Karen Somerder has more than 29 years of experience as engineer of record and project manager for many projects including port/marine design civil/site design, site development, industrial railroad design, and roadway design. Her experience includes managing on-call/engineering task order driven contracts at various ports in the United States. On a more detailed level, Karen’s experience includes developing project scopes, fees, schedules, and budgets along with developing the technical pieces of projects including, reports, construction plans, estimates, and contract documents. Her strengths include interacting with clients, subconsultants, and the project team to deliver quality products.
Her experience includes an extensive mixture of project types including roadway, site development, rail, permitting, and utility designs.