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W. Scott McNary, P.E.

W. Scott McNary, P.E.

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Scott has been designing and helping contractors build bridges since he graduated with a Masters degree from the University of Colorado in 1984. His passion was ignited after attending a lecture by famed Swiss Bridge Engineer Christian Menn in his junior year at CU. He worked for Figg and Muller Engineers for five years after graduation and was lucky enough to learn from Frenchman Gerard Sauvegeot in Denver and Jean Muller himself for 4 months in Paris.

Scott left Figg and Muller in 1989 to start the firm Finley McNary Engineers with Craig Finley. This firm quickly developed a reputation for complex segmental bridges and construction engineering. Notable projects that Scott was responsible for during this time was the Hanging Lake Viaduct in Colorado, The Baldwin Bridge in Connecticut, C & D Canal Bridge in Delaware, the Sidney Lanier Bridge in Georgia and the Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge in Tennessee.

Finley McNary was acquired by Parsons Transportation Group in 2001. During his two years at PTG, Scott was responsible for the Construction Engineering on the Skyway Bridge and the Benicia Martinez Bridge in California.

Scott left PTG in 2003 and formed McNary Bergeron & Associates with Jim Bergeron and Jeremy Johannesen. Notable projects that McB has done under his leadership include the Colorado River Bridge in Nevada, the Maroon Creek Bridge in Colorado, the SW Line Bridge in Tacoma, Washington and numerous footbridges with Bridges to Prosperity.

Scott has been married to his wife Judy for 29 great years. They have three children, Erin, Jack and Tom, who attend the University of Colorado. He enjoys travel, golf, tennis, skiing, woodworking and fly fishing in his spare time.

Partner / Principal Engineer
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
B.S. Civil Engineering and
M.S., Civil Engineering

Douglas Whittaker, P.E.

Douglas Whittaker, P.E.

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Doug has worked on bridge design and construction projects for 20 years. He has experience with complex steel and concrete bridges including value engineering redesigns, erection schemes and concepts, erection equipment design, design of temporary works, and on site inspections.

Doug started his career in construction working as a field and project engineer on tunnel and bridge projects as part of Boston's Central Artery Project. His background in construction and technical design experience give Doug the ability to solve complex engineering problems with "real-word" solutions that are economical and efficient to construct.

Doug is involved with the non-profit organization, Bridges to Prosperity, and has traveled to El Salvador and Nicaragua as part of the design and construction teams working on suspension pedestrian bridges in these two countries.

Senior Engineer
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA
B.S., Civil Engineering
University of Maine, Orono
M.S., Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Michael D. Jennings, P.E

Michael D. Jennings, P.E.

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Mike has been involved in heavy civil bridge projects in a number of capacities. He has detailed post-tensioning systems for segmental box girder bridges and custom high capacity tendons and rock anchors. He has served as on-site project engineer and helped manage multi-million dollar construction contracts. Mike has also produced shop drawings and designed complex equipment and temporary works for large scale bridge projects, including box girder and arch bridges.

Mike's experience includes structural design of vehicular and pedestrian bridge superstructures and substructures, multi-story commercial buildings, parking garages, municipal/civil structures, and residential buildings. Structural materials and systems used include prestressed concrete, steel girders, reinforced concrete, timber framing, and micropile, helical screw pile, driven steel pile, and concrete caisson foundations.

Bridge Engineer
BSCE Colorado School of Mines, Structural Emphasis
MSCE University of Colorado Denver, Structural Engineering in Progress


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James Bergeron, P.E.

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Jim founded McNary Bergeron & Associates in 2003 with Scott McNary and Jeremy Johannesen with the objective of serving the complex bridge industry with innovative, cost-effective, and safe solutions for design and construction.

Jim has over 20 years of experience in the design and construction of complex bridges across the country. Jim has worked largely in the capacity of the general contractor's construction engineer, but has also worked in the capacity of the owner's representative, the project engineer for the general contractor, and the Designer's representative.

Jim resides in McB's Connecticut office and is the firms managing partner. Jim specializes in complex bridge erection schemes, equipment design, heavy lifts and the design of temporary works.

Jim lives in Old Saybrook, Connecticut with his wife Krista of 18 years, and their four children: Jack, Ryan, Will and Abby. Jim has been a baseball coach for the last 8 years and serves on the Town's Park & Rec Commission. Jim enjoys boating, fishing, carpentry, woodworking, skiing and snowboarding in his free time.

Partner / Principal Engineer
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
B.S. Civil Engineering

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Philip S. Marsh, P.E.

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Phil has been with McNary Bergeron since early 2007, but has worked as a consultant in the civil engineering industry since 2000. He has extensive experience with the design and construction of precast and cast-in-place segmental bridges, having worked on over 15 different segmental concrete bridge projects.

Phil specializes in integrating complex 3-D post-tensioning and reinforcing, and in the geometry control of precast and cast-in-place segmental construction. He also has extensive knowledge and experience with temporary works, construction equipment, and erection sequencing.

When he's not in the office, he and his wife Mary enjoy getting up into the Colorado mountains to snowboard and mountain bike.

Bridge Engineer
University of Colorado, Boulder
M.S., Civil Engineering, Structural Emphasis


Jason M. Russo, EIT

Jason M. Russo, EIT

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Jason is a young and highly motivated construction engineer that has great passion in the construction of bridges.

Jason enjoys working collaboratively with team members in providing a wide range of solutions to clientele involving value engineering designs, erection schemes, and temporary works. Construction experience includes, but is not limited to analysis and design of stability falsework, rigging and hoisting systems, temporary retaining walls, and cofferdams. Jason brings a good sense of quality control to the company allowing for the progression of current and future projects.

Jason graduated Cum Laude an undergraduate student and is currently working towards his masters degree in Structural Engineering at the University of Hartford. He aspires to attain a PE license in the future years to come.

Bridge Engineer
Temple University
B.S., Civil Engineering, Structural Emphasis

Jeremy Johannesen, P.E.

Jeremy Johannesen, P.E.

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Jeremy's compulsion to bring order to his world has benefited McB's clients since the company's inception. Every project, whether it's the design of the bridge, the erection system or a one-off lifting beam, is a personal challenge to solve problems and make a difference. McNary Bergeron's strength is due to our mix of skills which can deliver project-sized solutions and sort out thorny details. Having an equally versatile backgroud, Jeremy is well suited to help our clients tackle their projects.

Partner / Principal Engineer
South Dakota School of Mines
B.S., Civil Engineering, Structural Emphasis

Zach Godsell, P.E., S.E.

Zach Godsell, P.E., S.E.

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Zach has 10 years of experience in the complex bridge industry. He has been involved in the construction engineering, design and analysis of numerous types of long span bridges, including various segmental, cable-supported, truss and arch structures.

Zach is known for his ability to tackle unique and difficult problems. He is responsible for developing a number of the solutions that are used for construction engineering at McNary Bergeron, including developing the company’s proprietary software for precast and cast-in-place segmental geometry control (Z-CAST and Z-ERECT).

Zach grew up in rural North Dakota and earned his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of North Dakota. In his spare time, Zach enjoys music, videogames, and cooking meals for his friends and family.

Senior Bridge Engineer
B.S. and M. Eng. Civil Engineering, University of North Dakota

 

Matthew Williams, EIT

Matthew Williams, EIT

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Matthew's experience includes structural design and analysis of span by span and balanced cantilever segmental concrete bridges. He also is experienced in the review of construction equipment and erection procedures.

Previously Matthew designed AASHTO girder bridges as well as shipping wharfs. He has performed wave/structure interaction analysis for pile foundations and floating structures.

Bridge Engineer
Texas A & M University at Galveston
B.S. Maritime Systems Engineering

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