The leader of PMA’s Pacific business unit, Bruce is a nationally recognized licensed civil engineer with extensive experience on complex medium, large, and mega engineering and construction projects. His distinguished career spans public service, general contracting, and consulting nationally and internationally, and he remains actively involved in managing mega construction programs. His award-winning experience includes design-build, integrated project delivery, CM/GC, and CM at-risk delivery methods; dispute resolution; complex change order negotiations; claims analysis; schedule management; technology solutions; and management consulting on public capital improvement programs. He is a frequent lecturer on improving project delivery and has consulted with numerous public agencies to implement industry best practices.
Overview
The San Bernardino County Transportation Authority in California has implemented a bus rapid transit system in a 19-mile corridor from Pomona to Rancho Cucamonga. Currently called the West Valley Connector BRT, the project includes purchasing 60′ articulated vehicles, 22 new stations, a vehicle maintenance facility, and transit signal priority. The Authority sought almost 30% of the total capital cost from the Small Starts Program.
PMA Role
PMA provides project management oversight consulting services, including contract and program support for the project. PMA also contributes project management and technical review services.
Testimonial
“PMA has made significant positive impacts on numerous FTA projects, including the West Valley Connector project. They successfully manage activities by quickly identifying critical project issues and actively engaging with the project sponsor. PMA establishes a quality policy, objectives, plans, and procedures/work instructions, thereby gaining the project sponsor’s confidence by demonstrating technical knowledge of project and vehicle parameters. Their proactiveness in foreseeing potential project issues has allowed projects to move forward. Similarly, their continuous and consistent briefings, supported by the qualified opinion of subject/technical experts, quickly bring attention to any problem, issue, or concern. These findings were discussed with the grantee promptly, adding value to the grantee’s oversight and enhancing the management provided by FTA and PMA for the projects. PMA’s proactive and cooperative working relationship with FTA and the grantee to resolve issues is noteworthy.”