William D. Pickering, P.E.
Prior to joining So-Deep, Inc., Mr. Pickering was employed for over 38 years in various professional capacities for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. For 14 years, he was Assistant District Engineer for Design in Engineering District 8-0 (Harrisburg ). In this position, he managed the programming, design development and construction lettings of 1500-2000 projects with a construction value of $1.0-$1.5 Billion. For 11 years, Mr. Pickering was Chief of the Right of Way and Utilities Division in the Bureau of Design at the PennDOT Central Office in Harrisburg, PA. In this position, he had stateside responsibilities for policies, procedures and quality assurance of the Right of Way Acquisition and Utility Relocation programs.
Mr. Pickering has been an active proponent of using SUE in the project development process for many years. He had the lead in developing the current PennDOT policy that calls for the use of subsurface utility engineering on all PennDOT projects.
Mr. Pickering served on the AASHTO Right of Way and Utilities Subcommittee Executive Committee until his retirement from PennDOT. His responsibilities included assuring that utility relocation issues were fully considered by AASHTO. He played a leading role in including SUE in the AASHTO Best Practices Report.
Mr. Pickering joined So-Deep, Inc. in November 1999 as District Engineer for Pennsylvania. His primary responsibilities are to manage and perform engineering and quality assurance reviews of projects in Pennsylvania and neighboring states.
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