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 Mark
A. Marek, P.E., is director of the
Design Division of the Texas Department of
Transportation (TxDOT). The division guides transportation construction projects
through preliminary engineering phases including geometric design, plan
development, landscape design, project scheduling, letting management,
project-plan review and processing, standard construction specifications,
hydraulic design, and consultant pre-certification. The division develops design
policies, rules and regulations, and maintains the department’s manuals for
design and development of construction projects. It manages the department’s
letting schedule and ensures federal funds are used according to federal
regulations. The division also administers the Transportation Enhancement
Program and the design-phase value-engineering program. Marek was appointed
director July 1, 2004.
He began his TxDOT career as an engineering assistant in the Highway Design
Division in 1981. He worked for the Austin District in construction before
returning to the Highway Design Division in 1985. In 1988, he was named engineer
of geometric design and then served as director of roadway design from 1998
until his appointment as the Design Division’s deputy director in September
2002.
Marek chairs the TxDOT Specification Committee and the Texas Council of
Engineering Companies/TxDOT/Texas Society of Professional Engineers Liaison
Committee. He is also a member of the AASHTO Subcommittee on Design, AASHTO
Technical Committee on Geometric Design, Comprehensive Development Agreement
Standing Committee for the Trans-Texas Corridor, Financial Planning Committee,
Research Oversight Committee, and Standing Committee on Training.
Among his achievements, Marek co-authored the 1990, 1994 and 2001 editions of
the AASHTO Green Book. He recently oversaw development of the TxDOT Access
Management Manual. He received the 1994 AASHTO Region IV Subcommittee on Design
Award and the 2002 AASHTO National Subcommittee on Design Award. In 1992, he
received the Gibb Gilchrist Award from the Texas Transportation Institute in
recognition of outstanding service in highway engineering.
He received his B.S. degree in civil engineering from the University of Texas in
1981 and his master’s degree in business administration from Southwest Texas
State University in 1986. |
