In December 2005, I formed Allegro Construction Services (ACS), to offer construction management and dispute resolution services. I currently provide Dispute Resolution Board services, Project Management services; and Independent Monitoring services, all as a sole practitioner. A summary (for details please see Experience/Sample Projects) of my ACS practice includes:
- DRB Services
- Bridge / Highway Projects
- Major bridge and highway / interchange projects including a highway tunnel in Virginia, four projects in Texas, a highway in Georgia, a major bridge between Ohio and Kentucky, and a roadway in Wisconsin.
- Transit Projects
- Three subway tunnel projects in New York City (Manhattan and Queens) and Subway tunnel extension in Los Angeles
- Water / Wastewater
- CSO tunnel in Pawtucket, RI
- Airports
- Terminal, airside, and roadways at LaGuardia airport
- Other
- Two Operations and Maintenance facilities in New York City
- Bridge / Highway Projects
- Project/Program Management
- Bridge / Highway Projects
- Big Dig (prior to ACS), served as Director of Construction on $14.6 highway and bridge program in Boston, MA
- CM/GC procurement assistance to Connecticut DOT
- Transit Projects
- MBTA construction advisor on $1.1 B DB project north of Boston, MA
- Bridge / Highway Projects
- Independent Oversight
- Bridge / Highway Projects
- Owner’s Representative for several major MassDOT Highway projects
- Transit Projects
- Owner’s Representative for MBTA on Red Line/Orange Line Infrastructure and Signals improvement Program
- Other
- Lender’s Representative on projects in Newton, Methuen MA
- Program reviews for DOT Directors in Rhode Island and Colorado
- Bridge / Highway Projects
Past Experience (Prior to ACS) (1984 – 2005): I worked for the Massachusetts Highway Department and Massachusetts Turnpike Authority for twenty years on roadway and bridge design and construction projects. During the last seven of those years (1996 – 2003), I was the state’s Director of Construction at the CA/T Project (“the Big Dig”), at the time the largest and most complex highway construction project in the United States. In that role, I led a staff of over 600 people, and I oversaw the quality, time, and budget management functions associated with construction contracts. I also was responsible for, and participated in, a dispute resolution program that included partnering, negotiations, mediation, and Dispute Resolution Boards. Subsequent to my state service, working for H.W. Lochner, Inc. (2003 – 2005), I was responsible for all technical work in the Boston office and also served as Lochner’s national Construction Technical Resource Lead.