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 Team offers expertise in a number of specialty areas:

Alternative Contracting Methods: Contracting Alternative Suitability Evaluator (CASE) Webtool, Design-Build (DB), Construction Manager / General Contractor (CM/GC), Progressive Design-Build (PDB), Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ), Alternative Technical Concepts (ATCs), Project Bundling, and Alternative Bidding.
Project Management: Cost Estimating, Scheduling, Cost and Schedule Risk Assessments, Interpersonal Leadership Skills, Digital Construction Management, and Constructability Reviews.
Construction: e-Construction and e-Ticketing, Inspection, Specifications, Pavements and Materials, Quality Assurance, Pedestrian Access Ramps, Work Zone and Job Site Safety, Equipment, Bridge and Tunnel, Automation, Artificial Intelligence, and Permitting.
Contract Administration: Buy America, Form FHWA-1273, Contract Changes, Davis Bacon, Copeland, and Civil Rights Acts, Partnering, Critical Thinking Skills for Managing Contract Changes, Electronic Bidding, Bonding and Sureties, Project Close Out, Responsible Charge, Job Site Posters, Source Documents, and Dispute Resolution, Claims, and Terminations.
Other Deliverables: 3D Engineered Models, Building Information Modeling (BIM) for Infrastructure, Federal-aid Stewardship and Oversight, Program and Process Reviews, Emergency Relief, and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS).
Federal-Aid Essentials: Local Public Agency Support, Federal-aid Program Overview, Finance, Right-of-Way, Environment, Civil Rights, Project Development, Project Construction and Contract Administration, and Consultant Services.

Listed below are the Resource Center Construction and Project Management Experts. Please e-mail the Technical Director for technical assistance.

Team Member	Specialty Area(s)
Bryan Cawley, P.E. Construction & Maintenance Engineer bryan.cawley@dot.gov Work: 307-631-7424	• Construction Means and Methods • Highway Maintenance • Federal-aid Stewardship and Oversight • Digital Construction Management • Digital As-Builts • e-Ticketing
Jose W. Granado, P.E. Construction and Contract Administration Engineer Jose.granado@dot.gov Work: 804-682-0072	• Contract Administration • Construction Project Management • Construction Quality, Inspection and Oversight • PS&E Development, Constructability Reviews • Emergency Relief Program • Innovative Contracting and Construction Methods, Technology Deployment
Wilfred Hernandez, PhD, P.E., MSCE Construction & Contract Administration Engineer Wilfred.hernandez@dot.gov Work: 774-991-9045	• Construction and Contract Administration • Construction Quality, Inspection and Oversight • Construction Project Management • Construction Site Safety • Local Public Agencies • Quality Assurance
Kathryn Weisner, P.E., NRAEMT Construction and Contract Administration Engineer kathryn.weisner@dot.gov Work: 202-823-2267	• Construction Inspection and Oversight • Construction Project Management • Construction Site Safety • Contract Administration • e-Construction and e-Ticketing • UAS – Unmanned Arial Systems • Claims • Work Zone Traffic Control, design, evaluation and implementation • Design-Build • Program and process improvement reviews • Progressive Design-Build