AC Speaker Spotlight: Jamey Barbas, PE

Breakout Session: Construction of the Governor Mario M, Cuomo Bridge

Jamey Barbas, PE is the Project Director charged with replacing the Tappan Zee Bridge in New York with the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge — one of the largest bridge projects in the U.S., on behalf of the New York State Thruway Authority.

A transformative senior executive with a career in bridge design and construction, she has held leadership positions in several international consulting firms. Her industry experience includes leadership of the strategic, operational and technical aspects for the delivery of major structures projects. A registered professional engineer with 35 years of experience in bridge management, design, construction and inspection, she has a special emphasis on complex and long span bridges.

Barbas’ experience includes several award-winning, domestic and international projects. She has led the inspection, design and construction support services for the reconstruction of the Williamsburg Bridge in NYC — one of the largest bridge reconstruction projects ever undertaken in the U.S. — and led the design of the major bridges of the AutoRoute 30 project in Montreal, Canada — one of the largest P3 bridge projects in North America.

Barbas is a native New Yorker, a graduate of Barnard College and the Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. She has written numerous technical papers and was named by Engineering News Record as one of their top Newsmakers of 2004 for her work in providing an emergency solution to a failing historic suspension bridge.

She also serves on the board of directors for Bridges to Prosperity, a non-profit that provides footbridges in rural communities to increase access to schools, health care and market.