COL. F.H. (BUD) GRIFFIS, PE, PhD, NAC

Highlights

• Former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers District Engineer, New York
• Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of NYU and Professor Emeritus, Columbia University
• Expert in the science of construction and engineering
  
  

Biography

An authority in stochastic processes, risk analysis and the application of 3D computer models to construction management, Col. F.H. “Bud” Griffis brings more than 45 years experience to Dawson & Associates.

Private and public reconstruction operations across New York, including many of the State’s most challenging construction projects have looked to Bud for his expertise. He was involved with the Ground Zero reconstruction and the construction management team for the Gowanus Expressway reconstruction.

He is the Mediator for the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s East Side Access Program and was the Owner’s Representative for the Renovation of Manhattan’s Brotherhood Synagogue.  He also had program management oversight for the JFK Airport Redevelopment Program. 

From 1960 to 1986, Bud served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.  His experience includes four years as Program Manager for the Corps of Engineers Dredged Material Research Program.  Bud was also one of the founding members of the Corps of Engineers first environmental laboratories at the Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

An expert on contracting issues for the Corps of Engineers, Bud was Contracting Officer for several major acquisitions including the design and procurement of Fort Drum, the design and rehabilitation of the Thule Airforce Base Power Plant in Greenland, and Ramon Air Base in Israel (the largest cost-plus contract awarded in the Corps of Engineers’ history).

Since 2007, he has been heavily involved in research in second generation Magnetic Levitation Vehicles.

Col. Griffis has a B.S. degree from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, two Masters Degrees (Construction Engineering and Operations Research) and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Oklahoma State University. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Army War College.

 

Other Achievements

• Board member, American Society of Civil Engineers and the New York Building Congress Foundation

• Registered Professional Engineer (New York and Oklahoma)

• Past President and Director of the Society of American Military Engineers (N.Y. Post)

• Past President and Director of the Society of American Military Engineers (N.Y. Post)