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Michael Nyquist, Senior Engineer
SHELADIA ASSOCIATES
Experience
40 years in
international
infrastructure projects
in developing nations,
20 as the Project
Manager/Team Leader.
Assembled diverse
expert teams and led
projects in 25 countries
Languages
English, French,
Portuguese
Availability
Immediate
Memberships/
affiliations
ASCE
ITE (Fellow)
Education
BS Eng, Kettering University, Flint, MI (1972)
MPA,Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ (1985)
Michael Nyquist is Sheladia’ssenior executive and Director of
InternationalTransportation Engineering for SHELADIA,
responsible for a broad portfolio of transportation and
engineering projects world-wide. He is a proven team-builder
and Program Managerwith demonstrated successful
experience in rapidlydeveloping high-performancemulti-
disciplinary teams. He hasserved as a Project Manager/Team
Leader/ Senior Engineer for projects from the conceptual and
planningstagesthrough construction to handover and defects
liability periods. As a senior executive, Mr. Nyquist
participates in SHELADIA’shome office QA/QC panel for
internationaltransportation projects and as an expert resource
for a wide range of design, construction, contract management
and project/program managementissues on on-going and
planned projects for the company.
Mr. Nyquist has worked in 25 countries worldwideincluding
several MCC’sCompactand Threshold Countries. He was the
lead engineer for the USAID-sponsored Growth with Equityin
Mindanao(GEM3) Project in the Philippinesfor seven years.
The GEM project functioned as an IQC for the Philippineswith
over 1000 task orders spanning a widerangeof rural and
urban infrastructure. Mr. Nyquist is committed to safety and
value-engineered projects and to technology transfer. He has
trained local staff and government officials in transportation
design, contracts administration, project management, and
construction managementand haswritten nationaldesign
standardsfor several developing countries. He has worked in
widely different climates and geography, including post-conflict
and disaster areas.

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Employment History
2013 -Present Director of International Transportation Engineering/Program Manager,
Sheladia Associates, Inc., Rockville, MD
As a senior executive, Mr. Nyquist participates in SHELADIA’s home office
QA/QC panel for international transportation projects and as an expert resource
for a wide range of design, construction, contract management and
project/program management issues on on-going and planned projects for the
company. Illustrative projects include:
 WB-funded Rural Feeder Roads Development Project (RFRDP) in Rwanda to design 507
kms of secondary and tertiary roads, including geometrics, hydro and pavement design; all
drawings, reports, technical specifications, costs and bid documents.
 Working with Parsons on a WB-funded project. Inputs were to create a Road Geometric
Design Manual for MINIFRA (RTDA) in Rwanda. Rwanda had no such a manual and
development was based on practice of the EAC (East African community), SADCC, and
AASHTO and modified to fit the Rwanda environment.
 Wrote the Terms of Reference for an ADB project for the creation of a Road Geometric
Design Manual to replace the SNiP (ex-Soviet) standards for Azeryolservis ASC, Ministry of
Transport, Azerbaijan. ToR were written to avoid a repeat of two failed attempts by Intl
Consultants to have the manuals they developed specifically for Azerbaijan accepted by the
Client.
 Design of 130 kms of Roads for USAID-funded Rural Feeder Roads Improvement Program
(RFRIP) in Rwanda, including geometric, hydro and pavement design; all drawings, reports,
technical specifications, costs and bid documents. Also developed Rural Feeder Road Design
Manual for MinAgric, and wrote Technical Review of Design of Access Road Networks in
Gishwati Project Area.
 Proposal writing and technical advice on projects, including:
□ RTDA Geometric Design Manual for Rwanda, WB
□ Dualization of al Kamil- al Ashkhara Road in Oman
□ Rehabilitation Works on Truck and Feeder Roads Project in South Sudan, WB
□ Dhaka-Chittagong Expressway PPP Design Project, Bangladesh, ADB-funded
□ Nairobi Outer Ring Road Design Review and Const Supervision, Kenya
□ Detailed Engineering Design of Asutuare Jct- Volivo, Dufor Adidome- Asikuma Jct and
Asutuare- Aveyime Roads, Ghana, AfDB-funded
□ Screening, Feasibility and Detailed Design for National Highway Linking Express
Network, Sri Lanka (Southern Road Connectivity Project), ADB-funded
□ Design for 169 kms of National Roads, Timor-Leste
□ Secondary Road Improvement Project Feasibility and Preliminary Design -- Dzirula to
Chumateleti, Georgia, ADB-funded
2012 Sep- Senior Civil Engineer, Louis Berger Group, Morristown, NJ
2013 Mar
 Design Review of Garden State Parkway GSP Interchange Improvements in Cape May,
NJ, and frontage roads with DBST pavement
 Review of 5% design and costs for Lone Star High-Speed Rail, TX

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 Wrote Alignment Alternatives Analysis Report, draft Design Criteria Technical Report
outline, and inputs for draft EIS for Baltimore-Washington Superconducting Magnetic
Levitation (SCMAGLEV) system.
2012 Apr Consultant: 4.5Ha Industrial Area with Standard Factory Buildings for
Freeport Area of Bataan, Philippines
Included Development of Proposal for Site Development and Design and Construction of
34,000m2 of Pre-Fab, “Butler Building” type factory building, and Dormitories constructed from
converted shipping containers.
2012 Feb Consultant: Proposal for Upgrading El Nido Airport Runway, El Nido,
Philippines
For Makati Development Inc., wrote proposalfor upgrading existing gravel 1000 meter runway to
a PCCP surface capable of landing A320 and B737 aircraft, with topographic and geotechnical
survey,pavement design, drainage design, TOR and Technical Specifications.
2011 Dec Consultant: Master Plan for Development of Freeport Area of Bataan,
Philippines
For Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan in Mariveles, Bataan. Included Development of
Terms of Reference (TORs) for Feasibility Study and Detailed Engineering Design of Roman
Superhighway, EPZA By-Pass Road, and Diversion Road; and Dam Safety Review, Hydropower
Development, and Bulk Water Treatment and Supply.
2008 Jan- Team Leader/Program Manager: Design/Tech Support/Reporting/Controls,
Louis Berger Group, Davao, Philippines
2012 Aug
For USAID-funded Growth and Equity in Mindanao (GEM3) project for Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and other conflict-affected regions in Mindanao, targeting design and
construction of 760 village level and 15 regional infrastructure projects in five years, covering 260
municipalities. This project functioned like and IQC with over 1,000 task orders, each requiring
the assignment of staff with diverse skills. Task order sub-projects called for conceptual design;
feasibility studies; detailed design: technical specifications; scopes of work; BoQs and cost
estimates; tender documents; construction supervision and project close-out and handover. Sub-
projects included roads, with box culverts, pipe culverts and overflow structures; trading centers;
warehouses and solar dryers; airports; bridges and footbridges; water supply spring and well
development with hand-pumps and distribution systems; drainage and irrigation; boat landings, in-
land waterway facilities and causeway projects; and schools and health clinic buildings.
Major transport projects included feasibility studies, detailed engineering design, including
geometry, pavement, drainage, design report, technical specifications and tender documents, BoQ
and cost estimates projects such as for:
 the upgrading of airport runways at Jolo and Sanga-Sanga (Bongao) Airports to ICAO Code
Element C Number 3 facilities to land B737 and A320 aircraft, using PCC over cement-
modified recycled asphalt subbase;
 8 km road portion of Sanga-Sanga Road/Bridge Partnership to connect Sanga-Sanga Island
with Lapid-Lapid island via three new bridges
 5 km Ladia Road near Cotabato City
 5 km Mabuhay-Talusan Road on Olutanga Island
 Bañas, Lunot, and Busay Bridges on Basilan Island

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 11 km Midsayap-Datu Piang PCCP road near Liguasan Marsh
 18 km Buluan-Pandag-Paglat-SK Pendutun gravel/PCCP road near Liguasan Marsh.
2007 Sep Senior Highway Design Engineer, Louis Berger Group, Banda Aceh,
Indonesia
For Deputy of Infrastructure, Environment and Maintenance of the Badan Rehabilitasi dan
Rekonstruksi (BRR; the Indonesian rehabilitation and reconstruction agency for Nanggroe Aceh
Darussalam (NAD) and Nias; United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)-funded
Aceh Secondary Road Construction and Upgrade Project. Provide technical advisory assistance in
the selection of design standards, preliminary design, bid documents and technical specifications,
to meet World Bank funding requirements, for reconstruction of tsunami-damaged DBST roads
proceeding from the West Coast Highway.
2006 Feb- Senior Infrastructure Advisor, Louis Berger Group, Davao, Philippines
2007 Dec
For USAID-funded GEM2 project which comprised design and construction of over 800 village
level and 40 regional infrastructure projects in four years. Restarted suspended and terminated
projects such as Matarling Bridge Project in Basilan using bored piles for piers and abutments;
negotiated settlement subsequent to termination for Maluso Port and Wharf contractor; restart of
four Tawi-Tawi Boat Landings; restart of Lamba suspendion pedestrian footbridge; and restart of
Baras and Alegria roads. Developed and refined specifications to add longevity to gravel roads,
and to use cement-modified soil (CMS) and limerock-based subbase and base courses; developed
design/build bid documents for 11 prefabricated steel bridges; revised standard contract
documents and technical specifications; reviewed designs for several road, bridge, footbridge,
spring development and water supply, boat landing and causeway projects; conducted training for
Inspectors and for Cost Estimators; developed site layout and concept drawings, with scope of
works, BoQ and cost estimates for design/build Cotabato City Commercial Square, and monitored
its construction.
2005 Nov-DecHighway Engineer, Louis Berger Group, Israel/Palestine
Highway/Rail Design Engineer for Transportation Feasibility Study for Linking the West Bank
and Gaza Strip. Providing professionaland technical expertise in the development and analysis of
alignment alternatives for proposed Gaza Strip to West Bank road/rail link. A USAID-World
Bank project.
2000 May- Safety/Maintenance Specialist, Louis Berger International, Inc., Tajikistan
2000 Oct
As portion of inputs to ADB-funded “Poverty Impact Analysis, Republic of Tajikistan, Road
Rehabilitation Project,” (ADB TA Number 3168 – TAJ), analyzed limited available accident data
and developed TOR for future broad-based safety project. Developed pilot road rehabilitation
project and wrote Routine Maintenance Manual for Khatlon Oblast units. Wrote technical
specifications for project implementation.
1982 Engineering and Construction Inspection, Frederic R. Harris, Inc., FL, USA
Inspection of welds for shopping mall project expansion project at Galleria in Ft. Lauderdale,
Florida. Construction inspection for widening a bridge over the intracoastal waterway on E.
Hillsboro Boulevard from two lanes to four lanes in Deerfield Beach, Broward County, including
drainage, curbing, pavement, piles, and utility relocation.
Telephone interviews with regional bulk exporters for feasibility study of new port near Panama
City in Florida panhandle. Investigation of at-grade road/rail sight distances for railroad safety

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project in Broward County. Inventory of existing sewerage treatment facilities for master plan for
Broward County.
Performed underwater inspection of wooden and sheet pile docks at US Naval Facility in Panama
City, Florida to investigate cause of dock subsidence.
Prepared specifications and bid documents for heavy equipment and parts for USAID - funded
secondary road project in Kisumu, Kenya.
Visited site and wrote final report of a four-year, USAID-funded nationwide Highway
Maintenance Management Project in Haiti. Project included garage construction, equipment and
parts procurement, training, Highway maintenance system development, vehicle maintenance,
finances and personnel.
Countries of Experience (MCC’s Contract Countries in bold)
Azerbaijan, Rwanda, Indonesia, Israel, Palestine, Afghanistan, Nepal, Dominica, Kazakhstan,
USA including Alaska, Ghana, Romania, Georgia, Armenia, France, Tajikistan, India,
Ethiopia, Mozambique, Lesotho, Swaziland, Egypt, Philippines, Haiti, and Trinidad.
Program Manager – Level IV
Qualifications: A BS degree in Engineering, and an advanced degree, preferably in
management or engineering or a related field. 15+years of relevant and
progressively moreresponsibleexperience in any corporation or organization.
Must haveexcellent demonstrated experience in project and contract
management, with demonstrated experience in all stages of a projectcycle – from
conceptual stage to construction and closeout. Must possess excellent verbaland
written communications skill in English. Knowledgeof additional MCC language
such as Spanish or French is a plus. Must be a senior executive in the firm to be
able to access the best qualified technical specialists fromthe global network for
each call order on time.
Duties andResponsibilities: Main pointof contact for the management of the call
orders under the BPA. The ProgramManager shallserve in all call orders under
the BPA. Takes overall responsibility for management of all aspects of
engagement, including quality, timeliness, inputs and outputs. Responsiblefor
directing multiple project managers in the overall execution of multiple projects
and/or contracts. Establishes, promotes, and assures quality on all projects and
work performed by projectstaff. Monitors projectproduction and schedules to
ensureprojects are completed on schedule, on budget, and to the highest quality
possible. Performs technical and coordination checking of projectdeliverables.
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and senior relationship/contractmanager. The ProgramManager provides
executive leadership and overall management to large complex infrastructureand
consulting projects. The ProgramManager also mustpossess coreexpertise in
one of the technical areas.