GARG CONSULTING SERVICES - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Senior Structural Engineer
Mr. Damle has over 34 years of experience in the structural engineering field, with 13 years of experience in bridge design, construction, and safety inspection and 21 years in design construction and inspection of buildings. His responsibilities have included analyses and design of bridge and building structures, development, and design of rehabilitation details for various structures, peer review of structural designs, and preparation of contract plans and specifications.
Mr. Patel has over 20 years of diverse experience in Electrical Engineering. He has accumulated considerable leadership and management skills from working for the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) for 14 years. He has designed traction power systems, SCADA systems, Auto Transformers, and Overhead Contact Systems on the New Haven Main Line, developing specifications during the design phase, technical advice and guidance on railroad traction power substation operations, and guidance on constructibility, safety, and maintainability. He is a highly motivated self-starter with innovation, integrity, and is exceptionally attentive to detail. He has excellent project management experience, including setting goals and objectives, project development, planning and organization, budget monitoring and cost control for railroad projects.
Job Titles:
- Project Manager - Bridge and Structure Inspection
Ms. Lewis has over 25 years of experience which includes project management, scope and cost proposal development, bridge safety inspection and evaluation, and many areas of structural and geotechnical engineering. She is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island. She has performed bridge and structure inspections for CTDOT highway and railroad structures, DelDOT highway structures, Long Island Railroad facilities, Metro-North Railroad facilities, and NYCT Subway facilities and structures. Her experience includes managing bridge inspection programs, field inspection and evaluation of structures, performing loading ratings for railroad structures per CTDOT and AREMA requirements, and preparing maintenance and rehabilitation recommendations.
Dr. Chuang has over 20 years of experience in engineering. He has been Principal-in-Charge for various civil and structural engineering projects as well as railroad and transit projects throughout New York and New England. He earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Rhode Island. His extensive academic research and technical publications have made him an expert in high-tech cementitious materials, structural theory and analysis, and computer modeling methods. His experience includes coordination with various transportation and public safety authorities, field inspection, QA/QC of field inspection procedures and reports, development of maintenance and rehabilitation recommendations, and fiscal control and management.
Job Titles:
- Operations Manager
- Resident Engineer
Mr. Morse has over 30 years of experience in construction management, project management and civil engineering. He is responsible for Garg's Construction Engineering and Inspections (CEI) projects including procurement, personnel placement and overall management. He also acts in the role of Resident Engineer completing projects in highway, bridge, water, sewer and railroad with a focus on track and catenary. He is dedicated to client satisfaction making sure projects are completed with open lines of communication between client, contractor and Garg.
Job Titles:
- Principal Systems Engineer
- Vice President
Mr. Gambhir, Principal Systems Engineer and Vice President, has over 45 years of national and international engineering experience, including over 18 years with consulting firms engaged in railroad signaling, communications, and multi-disciplinary railroad projects involving planning, design, project engineering, and installation supervision of major projects for heavy and light commuter rail, mass transit, and high-speed rail systems. His background includes major railroad signaling projects design, construction management, construction inspection, quality control, preparation of plans, specifications, and cost estimates for signals, CBTC systems, radio and optic fiber cable (OFC) communication systems. He has transit systems experience in Rail Fleet Management, testing/commissioning of system elements including SCADA and integration of system elements.
Mr. Neri, Regional Director, has over 30 years of experience in planning, engineering, and construction. He has accumulated considerable experience and knowledge in construction engineering for civil, rail, and transit programs and projects. He has collaborated with federal and state agencies as well as commuter and freight railroads on regional transportation initiatives and capital improvements. He has managed major programs for the replacement and renewal of rail and transit infrastructure. His other experience includes managing programs for structural and safety inspections of railroad structures.
Job Titles:
- Project Manager - Structural
Mr. Goodwin has over 21 years of broad experience in facility design, bridge design, bridge safety inspection, bridge evaluations, and load ratings. He has performed structural analysis and design for CTDOT highway structures, NYCT Subway and Bus facilities and structures, Metro North Railroad Facilities, and Long Island Railroad facilities. He has experience in all aspects of inspection of highway, rail, and overhead sign structures as well as facilities including train and subway stations, bus service facilities, and railroad Maintenance of Way facilities. His expertise includes planning, field inspection, and evaluation of structures, maintenance and rehabilitation recommendations, and load rating and strengthening of structures.
Mr. Rowe has over 30 years of experience in highway, property, and topographic surveys. His experience includes establishing ground control for aerial surveys (photogrammetry), highway location surveys, boundary surveys, fathometric surveys, and construction line and grade stakeouts. He is experienced in organizing survey plans for topographic and location surveys, identifying and mapping wetland areas, setting up and operating survey equipment including total stations, data collectors, global positioning systems, and levels, and in researching property records. He is also experienced in use of AutoCAD for manipulation and plotting of field data.
Job Titles:
- Project Manager - Signal & Communications
Mr. Staley has over 46 years of experience as an electrical engineer working in the railroad communications and signal industry. He has accumulated considerable first-hand technical experience, leadership and management skills working for Metro-North Railroad and its predecessors for 39 years. As Director of Communications and Signal, he was responsible for the engineering, design, project management, installation and maintenance of all wayside signal systems, communication systems, and infrastructure utilized by Metro-North Railroad. As Executive Director, he was responsible for the Metro-North Railroad Positive Train Control (PTC) program development and deployment and was responsible for the leadership of one of the largest Communications and Signal commuter rail wayside operations in the United States. Since joining Garg in 2016, Mr. Staley has continued to provide leadership and technical support for various wayside signal and communications projects.