Loai El-Gazairly, Ph.D., P.E., is an Associate with Whitman, Requardt and Associates (WRA) in Richmond, VA. He has more than 38 years of design and management experience in transportation projects. He participated in the design and construction of landmark bridge projects both nationally and internationally. Projects include The Pocahontas Parkway (Route 895) in Virginia, the John James Audubon Bridge in Louisiana, the Indian River Inlet Bridge in Delaware and others. The typical construction cost for such projects exceeded $150M and some established the record in technical advancement for bridges in the USA....