Edward A. Scheuermann, PE

Edward A. Scheuermann, PE

Mr. Scheuermann received a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Tulane in 1986 and a Master of Engineering degree in 1989. Mr. Scheuermann has more than 15 years of experience managing over $100 million in major infrastructure projects, for various state departments of transportation. He has managed three Build America award-winning projects the I-10 Bridge over the San Jacinto Bridge for the Texas Department of Transportation, the I-75 Bridge over the Peace River replacement and widening design-build pilot project for the Florida Department of Transportation and the Emergency Rehabilitation of the I-10 Twin Spans. He is a registered professional engineer in Louisiana.

The Emergency Rehabilitation of the I-10 Twin Spans

Glenn J. Schexnayder Jr., EI
Edward A. Scheuermann, PE

The Emergency Repairs of the I-10 Twin Spans was a contract bid amid a flurry of public and media criticism of numerous no-bid projects being given to contractors by the federal government in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development assembled a bid package and held a pre-bid meeting only eight days after the damage occurred. The project was bid two days later and a contract was awarded that same day, Friday, September 9, with the Notice to Proceed issued for Monday, September 12, two weeks to the day of the hurricane. The Twin Spans project was publicly bid and won by Boh Bros., a New Orleans-based contractor. When the project started, New Orleans was still under a mandatory evacuation order, and much of the city was still under floodwaters. Over 80% of Boh’s employees were displaced from their residences and living in some type of temporary quarters. Mr. Schexnayder will share with us some of the remarkable ways that Boh Bros. was able to repair this vital transportation artery – the ‘road to recovery.’