Assistant State Design Engineers
The Assistant State Design Engineer (ASDE) and the Design Liaisons, located in the Development Division at Headquarters, provide safe, dependable, strategically balanced guidance, direction and approval of WSDOT's design documentation, standards and policies.
Together they provide technical assistance and have primary responsibility for review and approval of design documents as well as:
- Guidance and approval for deviation, project analysis, corridor analysis, project summary, design approval, project development approval, PERF and Proprietary Item document approval
- Development, guidance and review of design policy and standards, design decisions and appropriate level of design documentation
- Standards, budget and policy management and development
- Design Academy, Value Engineering, Cost Risk Assessment and Project Management Academy instruction
- Plans Preparation Manual maintenance and quality control
See all ASDE and Design Liaisons contacts.
- Value Engineering (VE) study
- Public Art Plan
- Mid block crossing
- IJR process
- State Work Force use
- State supplied material use
- Project Analysis, Corridor Analysis
- Work zone plan resource
- Design matrix
- Parking plan in urban areas
- Q program chan plan
- Passing Lane Design
Design Bid Build Projects
Project Description Memos - Design Approval Memo (docx, 17kb)
- Project Development Approval Memo (docx, 18kb)
Checklists
- Design Documentation Checklist (DDP) (docx, 27kb)
- Project File Checklist (PF) (docx, 21kb)
Design Criteria worksheets
- Design Criteria Worksheet - Matrices 1, 3, and 5 (doc, 145kb)
- Design Criteria Worksheet - Matrices 2 and 4 (doc, 178kb)
- Design Criteria Worksheet Example (pdf, 38kb)
Design Build Projects - DDP Checklist (docx, 24kb)
- Project Checklist (docx, 33kb)
Archive - Old Design Documentation Package checklist
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Assistant State Design Engineers and Design Liaisons Engineers
Supporting Olympic, Eastern, North and South Central Regions, Rail and Aviation, Hydraulics, Highway Runoff Manual, and Access & Developer Services
Assistant State Design Engineer
Scott Zeller
360-705-7253
ZELLERS@wsdot.wa.gov
Design Liaison
Kent Kalisch
360-705-7591
kalisch@wsdot.wa.gov
Design Liaison
Akmal Siddiqui, EIT
360-705-7590
siddiqa@wsdot.wa.gov
Supporting Northwest and Southwest Regions, Columbia River Crossing Project, Sound Transit Program, Public Transportation, Facilities, and Roadside & Site Development
Assistant State Design Engineer
Greg Lippincott, PE
360-705-7462
lipping@wsdot.wa.gov
Design Liaison
John Tevis
360-705-7460
tevisj@wsdot.wa.gov
Design Liaison
John Klockenteger
360-705-7244
klockjb@wsdot.wa.gov
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Supporing SR520, SR 99 Corridor (AWV), Tolling Program, Washington State Ferries, Policy, Standards & Research, Strategic Analysis & Estimating, Expert Witness & 306b Witness for Design
Assistant State Design Engineer
Ed Barry, PE
360-705-7784
barryed@wsdot.wa.gov
Design Liaison
Kurt Sielbach
360-705-7937
Sielbak@wsdot.wa.gov