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2012 K+A News and Current Events

New Hires & Announcements

New Hires

Jonathan Lovekin, P.G.
K+A is proud to welcome Jonathan R. Lovekin, P.G. to our Colorado Springs office as a Professional Geologist. In 2007, Mr. Lovekin earned an M.E. in Geological Engineering from Colorado School of Mines. He also earned a B.A. in Geology from the University of Colorado, in 1983. Lovekin has over 20 years experience within the engineering geology field. Throughout his career he specialized in mitigation of geological hazards for land development and engineered structures. In conjunction with land development he has performed investigations and designs for foundations, retaining structures, drain systems, pavements, and small dams. His experience also includes designing and implementing Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments.

Matthew Best
K+A welcomes Matthew Best, office manager, to our Frisco, Colorado office. He is highly knowledgeable and experienced in construction observation and materials testing. His success filled background consists of responsibilities beyond construction materials testing, including: training, and oversight of field and laboratory personnel, project management, scheduling, project oversight, budgeting, proposals and billing. He also possesses comprehensive knowledge of current ASTM, AASHTO, CDOT, Army Corps of Engineers and Railroad standards and specifications related to soil, concrete, aggregates, masonry, and pavements.

Promotions, Career Accomplishments, & Awards

Announcements

Personnel Birthdays for January, 2012

Denver Office
+ Travas Zagar - 11th
+ Greg Monley - 13th
+ Ryan Kumar - 16th

Colorado Springs Office
+ Jon Lovekin - 16th

Fort Collins Office
+ Russell Bailey - 4th
+ Mark Bowman - 29th

Frisco Office
+ Greg Demmin - 11th

Current Events

Safety Meetings

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Topic: "Winter Weather Driving Safety"
Date: January 19th
Time: 4PM
Location: Frisco
Presented by: Matt Best

K+A: FasTracks to Fame, 2008-2011
In August of 2008, K+A was awarded the contract to perform Owner's Verification Testing (OVT) for the RTD FasTracks program. The FasTracks program encompasses the construction of 122 miles of new light rail and commuter rail transportation along with the associated new parking facilities (over 21,000 new parking spaces), train stations, the redevelopment of Denver Union Station as the hub of the system and some 18 miles of bus rapid transit service. It is being hailed as the most ambitious transit expansion project in the country right now.

The OVT Program is part of RTD's Quality Management Oversight Program. The purpose of the OVT Program is to audit, observe, conduct split testing, and validate the QA/QC Programs being utilized by Contractors for the RTD FasTracks Projects. The OVT Program Manager for K+A, Timothy Biolchini, P.E., directs the program by scheduling technicians, performing audits and attending project quality review meetings.

In March of 2011, RTD performed an internal audit fo K+A's OVT Process and Proceedures and found all areas of the program met the requirements of the OVT Program Manual. Currently, K+A is providing these services on the West and East Corridor Projects. The Elati Light Rail Maintenance Facility Expansion and the Denver Union Station Project.