1B-2: Contact Information

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Agronomist

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Consultant Coordinator for the Bridges and Structures Bureau

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Consultant Coordinator for the Design Bureau

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Design ADA Coordinator

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Design Automation Coordinator

Nick Paul, Automation Coordination

Phone(s)
Primary
515-239-1096
  • Provide user support for all design automation activities
  • Develop applications to automate design processes
  • Provide solutions for the integration of automation tools
  • Provide user training for automation tools and processes
  • Develop plans for future enhancements for automation systems
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Design Geometrics Coordinator

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Design Manual Coordinator

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Director of the Design Bureau

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Director of the Local Systems Bureau

Nicole Moore, Director

Location
Local Systems Bureau

800 Lincoln Way
Ames, IA 50010

Primary
515-239-1528
Phone(s)
Primary
515-460-0763
  • Supervise office staff and administer office functions
  • Serve as liaison to local, state and federal agencies
  • Oversee administration of Federal-aid, federal-aid swap and state-aid programs for cities and counties
  • Legislative, regulatory, and policy research and analysis
  • Office administration and special projects
  • Oversee office web site
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Earthwork Engineer, Construction and Materials Bureau

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FHWA Engineering Team Leader

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Field Exam Engineer

John Bartholomew, Pre-Design/Field Exam

Phone(s)
Primary
515-239-1540
  • Prepare project concept statements
  • Prepare cost estimates and alignment studies
  • Review and provide recommendations for new airport applications
  • Obtain traffic forecasts for design
  • Conduct field examinations of design projects
  • Prepare 3R/4R project concept statements
  • Analyze and process design exceptions
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Location Engineer

Donna Breitbach, Assistant Bureau Director/Location Engineer

Phone(s)
Primary
515-509-0484
  • Lead for Location Section
  • Lead for Public Involvement Section
  • Project Prioritization and Scoping Application coordinator
  • Preliminary Assessment Studies
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Corridor Studies including Super 2
  • Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) Studies
  • Consultant coordination
  • Study Project Management Team (PMT)
  • Environmental Project Advisory Team (PAT)
  • Interchange Justification Reports (IJR) Committee Member
  • Corridor Preservation Zone (CPZ) Coordination
  • Value Engineering (VE) Studies
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Methods Engineer

Stuart Nielsen, Methods Engineer

Phone(s)
Primary
515-239-1402
  • Develop design standards, details and policies
  • Design special roadway features
  • Geometric design for interchanges and intersections
  • Provide administrative support to the bureau by preparing budget, ordering materials and supplies, monitoring project progress, etc.
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NEPA Coordinator

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Pavement Design Engineer

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Pavement Preservation Engineer

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Proposal Engineer for District 1, 2, & 3

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Proposal Engineer for District 4, 5, & 6

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Roadside Development Supervisor

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Roadside Safety

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Soils Design Engineer

Mark Dell, Soils Design

Phone(s)
Primary
515-239-1945
  • Conduct boring program to obtain samples, analyze, and provide recommendations
  • Coordinate testing with materials testing laboratory for geotechnical analysis
  • Prepare plans to provide boring and testing information to users
  • Select borrow areas for design projects
  • Design subgrade treatments, subdrain systems, foundation treatments, and slope stabilization
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Specifications Engineer

Eric Johnsen, Transportation Engineer Senior, Specifications Engineer

Location
Iowa Department of Transportation Central Office

800 Lincoln Way
Ames, IA 50010

Phone(s)
Primary
515-239-1662
  • Coordinates the specifications functions for the Department, and provides liaison between the department, FHWA, state legislature, and the construction industry regarding specification issues.
  • Coordinates the Specification Committee, which reviews recommendations for specification changes and oversees implementation of those changes.
  • Serves as the liaison for the Iowa Statewide Urban Specifications and Design (SUDAS) group.
  • Serves on various other task forces and committees for the department.
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Traffic Control Engineer

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Traffic and Safety Engineer

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Traffic and Safety Project Engineer

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Work Zone Operations, Construction and Materials Bureau

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Chronology of Changes

Chronology of Changes
DateRevision Description
9/30/2024Added Jason Omundson as Pavement Preservation Engineer.
6/11/2024Removed Assistant Specifications Engineer – position eliminated. Changed Automation Engineer to Automation Coordinator – position reclassified. Revised FHWA Program Delivery Team leader to FHWA Engineering Team Leader. Changed Geometric Engineer to Geometric Coordinator – position reclassified. Removed Preservation Programs Engineer – position eliminated. Added Cesar Cintron and Daniel Harness as Design Manual Coordinator. Changed Traffic Safety Engineer, Construction and Materials to Work Zone Operations, Construction and Materials.
6/26/2023Changed Chief Landscape Architect to Roadside Development Supervisor.
3/30/2023Revised Soils Design Engineer. Revised Traffic Safety Engineer, Construction and Materials Bureau. Revised Traffic and Safety Project Engineer.
10/31/2022Revised Agronomist, Assistant Specifications Engineer, Director of Local Systems Bureau, Location Engineer, Specifications Engineer. Removed ProjectWise Administrator.
6/24/2020NEW - Added Traffic and Safety Project Engineer. Revised Roadside Safety Engineer.
4/23/2020Change Location Engineer to Bryan Bradley, Added Mike Thiel to the Roadside Safety Engineer Contact.
11/26/2019Revised Traffic Safety Engineer, Construction and Materials Bureau to Clayton Burke. Revised Roadside Safety Engineer, Design Bureau to Daniel Harness.
6/25/2019Revised contacts to replace "Office" with "Bureau".
1/15/2019Added James Bultman as Agronomist, John Bartholomew as Field Exam Engineer, and Stuart Nielsen as Methods Engineer.
5/17/2018Changed Consultant Coordinator for the Office of Design to Jacqui DiGiacinto. Changed Roadside Safety Engineer to Dean Sayre.
2/1/2018Replaced Mark Mastellar with Seana Godbold as Chief Landscape Architect.
9/7/2017Change Office of Contracts Proposal Engineer for District 4, 5, & 6 to Stacy Ryan. Remove Khyle Clute from Roadside Safety Engineer. Revise e-mail addresses for all Iowa DOT contacts.
11/16/2016Added Mike Heller as the Agronomist. Added Andy Wilson as FHWA Program Delivery Team Leader.
8/17/2016Added Khyle Clute as Roadside Safety Engineer. Added Mike Ross as Design ADA Coordinator. Changed Director of Office of Local Systems to Donna Buchwald.
3/31/2016Added Bhooshan Karnik as Consultant Coordinator for the Office of Design and Ron Meyer as Consultant Coordinator for the Office of Bridges and Structures.
1/7/2016Changed Geometrics Engineer to Elijah Gansen. Added Tom Reis as Specifications Engineer and Eric Johnsen as Assistant Specifications Engineer.
7/31/2015Replace Bob Stanley with Steve Megivern as Soils Design Engineer. Replace John Narigon with Brian Smith as Geometrics Engineer.
7/22/2014Add Josh Greenfield as ProjectWise Administrator. Replace Chris Poole as Roadside Safety Engineer with Brian Smith or Daniel Harness.
5/15/2014Added Roadside Safety Engineer, Chief Landscape Architect, Geometrics Engineer, Field Exam Engineer, Pavement Design Engineer, Soils Design Engineer, and Automation Engineer.
1/15/2014Change Traffic and Safety Engineer to Willy Sorenson. Added Director of Office of Local Systems Charlie Purcell.
8/16/2013Change 3R Administrator to Preservation Programs Engineer.
7/18/2013Add contact information for Location Engineer and NEPA Coordinator.
9/13/2012Change the Methods Engineer support document to show Brian Smith as the Methods Engineer. Removed Design Services staff in the Methods Section link from Contacts list.
7/29/2011Updated contact information.
10/29/2010Updated contact information.
8/31/2010Added link for "Contracts Proposal Engineer for Districts 1, 2, & 3" and "Contracts Proposal Engineer for Districts 4, 5, & 6".
4/15/2010Updated the look.
1/29/2010Originally Issued.
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