| Management Team
Craig Drake, P.E.
Mr. Craig Drake has over 23 years experience
in the design and construction of bridge, highway, and transit
projects. His experience includes direct management and engineering
responsibilities for large design projects, and oversight engineering
for numerous federal aid projects. He has a diverse background
in bridge and highway development processes, from project conception
through construction. He is thoroughly familiar with the Caltrans
project development process and with federal aid program requirements.
As a project manager, project engineer and design engineer,
he has completed planning studies and designs for several
new projects, widening, rehabilitations and seismic retrofits.
These projects have been in a variety of settings, from rural
stream and river crossings to large urban interchanges. He
has experience managing the activities of large design teams
in the office and managing a team of construction inspectors
in the field for large bridge and transit construction projects.
Dennis Haglan, P.E.
Dennis M. Haglan, P.E., has more than 19 years experience in design, construction
and project and contract management for a wide variety of projects, including
Project Study Report and Project Report Preparation, Feasibility and Planning
Studies, and state and public agency bridge replacement, rehabilitation, and
seismic retrofit. His experience includes eight years with Caltrans as structures
representative, resident engineer and structures local assistance engineer,
as well as providing oversight for the federal Highway Bridge Program (HBP).
He is a proven project manager and is adept at coordinating the work of large
project design teams. His proactive management approach has resulted in the
consistent delivery of contract documents on or ahead of schedule. His management
style and techniques have earned him a reputation among local agency officials
as an excellent partner in any public works bridge project.
Eli Aramouni, P.E.
Mr. Aramouni has over 23 years of experience, and progressive
responsibility in design, management and supervision of design,
preparation of plans and specifications, shop drawing reviews
and approvals during construction, construction support and
management of bridge structures, roadway/civil design, and
land development projects. Mr. Aramouni is very familiar
with FHWA, AASHTO, and Caltrans design policies and procedures.
His experience includes advance planning studies, design,
design check, rehabilitation, retrofit analysis and design,
quantities, marginal estimates and field engineering.
Howard Michael, P.E.
Mr. Michael has over 26 years of experience in the design and
construction of civil engineering facilities. His transportation
facilities experience is in rural and urban highway design,
bridge design, replacement and rehabilitation, and tunnel
design. This experience includes the preparation of project
reports, preliminary and final plans and specifications,
and cost estimates for highway and bridge/tunnel improvement
projects. His experience also includes civil site and structural
design for pump stations, water treatment plants and their
operations buildings, water system improvements, pipeline
design, infrastructure upgrades and various buildings structural
design
Kevin Ross, P.E.
Mr. Kevin Ross has 19 years of engineering experience including
over 5 years supervising the daily activities of the bridge
engineering group of a prominent engineering firm in Sacramento.
He is currently the Bridge Services Manager for Drake Haglan & Associates.
At Caltrans Division of Structures, he performed the duties
of Section Leader; Seismic Specialist; contract management;
project engineer; district seismic design mentor; design
engineer; and construction of bridges and buildings. He also
served as Structure Representative on Caltrans bridge construction
projects. Mr. Ross’s experience as a Caltrans
Bridge Design Section Leader included the supervision of 18
employees involved in various phases of PS&E project delivery
while ensuring that all Caltrans policies and procedures were
fulfilled. Mr. Ross’s design experience includes
developing bridge advance planning studies, design of post
tension concrete structures, precast structures, steel structures
and reinforced concrete structures.
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