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Materials & Pavements Division

Role

Ensuring high quality construction materials are incorporated into projects through qualified, certified, testing personnel and laboratories, as well as ensuring our pavement program and designs are optimized for preserving our infrastructure at the lowest life-cycle cost. 

Objectives

  • Provide performance specifications and quality assurance program for construction material.
  • Provide training and certification program for testing technicians and laboratories for acceptance testing of materials.
  • Collect, manage, analyze and report statewide pavement condition data for setting performance targets and determining pavement program funding needs.
    • Consistent pavement management and designs for the right pavement at the right time for predictable pavement performance.

Contact Information


William J. Lawrence
Materials and Pavements Director
Email: billlawrence@utah.gov
Cell: (801) 879-1993

L. Scott Nussbaum
State Engineer for Qualification and Materials
Email: snussbaum@utah.gov
Cell: (801) 726-9065

Concrete & Steel Section

Jason Richins
Concrete & Steel Engineer
Email: jtrichins@utah.gov
Cell: (801) 360-4985


Radha Ukkiramapandian
UDOT Chemist
Email: rukkiramapandian@utah.gov
Cell: (801) 671-3973


Karen Paulsen
Aggregate Lab Technician
Email: kpaulsen@utah.gov
Cell: (801) 633-6234


Jeremy Price
Structural Steel QA Coordinator
Email: jeremyprice@utah.gov
Cell: (801) 633-6266


Nick Romero
Structural Steel Inspector
Email: nickromero@utah.gov
Cell: (801) 633-6265


Lohn Smalley
Structural Steel Inspector
Email: lsmalley@utah.gov
Cell: (385) 235-2697


Scott Strader
Pre-cast Inspection Manager
Email: sstrader@utah.gov
Cell: (385) 225-7681


Larry Ivie
Pre-cast Inspector
Email: larryivie@utah.gov
Cell: (801) 633-5272


Daniel Guzman
Pre-cast Inspector
Email: dguzman@utah.gov
Cell: (801) 759-6805

Implementation Section

Bin Shi
Implementation Engineer
Email: bshi@utah.gov
Cell: (801) 633-6260


D. Scott Potter
Database and Process Analyst Engineer
Email: dspotter@utah.gov
Cell: (801) 647-3459


Tim Wozab
Approved Products Coordinator
Email: twozab@utah.gov
Cell: (801) 633-7619

Asphalt Section

Howard Anderson
Asphalt Engineer
Email: handerson@utah.gov
Cell: (801) 633-8770


Dave Thomas
Lead Binder Technician
Email: davethomas@utah.gov
Cell: (801) 633-6241


Mike Evans
Asphalt Lab Technician
Email: michaelevans@utah.gov
Cell: (801) 633-6264


Trevor Vlam
Asphalt Lab Technician
Email: tvlam@utah.gov
Cell: (801) 815-9644


Clark Allen
Lead Asphalt Mix Lab Technician
Email: clarkallen@utah.gov
Cell: (801) 633-6261


Jon Hardman
Asphalt Mix Lab Technician
Cell: (801) 410-2943

Quality Assurance Section

Glen Clark
Quality Assurance Engineer
Email: gclark@utah.gov
Cell: (801) 910-2571


Amy Poloni Rico
Quality Systems Engineer
Email: arico@utah.gov
Cell: (801) 633-0623


Michael White
Lab Certification Specialist
Email: mwhite@utah.gov
Office: (801) 226-4623


Tyler Lake
Lab Equipment Certification Specialist
Email: tylerlake@utah.gov
Cell: (385) 222-5159


Jess Borovatz
TTQP Certification Coordinator
Email: jborovatz@utah,gov
Cell: (801) 946-0002


Glenn Tarrant
TTQP Certification Coordinator
Email: gtarrant@utah.gov
Cell: (801) 455-5370


Gilbert Arredondo
TTQP Certification Coordinator
Email: garredondo@utah.gov
Cell: (801) 633-6269

Jose Herrera
TTQP Certification Coordinator
Email: joseherrera@utah.gov
Cell: (385) 227-5280

Pavement Section

Austin Baysinger
State Pavement Management Engineer
Email: abaysinger@utah.gov
Cell: (801) 987-0164


Gang Guo
Pavement Modeling Engineer
Email: gguo@utah.gov
Cell: (801) 618-7947


Jason Simmons
State Pavement Engineer
Email: jasonsimmons@utah.gov
Cell: (801) 641-6599


Craig Hebbert
State Pavement Design Engineer
Email: chebbert@utah.gov
Cell: (435) 592-2004


Jeff Saddler
Materials Training and Pavement Technician
Email: jsaddler@utah.gov
Cell: (801) 633-8676

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