Bellandra B. Foster, Ph.D., P.E. Phone: 336.355.7897
QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY Years of Experience Licensed professional engineer and program manager with extensive civil and 31 construction engineering experience. Manager and administrator of numerous projects within public agencies and private industry and as Founder and President of an engineering corporation. Professional Registrations EDUCATION Licensed Professional Engineer: Doctor of Philosophy, Civil Engineering State of Georgia Michigan State University – December 1999 State of Illinois Traffic and Transportation Engineering Seminar State of Michigan Northwestern University – June 1999 State of No. Carolina Certification - Transportation Systems (ITS) State of Ohio University of Michigan - September 1992
Master of Science Degree, Civil Engineering Professional Wayne State University – May 1989 Certifications Bachelor of Science Degree, Civil Engineering U.S. Small Business Michigan State University – August 1983 Administration Emerging 200 (E200) CIVIL AND CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE Class of 2011 BBFoster Consulting, P.C. (8/2014-Present) President– BBFoster Consulting, PC provides civil engineering, program management, Level 1 Erosion and Sedimentation Control coaching, contract administration, utility coordination and compliance assistance. Inspector
BBF ENGINEERING SERVICES, P.C. (4/94-12/2014) President and Principal Engineer – Founder and Owner of BBF Engineering Services, Professional P.C. The company provided civil engineering, project management, construction Affiliations engineering, construction inspection, contract administration, transportation engineering, Michigan State utility coordination and DBE technical assistance and supportive services. University College of Engineering Alumni CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS (2/92-3/93) Advisory Board
Director, Bureau of Highways and Streets - Directed the activities to design, construct, and maintain street and sewer facilities for the City of Atlanta, Georgia; managed a $24 Michigan State million dollar budget and a staff of 550; created and implemented project specifications University College of for contract road and sewer construction projects; and coordinated the design and Civil Engineering managed the construction necessary to complete infrastructure improvements. Advisory Board Past Board Member MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION – METRO REGION (9/85-2/92) Metro Region Utilities-Permits Engineer – (1988-1992) Administered laws, permits and regulations controlling the usage of the state trunkline right-of-way; managed outdoor Eli Broad College of advertising program, coordination and relocation projects of public, private and Business Michigan State Univ. municipally owned utilities; advised legal officials, individuals, organizational Broad Executive representatives and other governmental agencies. Assistant Design Unit Leader – Forum Assistant road design supervisor responsible for project proposal review, design, writing Past Board Member specifications and completing project estimates. Staff Engineer - Developed traffic diagrams, road and bridge inspection, surveying, and verifying field quantities.
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OAKLAND COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION (6/84-9/85) Dwight D. Eisenhower Assistant Road Design Unit Leader - Designed road construction projects, supervised Fellow personnel and coordinated projects. Federal Highway Administration BECHTEL POWER CORPORATION (9/83-6/84)
Structural Engineer – Reviewed/coordinated structural components for a nuclear facility. Great Lakes Center for Truck and Transit PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE Research Scholar THE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA University of Michigan (4/2015 to Present) Consultant – Director, North Carolina DOT Highway Construction Industry On-the-Job King-Chavez-Parks (OJT) training program. The contract is held by the North Carolina Institute of Economic Fellow Development.
CITY OF DETROIT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS (2005-2011) Professional Sub Consultant - Provided Quality Control/Quality Assurance and field inspection Memberships services for various construction and engineering projects. Institute of Transportation CITY OF DETROIT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (2004-2011) Engineers (ITE) Sub Consultant - Provided transit planning and review services for various City of Detroit Department of Transportation projects. National Society Of Professional
Engineers MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION–CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING, (NSPE) CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION AND TESTING (1998-2010) Prime Consultant - Provided construction engineering, project management, and American Society of construction inspection and testing services. Also performed office technician duties to Civil Engineers supplement expedited construction project requirements. See partial construction project (ASCE) listing at www.bbfosterconsulting.com. Airport Minority MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORATION –DBE CONTRACTOR ASSISTANCE Advisory Council AND TECHNICAL CONSULTATION SERVICES (1998-2009) (AMAC) Prime Consultant - Provided Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) technical International Coach assistance services to the Michigan Department of Transportation in the areas of contract Federation administration, contract document review, project administration, project documentation, (ICF) contractor pre-qualification, contractor bid preparation, project claim resolution, and assistance to DBE contractors in field operations. Awards DETROIT ENTERTAINMENT (2003-2005) BBF Engineering Prime Consultant - Provided consultant services pertaining to the traffic and Services, P.C. transportation components for the Detroit Entertainment Motor City Casino site. Michigan Department of Transportation DBE Contractor of the Year PONTIAC SILVERDOME STADIUM DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY TEAM (2002-2004)
Sub Consultant - Provided consultant services pertaining to the traffic and transportation components of the development review process for the Pontiac Silverdome Stadium site. BBF Engineering Services, P.C. ROAD COMMISSION FOR OAKLAND COUNTY – OAKLAND COUNTY SIGNAL Federal Hwy. SYSTEMS OPTIMIZATION PROJECT (2002-2004) Administration/USDOT Sub Consultant - Completed the Traffic Crash Analysis portion of the Signal Systems Minority Business Optimization Project for 566 intersections in southern Oakland County. Enterprise of the Year CITY OF DETROIT – DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS (2002-2003) Sub Consultant – Performed field reviews, inspected utility construction projects, field permit construction activities, and buildings targeted for demolition.
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ROAD COMMISSION FOR OAKLAND COUNTY FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR WESTERN Awards OAKLAND COUNTY (2001) Sub Consultant - Conducted a feasibility study for a new north-south state trunkline in National Society of Western Oakland County. Assisted in the area of intersection analysis to determine Black Engineers needs assessment and development of practical alternatives. 2013 Award for Outstanding Commitment to MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION – DESIGN SURVEYS (1999-2001) Excellence in Sub Consultant – Completed pavement design surveys for four preventative Entrepreneurship maintenance projects within the Metro Region of the MDOT. Provided a detailed log of field survey information and quantity computations for each project location. Michigan Chronicle CITY OF DETROIT TRANSPORATION CORPORATION (DTC) WOODWARD AVENUE Woman of Excellence TRANSIT INVESTMENT STRATEGY (1998-1999) Honoree Civil Engineering Consultant - BBF Engineering Services, P.C. was selected to assist 2012 in the Transit Investment Analysis to prepare for a Major Investment Study (MIS) to establish the basis for creating a practical and implementable transit service to support Wayne State the Woodward Avenue Corridor. This study will be incorporated into the Environmental University Impact Statement (EIS) process. The current scope of the study consists of Woodward Headliner Award Avenue from Jefferson in the City of Detroit to 8 Mile Road. Recipient 2000 CITY OF DETROIT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS – CITY OF DETROIT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING SERVICES (1997-1999) Additional Consultant - Advised the City of Detroit on Traffic/Transportation issues, and parking Experience analysis for the proposed casino, office, recreational, and retail development sites located Quantum Leap in the City of Detroit under the direction of Mayor Dennis Archer. This assignment Leadership Training consisted of preparing various types of comprehensive transportation analyses to determine the transportation related impacts within the vicinity of proposed development sites within the Downtown Detroit area. Savvy Entrepreneur Training CITY OF DETROIT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DDOT) CNG BUS FACILITY CIRCULATION PLAN (1998) Transportation Engineer - Completed the circulation plan design for the proposed City National Speakers of Detroit DOT Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) bus facility. The proposed facility will Club accommodate fueling and maintenance for CNG buses, and accommodations for fueling visiting city vehicles. Project Management
SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS (SEMCOG) MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (1997) Highway Design Transportation Engineer – Completed the roadside safety deficiency analysis, parking inventory, population and employment study, and assist in developing recommendations for route M-24 between the limits of I-75 and the Oakland County line. The study Highway Safety included an analysis of the M-24 corridor within an area of 300 feet centered on the Analysis existing M-24 centerline. The scope of services included an analysis of safety deficiencies, existing and future capacity deficiencies, an inventory of existing parking, High Proficiency User: and identification of existing right-of-way and physical constraints. Microsoft Word Microsoft Powerpoint MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (1995-1996) Microsoft Excel Project Manager – Developed traffic maintenance requirements and construction plans, and coordinated utilities. The project consisted of the design and implementation of Advanced Traffic Management and Information Systems equipment to be constructed for 148 miles of freeway within the Metropolitan Detroit area. The freeway equipment consisted of various combinations of the following: changeable message signs,
Bellandra B. Foster, Ph.D., P.E. Page 3 of 6 pavement loops, surveillance cameras, ramp metering, and highway advisory radio. The Featured In: information was directly interfaced with the Michigan Intelligent Transportation Systems Center. Michigan State University Currents CITY OF SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN – TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY (1995) Magazine (Winter 2008) Transportation Engineer – Evaluated the traffic impact of a proposed 116,222 square foot Target store in Southfield, Michigan. Estimated the amount of traffic that would be generated by the store. A peak hour capacity analysis was completed at each of the ten The Detroit Free Press (10) signalized intersections in the project influence area for both weekdays and (December 2008) weekends. Also compared the anticipated trips from the current office buildings and examined the daily variation versus the proposed retail store traffic. Hope Today Magazine CITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS, MICHIGAN – TRAFFIC CIRCULATION PLAN (1995) (July 2008) Transportation Engineer - Assessed street patterns and prepared a unified traffic circulation plan providing appropriate access to major roads in the northwest portion of Empowering Everyday the City of Sterling Heights. The final product included recommended changes to the Woman E-Magazine master road plan to accommodate proposed development given the city’s master plan, Inspiring Story Contest wetland constraints and density provisions. Winner (January 2008) CITY OF DEARBORN, MICHIGAN – DEARBORN TRAFFIC STUDY (1995) Transportation Engineer - Gathered information regarding traffic volumes, turning movements, accident experience, population distribution, and driving characteristics. The Essence Magazine analysis validated trip generation rates, assigned trips to the road network, determined (February 2005) geometric design adequacy, driveway placement and recommended the best method of whether or not to close the road in question. Prepared a detailed report, which included Black Enterprise graphs, tables, figures, and drawings and delivered a comprehensive presentation to the Magazine planning commission, the Dearborn City Council and administration. (January 2004)
ADVANCED TRAFFIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ATIS) (1994-1995) Construction Management Subconsultant – Managed the installation of the roadside Michigan Contractor Ali-Scout Beacons for SIEMENS Automotive and the Road Commission for Oakland and Builder County. (August 2002)
CITY OF SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN – FRANKLIN ROAD/I-696 INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENT STUDY (1994-1995) Jet Magazine (April 1999) Subconsultant - Utilized the TRAF-NETSIM traffic modeling software to demonstrate that an interchange in an urban environment can be converted from a partial to a full interchange with all movements permitted. Displayed the measures of effectiveness and traffic flow characteristics for the “after” construction condition of this project. A detailed report was prepared which evaluated the existing site conditions, existing traffic volumes with proposed local road improvements, and local road improvements with the completion of the Franklin Road Interchange using projected year 2015 traffic volumes.
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (U of M)TRANSPORATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE– GREAT LAKES CENTER FOR TRUCK AND TRANSIT RESEARCH (1994-1995)
Research Analyst - Researcher for the U of M Great Lakes Center for Truck and Transit Research (GLCTTR). Conducted project research which consisted of a study of High Speed Rail Safety Warrants and the analysis of changes and/or modifications needed for grade crossings on existing rail lines when high speed rail service is introduced. The economic and crossing volume analysis based upon various warrant categories provided useful information for evaluating decisions such as closing a crossing and redirecting existing traffic. Analysis allowed for determination of the economic impact of constructing a grade separation based upon the required rail crossing protection.
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MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (MDOT) (1993-1994) Transportation Engineer – Performed work for the Early Deployment of ATMS/ATIS in Metropolitan Detroit for MDOT as a subcontractor. Performed analysis in the areas of priority corridor recommendation and the development of an Incident Management Plan. Examined thirteen (13) corridors for possible expansion of advanced traffic management systems on freeway segments in Metropolitan Detroit. Convened meetings with the Administrative Traffic Management Team for the I-75 corridor and developed goals, objectives and a consensus on alternate routes by this group.
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT TRANSPORTATION AND THE ROAD COMMISSION FOR OAKLAND COUNTY (1984-1988) Assistant Design Unit Leader - Assisted in supervising and training engineers and technicians in project design, writing specifications, project estimates, and reviewing project proposals for the Michigan Department of Transportation and the Road Commission for Oakland County. Also worked as highway design engineer on various types of design projects including: overlays, roadway widening, drainage control, pavement management, roadway repair/maintenance, and new construction.
RESEARCH DOCUMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS “For Love and Money: Seven Guidelines for Achieving Success In Your Home and Business”, Winepress Publishing, 2008.
“Surviving A Climate of Hate: Valuing Yourself In Spite of Bullying, Racism and Sexism”, Amazon Kindle, December, 2014.
“An Evaluation of the Impact of Changeable Message Signs on Freeway Diversion” Michigan State University, Dissertation Completed December, 1999
“Development of Safety Management Systems for State Departments of Transportation,” Michigan State University, December, 1995.
“Roadway Grade Crossing Protection for High Speed Rail Lines,” Michigan State
University, Research completed for the Great Lakes Center for Truck and Transit Research, University of Michigan, September, 1995.
“Sensitivity Analysis - Traf-NETSIM Comparison to Passer II-90 (Version 2) for Single Intersection Analysis,” Michigan State University, December, 1994.
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Bellandra B. Foster, Ph.D., P.E. Phone: 336.355.7897
REFERENCES
Mr. Coleman Brown, MS, MBA Assistant Director of Public Works, City of Durham 1100 Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway Durham, NC 27707
Phone: 616.862.7965 Email: [email protected]
Mr. Cedric Dargin, P.E. Region Construction Engineer, Michigan Department of Transportation (Ret) 18101 West Nine Mile Road Southfield, MI 48075 Phone: 313.477.4966 Email: [email protected]
Dr. William Taylor, P.E. Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering A-349 Engineering Building East Lansing, MI 48824-1226 Phone: 517.353.7161 Email: [email protected]
Dr. Satish Udpa Executive Vice President for Administrative Services Michigan State University 426 Auditorium Road Room 412 East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone: 517.355.5014 Email: [email protected]
Dr. Aurles Wiggins Director, Office of Supportive Services Michigan State University 209 Bessey Hall East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone: 517.353.5210 Email: [email protected]
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