RELIANCE ENGINEERS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Principal Engineer
- Senior Expert Staff Member
Abdalla is an accomplished geo-structural engineer with extensive expertise in designing earth and water retaining structures. His diverse skills also extend to creating foundation systems for high-rise buildings and bridges, showcasing his deep understanding of complex engineering challenges. With over a decade of consulting experience in both Canada and the US, Abdalla is known for delivering tailored solutions that not only meet the highest standards of quality and safety but also strictly adhere to relevant design standards while accommodating the unique constraints of each client. His exceptional interpersonal skills foster effective communication and collaboration with clients, ensuring strong and lasting partnerships throughout the project lifecycle.
Al Awir Pedestrian Bridge, Dubai: Independent design and safety review and resolution of issues leading to excessive concrete cracking and deflections on this 110-m long, two-span cast-in-place concrete box girder bridge with an S-Curve alignment (2018).
In her role as a Marketing Specialist, Allison plays a pivotal role in the collaboration with principal engineers to craft and meticulously evaluate technical proposals. These proposals are instrumental for major transportation and transit projects that are announced by local public sector agencies. Her significant contributions have been a driving force behind numerous successful project proposals that the firm has embarked upon over the past few years. Her expertise lies in aligning technical intricacies with the needs and expectations of public sector agencies, ensuring the firm's capabilities are presented effectively and comprehensively.
Aniruddha's professional journey spans the biotech and construction industries, with roles as a mechanical and BIM/VDC engineer. In his recent position as a field engineer, he conducted nationwide site and tower assessments, applying mechanical engineering expertise to understand equipment and documentation. Ani actively led construction and upgrade projects for telecom tower sites, overseeing installations and height extensions. As a mechanical engineer, he executed engineering change orders using Solidworks, emphasizing efficiency through strategic modifications in part drawings and assemblies.
Job Titles:
- Principal Engineer
- Senior Expert Staff Member
Over his more than 40 years of experience, Anthony Lancellotti has served in multiple roles at Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB), prior to joining Reliance. As National Director of Technical Excellence Centers, he was responsible for the operations and staffing of six PB Technical Excellence Centers comprising a staff of over 800 professionals covering the specialty technical disciplines of transit and rail, project controls, complex bridge structures, geotechnical and tunneling, water, and environmental. As president of PB Canada, he was responsible for executing projects in that country and pursuing new business development opportunities. He served as the principal-in-charge of three program management contracts for the Toronto Transit Commission totaling $90 million in design fees. Under these contracts, PB, as part of a tri-venture, is responsible for the implementation of seven new light rail transit lines, the extension of the existing Scarborough line, and the provision of five new maintenance and storage facilities. Mr. Lancellotti is a structural engineer with a technical specialty in the design of immersed tube tunnels. He has applied his expertise to some of the nation's most complex tunneling projects. This includes Boston's Central Artery/Tunnel Project, where he oversaw more than 300 engineers, planners, and architects.
Job Titles:
- Design Engineer
- Project Engineer
- Senior Expert Staff Member
- Design Engineer to Perform Construction
Anudeep Bathula has 6 years of bridge engineering experience both in the United States and abroad. He is experienced in structural analysis and design of long span bridges, Continuous Post tensioned segmental box girders and balanced cantilever bridges, Steel composite and truss bridges. He has in depth understanding of structural behavior of cable stayed and extradosed bridges. Anudeep is experienced in using finite element analysis with plate and solid element modelling to solve complex structural problems. He is experienced in value engineering, option study and structural optimization of superstructure, substructure, foundations for several bridges.
Well-known by clients and colleagues for her technical expertise and commitment to preserving our communities' structures, Asal specializes in large-scale rehabilitation structural inspection services for a range of prominent projects, she has a diverse spectrum of skills, spanning structural analysis, repair and rehabilitation strategies, vigilant construction monitoring, and intricate finite element analysis.
Her approach to projects includes a focus on collaborating with the entire team to achieve project goals, working to extend the function and performance of existing bridges, and appropriately applying technology to enhance performance and enhance both the bridge's structure and the construction process.
Job Titles:
- Senior Expert Staff Member
- Senior Professional
Brian is a senior/principal CAD professional with over 25 years of experience working on numerous infrastructure projects throughout the United States and Canada, working closely with some of the nation's leading construction companies. During the span of his career, he has led the production and management of drawings necessary for project planning, coordination, final design drawings as well as production of construction drawings. His experience includes work from beginning to end on major infrastructure projects working with heavy civil construction contractors and engineers. Starting his work-life with Kiewit as a CAD engineer on the Central Artery/Tunnel Project C09A7, witnessing the enormity of the efforts it takes for all the specialty engineers, planners, and designers working together to bring a project to completion. Brian is currently involved in producing construction drawings, estimating quantity surveys, 3D drawings and studies, BIM management, and periodic recording of numerous As-builts for earthwork, utilities and structural work completed on projects.
Don has a unique blend of expertise that includes geotechnical engineering, underground construction of facilities, tunneling, rock mechanics and mining. He has participated in numerous projects from feasibility studies through site investigations, detailed design and construction management. He has represented owners, designers, and contractors. Don's expertise is in exploration, design, and construction management of various types and sizes of underground excavations. His experience covers a wide geologic range from soft marine soils to hard rock, located in a wide range of geographic environments from the arctic to the tropics and from deserts to mountains. Don is a fellow of the Society of Mining Engineers of AIME; Association of Engineering Geologists; International Society of Rock Mechanics; International Society of Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineers; British Tunneling Society; International Tunneling Association; International Association of Engineering Geology; American Underground Construction
Job Titles:
- Principal Engineer
- Senior Expert Staff Member
Eldon has over 40 years of professional experience covering a broad range of geotechnical engineering, tunneling, transit, marine facilities, and large subterranean structures. Prior to joining Reliance, Eldon was Vice President, Principal Project Manager, and Senior Professional Associate with Parsons Brinckerhoff. Over his career, he served as the Project Manager and/or Technical Director of such noteworthy projects as the tunnel crossing under the Main Shipping Channel in Miami's Biscayne Bay on behalf of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT); design and construction phase services for the North Dorchester combined sewer overflow (CSO) tunnel in South Boston; Construction-phase services for the Boston Harbor Effluent Outfall Tunnel, which, upon completion, was the longest single-entry tunneled outfall in the world; underground portions of a $96 million healthcare facility with a five-level underground parking garage; design of the award-winning 1,400-car, seven-level underground Post-Office Square Parking Garage and Urban Park in Boston. Eldon also authored the section on "Preparation of Contract Documents for Subsurface Projects" in the text Subsurface Conditions, Risk Management for Design and Construction Management Professionals published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in 1998.
Job Titles:
- Senior Expert Staff Member
Esther Seawright provides Document Management services to the firm. Esther has been providing administrative assistance to Reliance Engineers and is proficient in the use of eBuilder and familiar with the administrative and document control practices. Prior to joining our team, she held similar positions with such noteworthy organizations as Raytheon and Digital Equipment Corporation. She is a highly effective and efficient administrative professional with excellent interpersonal and organizational skills as well as proven experience in demanding, fast-paced, and complex environments. Esther is a fast learner with excellent written and oral communication skills. She is a willing collaborator focused on completing critical tasks and objectives. In addition to eBuilder, she is proficient in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Explorer. Working on MBTA's GLX project she has amassed an excellent vocabulary in design construction.
Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel Expansion Project, Hampton and Norfolk, VA: Project Manager for the Owner's Representative contract assisting VDOT in the management and execution of this $3.8 billion project. The project will widen the four lane segments of the I-64 corridor in the cities of Hampton and Norfolk. Twin two lane bored tunnels will be built west of the existing eastbound tunnel. Responsibilities included assisting senior VDOT officials in the overall management of the project activities; managing a team of engineers, architects and planners in conducting final design reviews for conformance with contractual requirements; staffing and managing teams of resident engineers and construction inspectors to oversee construction operations and providing engineers and inspectors to assist with testing and commissioning services. (2018-2020)
Harvard Square Station, Cambridge, MA: Supervising Engineer for the construction-monitoring program. Involved field measurements of ground movements and construction loads during station construction to give advance warning of conditions that might damage nearby buildings. Also served as a geotechnical engineer for the design of the station, including evaluation of subsurface environs for slurry wall excavation, preparation of a geotechnical design summary report, and specifications and programs for building protection during construction. This project marked the first use of slurry walls as part of a permanent transit structure.
Post Office Square Park & Garage, Boston, MA: Project Manager for the design of a 1,400-car, seven-level, underground parking garage in the heart of Boston's financial district. Services included civil, traffic, permitting, construction services and geotechnical engineering as well as coordination of the landscaping and architecture for a 1.7-acre street-level park. Construction of the garage employed the top-down method and required extensive monitoring of perimeter slurry wall for lateral movement. The roof of the garage is a richly landscaped urban park. The project, completed in 1990, has won several awards including the Grand Conceptor Award from the American Consulting Engineers Council of New England.
Jacob is a dedicated Mechanical Engineer with hands-on experience in designing parts and components across various industries, including automotive, heavy machinery, and recycling plants. His specialized interests include engineering mechanics, nonlinear dynamic finite element analysis (FEA), and failure investigation. Proficient in advanced tools like SolidWorks, Jacob also has expertise in automotive system design, testing, and aircraft impact analysis.
He is actively involved as a QA/QC manager in the MBTA, focusing on structural vulnerability, protection and testing. Passionate about engineering innovation and problem-solving, Jacob continuously seeks opportunities to contribute to impactful and forward-thinking projects.
Jeffrey Kauppi is a seasoned Senior Cost Manager known for his results-oriented approach to efficiently and effectively complete projects within specified timelines and budgets. His journey in the construction field began with hands-on experience, inspecting job sites, reviewing plans, and conducting quantity takeoffs. As his expertise grew, he transitioned into various project activities related to cost estimating, encompassing cost tracking, forecasting, submittals, subcontracts, field engineering, and responsibilities in environmental and quality management. Jeffrey has also excelled in project closeout tasks, including scheduling, overseeing final walk-throughs, addressing punch list items, and managing permit closeouts. With a robust background in high-tech, underground utility, and rail construction projects, Jeffrey has served in diverse roles such as Project Engineer, Field Engineer, Superintendent and Design Coordinator, and Quantity Surveyor/Cost Estimator.
Educational Background
B.S. in Construction Engineering Management, Oregon State University
Job Titles:
- Charter Member of the National Steel Bridge Alliance Steering Committee
John Ratajczak is a Charter member of the National Steel Bridge Alliance; Steering Committee Member for Steel Fabrication and Erection; Contributor for the NSBA Steel Erection Manual. Bridge Expert recognized by the American Arbitration Association for dispute resolution, construction arbitration and trial cases involving construction fatalities and construction claims. Considerable experience in cost estimating, bidding, construction engineering, construction project management for complex bridges and other special structures in United States & Overseas.
Job Titles:
- Senior Expert Staff Member
- Principal Engineer / Owner & Engineering Services
Peter Donahue's more than 50 years of professional experience includes 33 years at WSP with critical management responsibilities on several major tunnel projects, including the multibillion-dollar Central Artery/Tunnel Project in Boston-one of the largest public works projects ever undertaken in the United States-and the Port of Miami Tunnel, Florida's first major tunnel. His prior experience focused on municipal and site development engineering ranging from large projects in heavy industries, such as the pulp and paper and petrochemical industries, to projects involving residential subdivisions and urban renewal work in major cities. Mr. Donahue also served as project manager, principal civil engineer, and senior civil engineer for other consulting firms.
Job Titles:
- Senior Associate
- Senior Expert Staff Member
Ralph Borjeson, a highly experienced supervising geotechnical engineer with Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB), has worked on a broad range of New England-area projects. He has planned and coordinated subsurface explorations, prepared slope stability, and settlement analyses, planned, coordinated, and supervised pile load test programs, and conducted groundwater flow analyses. Mr. Borjeson is also experienced in the investigation of foundations for power and synthetic fuel plants, highway bridges, retaining walls, above and underground garages, schools, industrial buildings, and transit structures.
Ray is the CADD coordinator for HNTB-Boston's office with more than 30 years of experience in plan production. He is responsible for supervising a staff of MicroStation, AutoCad, 3D Studio, and TEKLA operators and Detailers. Ray also has experience with Inroads, assisting with the bridge geometric layouts, additionally produces 3D models for interference checking, constructibility, and structural detailing. Ray also produces 3D visualizations for marketing purposes utilizing 3D-Studio Max and Adobe Photoshop. Ray has supervised the plan preparation of most of the major assignments completed in the Boston office utilizing both computer-generated and manual methods. Ray is currently providing plan production for the replacement of I-95 Providence Viaduct and assisting with construction phase services on the Chelsea Street and Bates Bridge Replacement projects, as well as supporting various detailing assignments for the Portsmouth Memorial Bridge. Ray has also been responsible for detailing the towers for the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge in Boston and the U. S. Grant Bridge over the Ohio River. He has also managed HNTB's CADD operations for the Storrow Drive Bridge and Central Artery/Tunnel D017A contract, Congress to North Street, in Boston.
Ray's project experience includes:
Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT)
Whittier Bridge/ I-95 Improvement Design-Build
Newburyport/Amesbury/Salisbury, MA: CADD coordinator for the design-build Whittier Bridge/I-95 Improvement. As part of MassDOT's Accelerated Bridge Program, the project involves replacement of the John Greenleaf Whittier Memorial Bridge carrying I-95 over the Merrimack River, replacement of Pine Hill and Evans Place Bridges, and rehabilitation and widening of I-95 over Route 110 and an abandoned railroad. Services provided by HNTB include bridge demolition, utility coordination, retaining walls, drainage and storm water treatment, roadway realignment and widening, interchange improvements, traffic management, lighting and aesthetics, architectural and historic bridge elements, landscape architecture, design of a shared-use path, environmental permitting, and public outreach.
Education
AS Architectural Engineering, Wentworth Institute, Boston, MA, 1979
Job Titles:
- Associate Project Consultant
- Associate Project Consultant / Structural Engineer
With a recent master's degree from Tufts University, Selvin adds a strong academic background to Reliance and is eager to apply his skills. His coursework at Tufts, including Advanced Structural Analysis, Bridge Design, and more, has honed his structural engineering expertise and software proficiency. Selvin's leadership qualities were also evident as the president of the Tufts ASCE chapter. He looks forward to contributing to Reliance's continued success.
Education:
M.S., in Structural Engineering & Mechanics, Tufts University, 2023
Job Titles:
- Senior Expert Staff Member
- President / Principal Engineer, Bridges & Structures
Sena has more than 35 years of broad-ranging industry experience in planning, concept formulation, design development, rehabilitation, and construction management of bridges of all types-especially on projects with construction complexity in the built environment. He has Considerable expertise in the behavior of complex, long-span, flexible structural systems and risk evaluation, analysis, and design against seismic and wind effects. Skilled in advanced analysis and evaluations as well as practical problem solving based on on-site specifics, economic competitiveness, and constructability. He has provided design review and constructability improvements on a number of complex bridge projects. Sena has implemented a number of innovative ideas in his design projects on the exploitation of high strength and innovative combinations of materials and optimal structural systems for long-span bridges, providing not only economic and constructability advantages but also added value in a number of other areas including improved maintainability, enhanced safety and security, and high aesthetic quality. Below is a representative sample of different types of projects that span his work experience.
Job Titles:
- Civil Engineer
- Senior Project Manager
With over 45 years of experience as a Civil Engineer, Thomas F. Mahoney, PE has had a distinguished career. Until he retired from state service in 2021, he held the position of Director of Airport Engineering within the Aeronautics Division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). In this role, he served as the Chief Engineer for the Division, overseeing all engineering projects at 35 public use General Aviation airports in Massachusetts. Notably, he initiated and successfully led the Statewide Airport Administration Building program at MassDOT, overseeing the construction of administration buildings at various general aviation airports. These buildings ranged in size from 3,500 to 5,500 square feet, with each project averaging approximately $5 million for design and construction. To date, five such buildings have been completed as part of this program. industry, providing engineering services to both public and private clients. Some of his projects include runway and taxiway reconstruction at several airports throughout New England, service road reconstruction at Westover Air Reserve Base for the federal government, toll booth renovations, and interchange lighting on the Massachusetts Turnpike for the Turnpike Authority. Additionally, he provided engineering services for several developers for various projects including commercial site plans and/or residential subdivisions.
Education:
B.S., in Civil Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Tom has five decades of experience covering all phases of tunnel construction using TBM as well as other mining methods. In addition, Tom's experience includes the purchase and commissioning of many TMB machines, developing engineer's estimates for tunneling and other underground work for consulting firms and public agencies, and developing bid estimates for tunneling and underground construction on behalf of construction firms. He has served in varied roles including as Construction Manager, Project Director, and Engineer to the Contract and Project Engineer on various tunneling projects-where he gained hands-on experience in problem-solving and trouble-shooting during tunneling and underground construction projects. Tom also has considerable experience with Tunnel and Underground Design-Build projects where he has served on the Owner's Engineering Team, Design Engineer's Team, as well as Contractor's team. Tom's participation on these projects included providing conceptual construction means and methods analysis for developing the preliminary tunnel construction schedule and identifying key construction issues relevant to these projects. Both projects are in heavily urban settings with rock and mixed face tunnels and potentially several mined stations.
Whittier Bridge/I-95 Improvement Project, Amesbury-Newburyport, MA: QA/QC Manager for the $300 million improvement project for the John Greenleaf Whittier Memorial Bridge. The project consisted of adding a high speed shoulder and breakdown lane in each direction and increasing the travel lanes in each direction from three to four. Responsibilities included review and coordination of design/build documentation and the implementation and execution of QA/QC procedures. (2006)