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Brett Pielstick, P.E.
Vice President,
PTG Construction Services
Degree: Civil Engineering
Projects
Brett Pielstick has over 17 years' experience in management, bridge construction, structural bridge and building design, and threshold inspection. In the past few years, he has completed 3
back-to-back segmental bridge projects in Florida with total construction costs of over $115 million. These projects included the Acosta, Seabreeze and Broadway bridge replacements.
He has held field engineer responsibilities as resident engineer for the precast, segmental, balanced-cantilever Broadway and Sea Breeze Bridges, for a 27-mile resurfacing of I-95 from I-4 south to Brevard County, and for cofferdams and all substructure construction on the steel truss Cooper River Bridge. He also was assistant resident engineer for the balanced-cantilever, cast-in-place segmental Acosta Bridge, and was erection engineer on the precast, segmental Wando River Bridge.
As resident engineer of the Broadway Bridge Replacement in Volusia County, Florida, PTG teamed with Steinman to construct the replacement bridge at a construction cost of $31 million. The bridge, located
in downtown Daytona Beach, used the balanced-cantilever method to construct the twin, precast, segmental bridges. Each bridge has spans up to 80 meters and includes horizontal and vertical curves. This project was a high-profile signature bridge with many architectural features that included mosaic tiles on piers and railings.
Pielstick's additional design responsibilities have included several major projects, such as the Bee Line Monorail, in Brevard and Orange County, Florida. With an estimated total cost of $2 billion, Pielstick served as design project manager responsible for oversight of the design concepts for this 54-mile project. His effort included studies on the steel vs. concrete guide-way to allow the owner to determine the best material to be used. The project also required the development of new American-based technology founded on the German experience at the Emsland test track.
Perspective
"The P.E. (license) has meant a lot of things throughout my career. Of course, I need it to be in the consulting engineering industry, and in order for me to progress in management. I was required to have a P.E. to be in management of an engineering company. I also think the P.E. means we subscribe to a high level of technical and ethical standards. I think people know that as an engineer with a P.E. I will provide an honest day's work, an honest answer, and hat they can trust in what we're going to do for them."
"Of course pursuing a professional engineering license is important if you want to get the challenging jobs, make more money, and grow professionally and personally. I encourage everyone to move forward and get the P.E. so that you can progress in your career and obtain the level of professionalism that we want in our engineering community."
Recent Career Path
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Vice President, PTG Construction Services. Responsible for the development of the CEI business in Florida and throughout the U.S. This includes acquisitions of key personnel, budget control and reporting and support for all Florida offices in obtaining construction related work, 2001–present
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Area Manager, Daytona Beach Florida (PTG). Responsible for the entire operation of the Daytona Beach office, including personnel, budget, and business development, 1994–2001
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Registered Professional Engineer: California, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia |
Education
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Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Brigham Young University, 1984 |
Affiliations and Honors
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American Society of Civil Engineers–ASCE
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National Society of Professional Engineers–NSPE
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Florida Engineering Society–FES
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Board of Directors, American Segmental Bridge Institute–ASBI
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American Concrete Institute–ACI
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International Society of Explosive Engineers–ISEE
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Florida Institute of Consulting Engineers–FICE
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Federation International du Beton–fib
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Young Executive Development Program Graduate, American Road & Transportation Builders Association, 1999
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Significant Concrete Structure, Seabreeze Bridge Replacement, ACI Florida First Coast Chapter, 1997
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Build America Award, American General Contractors Association, Duval Beach Renourishment Project, 1995
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CEI Project Manager, Outstanding Major Bridge Project Quality Construction, Florida Transportation Builders Association, 1995
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Significant Concrete Structure, Acosta Bridge, ACI Florida First Coast Chapter, 1994
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Young Engineer of the Year, Northeast Florida—Florida Engineering Society, 1994
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N. Catherine Bazan-Arias, Ph.D. |
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Kathy Caldwell, P.E. |
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Patricia L. Eng, P.E. |
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Charles Casey, P.E.. |
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Joe Fowler, Ph.D., P.E. |
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Lori Hasselbring, Ph.D., P.E. |
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Brett Pielstick, P.E. |
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Robert Rupert, P.E. |
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Jonna M. Tarpoff, P.E. |
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Dwight L. Williams, Ph.D., P.E. |
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