Chris Souder
BioChris Souder graduated with an undergraduate degree in Construction Management in 1988 before going to work for Kiewit Pacific Co. in Northern California. Chris had a successful sixteen year career with Kiewit and was involved with many projects in the heavy civil arena. Chris held positions from field engineer to Project Manager to Lead Estimator. Some of the projects Chris was involved with were the Woodland WWTP expansion in Woodland, CA, Highway 85 Bridge construction for Cal Trans in San Jose, CA, WWTP Expansion and new facilities for the City of Roseville at their Booth Rd. and Pleasant Grove Plants, Highway 101 Retrofit work for Cal Trans in San Francisco, CA, new Highway 880 construction of Bridge Structures for Cal Trans in Oakland, CA following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, Water storage facilities for the City of Sacramento, new Bridge and 2 miles of road construction including a pump station in Oroville, CA, an expansion of the Sacramento River WTP facility for the City of Sacramento and various estimating assignments for both heavy highway and water treatment facilities throughout Northern California. These projects as a whole had total revenues in excess of $420 million. After leaving Kiewit, Chris pursued an Interdisciplinary Masters Degree in Construction Planning at California State University, Chico while teaching full time in their Construction Management program. Today, Chris teaches Temporary Structures and Scheduling and Project Controls to 4th year students at Chico State while maintaining a continuous portfolio of consulting projects and industry trainings ranging from Cost Estimating, Temporary Structures Design and Scheduling. More recently, Chris has been involved with the estimating, temporary structure design and scheduling of the LL Anderson Dam reconstruction at French Meadows Reservoir in Placer County, the520 Floating Bridge Phase II in Washington, the BART extension from Milpitas to San Jose, the Oakland/San Francisco Bay Bridge Demolition and the Folsom Dam Phase IV Spillway Project. Contact InformationCalifornia State University, Chico CEE RoleCEE Mentor: Structures, Scheduling, Heavy Civil |
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