Concrete Segmental Bridge Design
Independent Design Checks
Owner’s Representative
Design-Build Alternative Delivery Method
Value Engineering
Expert Witness Consulting Services

Expert Consulting, Engineering,
and Research

Confederation Bridge, Prince Edward Island, Canada, Design-Build
Phelan performed final design while with J. Muller International

About Caprock Engineering, PLLC

Caprock Engineering, PLLC provides engineering, research, and expert witness consulting services for structural bridge design, with expertise in traditional design-bid-build and alternative design-build project delivery methods.

West Seattle Bridge Technical Advisory Panel (TAP)
Phelan was TAP Co-Chair while with David Evans and Associates, Inc.

Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge, Alabama, USA, Progressive Design-Build
Phelan serving as a Principal Engineer for Systra-IBT

President & Chief
Technical Specialist

Scott Phelan, Ph.D., PE, P.Eng., SE, serves as President and Chief Technical Specialist for Caprock Engineering, PLLC. He has over thirty years of experience in structural bridge design. He serves on the international American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI) Economics & Finance Committee and the PCI Bridges Committee. Scott was recently inducted as an ASCE Fellow for his work that has “celebrated contributions and developed creative solutions that change lives around the world.” Scott earned his Ph.D. from M.I.T. in Civil and Environmental Engineering. He has participated in numerous value engineering studies for the Washington Department of Transportation and Sound Transit of Seattle, WA. He has participated in the design and construction of some of the world's largest concrete segmental bridge projects, including the final design of two world-record bridges.

St. Croix Bridge, Minnesota, USA, Design-Build
Phelan perfomed independant checking while with COWI

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