Raymond F. Harbeson

Ray Harbeson is an Associate with RK&K, which he joined in 2001 after 33 years with the Delaware Department of Transportation. He earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering at the University of Delaware and is a registered professional engineer in Delaware and Maryland. He started with DelDOT as a summer intern and, as a permanent employee, rose from a location and environmental project engineer in 1970 to Chief Engineer and Director of Preconstruction in 1991. In 1996 Ray was named the Department's Chief Operating Officer/ Chief Engineer responsible for day-to-day management of all operations including Administration, Highways, and Transit. During that same time period he also served for four months as the executive Director of the Delaware Transit Corporation. Ray remained in that position until his retirement from the Department in August 2001. In addition to his management assignments during his career with DelDOT, Ray was also involved as a project engineer or project manager on some of DelDOT's largest projects. They include the US 13 Relief Route (SR 1) from Dover to I-95, the reconstruction and widening of US 202, the reconstruction and widening of SR 7, the reconstruction and widening of SR 4, and most recently the reconstruction of I-95 north of Wilmington. Since joining RK&K, Ray has been involved in teaching Geometric Design and Context Sensitive Design courses for the University of Delaware, as well as managing the Dover Office for RK&K. For RK&K Ray has managed projects such as the Trolley Square project planning in the City of Wilmington, DuPont Road design for DelDOT, portions of a Trust Fund Financial Study, and an Engineering Training Program project for DelDOT.