Biography
Mr. Nicholson is an Executive Consultant with Long International. For the past 11 years, Mr. Nicholson was employed by Skanska, an international heavy civil engineering contractor, where he oversaw 43 Engineers-of-Record in various disciplines, including support of excavation, utilities, roadway, structural, architectural, mechanical, plumbing, fire protection, electrical, transit systems, geotechnical, tunnel, track, and hydrogeology.
Mr. Nicholson participated in numerous mediated construction disputes and five large DRB/Neutral Evaluator hearings, totaling over $500M in claims, which were successfully resolved without litigation. Prior to Skanska, Mr. Nicholson was a vice president at AECOM, providing day-to-day operations management for a staff of over 300 in four offices in the Southern California District: Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, and Ontario. Mr. Nicholson was responsible for ensuring the success of the district in technical practice, operational management, profitability, and client satisfaction, and managed administrative functions to ensure the four offices ran smoothly.
Mr. Nicholson worked for 31 years with various design firms. He has extensive civil engineering experience that he has employed for projects involving subways, bridges (highway, railroad, and transit), tunnels (hard rock and soft ground), transit yards and shops, railroads, structural design for commercial and residential buildings, geotechnical, seawalls, highways, industrial facilities, and military installations.
EDUCATION
Masters Studies in Civil Engineering, California State University, Long Beach, California, 1983–1986
BS Civil Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1983
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Professional Engineer (Civil), 1986, California, Registration No. C40993
General Building Contractor’s License, 1986, License No. 499232
General Engineering Contractor’s License, 2018, No. 499232
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
• Caltrans/Metro Iconic Bridge Arcadia. Project won numerous awards, including the ENR Highway-Bridge Project of the Year in Southern California, 2012.
• Caltrans/Metrolink, I-5 widening, Empire Avenue and Buena Vista Grade Separations, Burbank, California. ASCE Project of the Year, 2011.
• Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Gold Line Eastside Extension Design-Build Project, Los Angeles County, CA. Project won numerous awards, including the ASCE Project of the Year in California, 2009.
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