About Nigel Blampied, P.E.
Director, Caltrans Quarter Century Club, District 4
Registered Civil Engineer, California, No. 36160
Professional Engineer, South Africa, No. 780133
Caltrans (Retired)
1982-2011
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In January, 1974, he volunteered for a year as an intern with Youth for Christ, and in January, 1975, accepted a job with Dorbyl Stuart Construction, first as a site engineer for 8 months, then as the construction superintendent on the construction of the N3 freeway through Pinetown, South Africa, for the next 6 months through February, 1976. |
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In March 1976, he accepted employment with SNA Civil and Structural Engineers in Pietermaritzburg as a design engineer on highway projects on the N2 freeway on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast, and highway projects in the vicinity of Pinetown, South Africa. In 1978, he passed the South Africa P.E. exam administered by the Engineering Council of South Africa and was issued a license as a Professional Engineer. In November of 1979, he was reassigned by SNA to the position of Resident Engineer on highway and bridge construction in the Pinetown area, where he served until December of 1981. While employed by SNA he enrolled at the University of South Africa (Unisa), and earned a BA in Economics and Geography in 1982.
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After graduating from Unisa, Nigel emigrated to the United States and, in May of 1982, was hired by the City of Torrance, where he spent 3 months as a Civil Engineering Assistant, before being hired, in August 1982, by Caltrans District 7 in Los Angeles in the grade of Junior Civil Engineer and then Assistant Transportation Engineer, where he was on rotation for a year and 5 months. |
In January of 1984, he was promoted to Project Engineer, where he led a team designing portions of I-105, the Century Freeway (now Glenn Anderson Freeway ). While in charge of the design team, he also started and coordinated the District Design Training Program. |
In January, 1987, he became Caltrans' first Consultant Selection and Contracts Negotiations Engineer, in which capacity he guided Caltrans staff through the process of implementing the new Architectural and Engineering contracting-out process. After 2 years in that position, he lateralled to Program and Resources Engineer for Special Funded Programs, integrating the Self-Help County sales tax projects into the Caltrans program. At its peak, the program employed 2,300 Caltrans employees. |
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