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James Barber, P.E.

Florida PE #75518

Civil & Transportation Engineering, Roadway Design & Infrastructure Leadership

James Barber is a Florida-licensed Professional Engineer and transportation infrastructure leader with professional experience dating to 2006. As Tampa Infrastructure / Highway Group Lead and Project Manager, he leads complex roadway, interchange, bridge, complete-streets, resurfacing, and multidisciplinary assignments for FDOT and local agencies.

Roadway DesignTransportation EngineeringFDOT ProjectsProject Management

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William Chase Roberts, P.E.

Florida PE #97670

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Mechanical Engineering, HVAC Systems & Preconstruction

William Chase Roberts is a Florida-licensed Professional Engineer with nearly nine years of progressive experience in mechanical construction, HVAC systems, plumbing systems, estimating, preconstruction, constructability review, and value engineering. His experience spans complex commercial and institutional building systems involving HVAC, plumbing, hydronic, steam, refrigeration, controls, air distribution, and insulation.

Mechanical EngineeringHVAC SystemsPreconstructionConstructability

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John W. Adcox, Jr., Ed.D., CPC

CPC #086 (historical)

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Construction Management, Technical Education & Course Creation

John Adcox brings decades of experience in construction management, higher education, and contractor training. As an educator, consultant, contractor, and curriculum developer, he creates practical continuing-education content for builders and engineers.

Construction ManagementTechnical EducationContinuing Education & Course CreationSafety & Compliance

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Matthew Ward, MBA, CIA

CIA #88252

Business Practices, Financial Responsibility, Internal Controls & Contract Administration

Matthew Ward contributes business-practice, financial-responsibility, internal-control, contract-administration, and continuing-education strategy expertise to BuilderCE. He is President of Superior Learning, LLC, the company that operates BuilderCE.

Business PracticesFinancial ResponsibilityInternal ControlsContinuing Education & Course Creation

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Gerald Ward

Consulting Engineer

Coastal& EnvironmentalEngineering

Shorelines Water resources
Environmental permitting

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Gerald M. Ward, P.E.

Florida PE #9504

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Coastal Engineering, Water Resources & Environmental Permitting

Gerald M. Ward is a Florida-licensed coastal and environmental consulting engineer with experience in shoreline protection, water resources, hydrographic studies, navigation dredging, and environmental permitting. His background includes federal commissioned survey service and documented public-planning contributions in Florida.

Coastal EngineeringShoreline ProjectsEnvironmental PermittingWater Resources

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Donald Arsenault-Flachmeier, P.E.

Florida PE #76047

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Electrical Engineering, Power Systems & Critical Infrastructure

Donald is a Florida-licensed Professional Engineer and electrical engineering leader with field experience beginning in 2004 and engineering practice since 2008. His work spans power distribution, microgrids, photovoltaics, standby generators, and UPS systems for complex facilities. He brings design, construction coordination, project management, and quality-control experience to his electrical subject-matter review for BuilderCE.

Electrical EngineeringPower DistributionCritical InfrastructureMicrogrids

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