Site Development

James has built projects ranging from commercial to residential site development. His experience includes projects for the federal government, state agencies, and hundreds of acres of turn-key projects for some of the largest site developers in the US.James has built projects ranging from commercial to residential site development. His experience includes projects for the federal government, state agencies, and hundreds of acres of turn-key projects for some of the largest site developers in the US.

Earthwork

James has led earthwork projects ranging from truck hauling operations to some of the largest scraper and mass excavation projects completed in the US. With such a large range of projects he has a valuable skill set applicable to a project with a few thousand cubic yards of excavation and embankment to 10’s of millions of yards.

His diverse portfolio of projects from around the country give him the experience of building on unstable peat bogs and swamps to the excavation of hard rock using dental and mass blasting operations.

By starting his career in the trades, James brings a unique perspective to the management and efficiency of these projects.

Utilities

Having performed full turn-key projects, James has a deep foundation in both wet and dry utilities. Where most will only have experience with wet utilities (water or sewer), James is also comfortable with dry utilities both underground and aerial. He has placed hundreds of miles of fiber optic and communication infrastructure, not to mention many miles of underground and overhead electrical transmission and distribution systems.

Structures

James has been directly responsible for building over 58 bridges across the country. In senior management and construction management roles he has overseen more than 766 structures of various types including: Cable Stayed, Precast, Segmental Precast, Cast in Place Post Tensioned, and utilized Accelerated Bridge Construction methods (ABC).

James developed a slip formed integrated barrier/gravity wall system that is now a standard design at the Washington Department of Transportation, Missouri Department of Transportation, and most recently Caltrans. He proved the concept with calculations to each DOT and FHWA to secure approvals as a Value Engineering option. The system was featured by Gomaco in their sales campaigns.

His structural construction, estimating, and management skills are well rounded. His expertise includes multiple forms of structures such as CIP retaining walls, Mechanically Stabilized Embankment (MSE) walls, and Architectural elements.

Mining

Having grown up in the coal rich Powder River Basin, James has a lifetime Mine Foreman’s license in Wyoming. He has moved millions of cubic yards of overburden and coal at the surface mines in this region. He has also built and maintained the significant infrastructure at many of the mines. This has included construction and maintenance of drag lines, crushing plants and silo load out facilities.

His mining experience is not limited to the large surface mines in the basin, he has also supported mining operations for Bentonite, Gold, and Aggregate. One of the more unique projects was supporting the control and extinguishment of a life threatening fire deep inside the Homestake underground gold mine in South Dakota.