Sheng-Wen Seow

About Sheng-Wen Seow

Registered Civil Engineer with 20+ years of progressive experience in Transportation Design, ranging from Conceptual to Final Design and Construction Services, on small to mega-projects. An engineer that uses sound engineering judgment in applying design standards to delivered quality projects on time and on budget for various clients.Core Competencies:• Project Management• Staff Supervision, Coaching, and Development• Business Development• Problem Identification and Resolution• Civil and Transportation Design• Cross Functional Collaboration• Construction Services• Cost EstimatingAchievements include: SR 520 Floating Bridge & Landings – Led WSDOT Team in successfully delivering 30% Design and Plans, and transitioned 60% design over to project team. SR 520 Westside Conceptual Design & Pontoon Construction CEVPs – Motivated team to meet aggressive schedule and produced package that exceeded client’s expectations and delivered under budget. 116th St NE Widening – Adjusted to major design changes and complicated construction staging. Quil Ceda Blvd - Completed design in only 4 months and met very aggressive schedule. Engineer’s cost estimate within 2% of Winning Contractor’s Bid. Alaskan Way Viaduct - Lead Civil Designer for the Rebuild Open Option. Met challenging schedule for design milestones. I-405 - Lead Designer on S. Renton Nickel Project. Designed Ultimate configuration of I-5/I-405 Interchange. Baseline Rd- Complex project that had gone through numerous design iterations. Corrected design flaws as well as incorporated new design criteria. Burro Creek - Project designed early and under budget at 60% submittal. Devore Wash - Resolved many complicated design and construction issues. Escalated and resolved steel placement issue on I-17/I-40 Reconstruction.Specialties: Microstation & Inroads, AutoTURN, Microsoft Project, Word, Excel, Visio and Powerpoint. Interchange alternative layout, Construction Staging. Mentoring junior engineers.

Experience

1. Senior Civil Engineer

   Parametrix

   Apr 2018 — Present · Portland, OR, US

   Lead Civil Design Engineer for the I-5 Interstate Bridge Replacement Program.Lead Civil Design Engineer for the City of Portland streets on the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvements Project.Civil Design Engineer co-located with WSDOT Southwest Region providing support with in-house project delivery.

Education

• Bellevue College

  Certificate, Project Management

  2010 — 2011

• University of Arizona

  BSCE, Civil Engineering

  1994 — 1998

Skills

• Stormwater Management
• Bridge
• Bentley Microstation
• Desktop Computers
• Site Development
• Inroads
• Highway Design
• Ms Project
• Civil Engineering
• Road
• Microsoft Word
• Water Resources
• Excel
• Traffic Engineering
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Hydrology
• Retaining Walls
• Rail
• Erosion Control
• Highways
• Flowmaster
• Land Desktop
• Grading
• Autoturn
• Project Estimation
• Structural Engineering
• Earthworks
• Sewer
• Drainage
• Autocad Civil 3d
• Surveying
• Transportation Engineering
• Microstation
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Construction
• Autocad
• Word
• Land Development
• Road Traffic