Bruce Risley

About Bruce Risley

Bruce Risley, RA, CCM, FCMAA, is an Officer and Sr. Vice President with Arcadis, a global construction consulting services firm where he is the Public Sector Market Sector Leader for Places North America. In this role, he is focused on continued growth for our public sector practice to take full advantage of Arcadis’ capabilities locally, globally, and across our Global Business Areas. Prior to this role, Bruce provided operations leadership to the 50 person Places West Program/Project/Construction Management group. He has been with Arcadis for over 24 years and has served in a variety of operations leadership, client development, and hands-on Program and Construction Management roles. He has extensive experience in the planning and management of large scale, public sector, capital improvement programs and projects. His 36 years of construction industry experience includes educational, municipal, institutional, aviation, correctional, healthcare, theme park, transportation, transit, and commercial design and construction projects.Mr. Risley is a Certified Construction Manager (CCM) and a Registered Architect (RA) in the states of California, Arizona and Wisconsin. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from the University of Wisconsin. He is active in several industry associations including the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) where he currently serves as a Director on the Southern California Chapter\'s Foundation Board and was recently inducted into the CMAA College of Fellows. In early 2023, Mr. Risley was nominated and selected to serve on the National Institute of Buildings Sciences (NIBS) Board of Directors. NIBS is a non-profit national organization created by Congress in 1974 to serve the public interest to ensure buildings and communities are strong, safe, resilient, and sustainable. Specialties: Program Management, Project Management, Construction Management, Strategic Planning, Business and Operations Management

Experience

1. Sr Vice President

   Arcadis

   Apr 1999 — Present · CA

   Program and Construction Management services provider with broad expertise assisting Owners with the planning, design, construction, and closeout of their complex capital improvement projects and programs.Market sectors served include educational, municipal, institutional, aviation, correctional, healthcare, theme park, water, transportation, transit, and commercial construction and design projects.

Education

• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

  BS, Architecture & Urban Planning

  2001 — 2006

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Studies, Mechanical Engineering

  2000 — 2001