About Nigel Blampied, P.E.
Director, Caltrans Quarter Century Club, District 4
Registered Civil Engineer, California, No. 36160
Professional Engineer, South Africa, No. 780133
Caltrans (Retired)
1982-2011
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From 2004 to 2011, Nigel was one of 4 representatives of the Western States (the states west of the Mississippi, excluding Kansas) on the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Technical Committee on Preconstruction Engineering Management. In that capacity, he co-authored the AASHTO Guide for Consultant Contracting (AASHTO 2008). |
He also served on the advisory panel for the development of two publications on cost estimating published by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) (Anderson et al. 2007 and 2009).
Right of Way Methods and Tools to Control Project Cost Escalation
Practical Cost Estimating: Development of Training
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From 2007 to 2012, he served as secretary and then convener of the Working Group on Project Management Guidance, a group within the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The working group consisted of more than 80 project management experts assigned by the National Standards Bodies of 27 countries. It was one of three working groups that, together, wrote the International Standard for project management, ISO 21500 (ISO 2012).
(See also International standards for project management Conference Paper 22, October 2011; Authors: Karl Best, John Zlockie, Rebecca Winston) |
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In March of 2008, he accepted the position of Division Chief, Project Management Support and BATA (Bay Area Toll Authority) Liaison in District 4, where he directed a staff of 170 people who provided project management support, funding, procurement, drafting and CADD services to the project managers and project teams on a $1.5 Billion per year capital program, until his retirement from Caltrans in August, 2011. |
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