning Administrator

ACEC Georgia Co-Chair

Marie Njie

Volkert

ACEC Georgia

Laura Dawood

AECOM

ACEC Georgia

Cody Hufstetler

Neel-Schaffer, Inc.

Task Force: Utility Coordination

GDOT Chair

Nicholas Fields

GDOT - State Utilities Administrator

ACEC Georgia

Sara Ugolik

Moffatt & Nichol

ACEC Georgia

Jason Walton

Atlas Technical Consultants

ACEC Georgia

Matthew Jones

Platinum Geomatics, LLC

ACEC Georgia

Daniel Taylor

Practical Design Partners

ACEC Georgia

Robby Oliver

WSP USA

ACEC Georgia

Kerry Gore

Surveying and Mapping, LLC

ACEC Georgia

Matthew Alexander

Rochester | DCCM