Richard leads the Flatiron strategy to achieve greater success winning and delivering collaborative projects. Plus, he leads Flatiron strategy development, focusing on emerging trends and marketplace opportunities to enable long-term, sustainable business growth. As part of his role leading major Operations priorities, Richard provides operational oversight for the Canada Division and serves as Flatiron’s senior executive representative for several high-profile projects throughout North America including California High-Speed Rail in Fresno and Site C Generating Station and Spillways in British Columbia. Richard holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Santa Clara University.
Since expanding into the Canadian market in 2004, Flatiron’s Canadian presence has grown from a two-man team to more than 1,000 employees across Canada. The Division has successfully completed major public-private partnership and design-build projects across the country, with other major projects underway, including the Northeast Anthony Henday Drive project in Edmonton and the Champlain Bridge project in Montreal, among others. The Canadian team also builds industrial infrastructure in the Alberta Oil Sands region.
The Ten Mile Slide Slope Stabilization Project, for which Flatiron was the general construction contractor, wins the 2022 Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) Technical Achievement Awards in…