Paul Dorothy is a managing director based in BRG’s Pittsburgh office. He has over thirty-five years of industry experience and provides testimony and consulting services in:
- highway design, including complex interchange design, trade-offs in highway geometrics, and intersection design
- maintenance of traffic, including work zone design, analysis, and policy
- traffic engineering
- safety, including crash analysis and roadside design
- constructability, including constructability analysis and construction phase sequencing
- project management
- transportation planning, including National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis and bicycle/pedestrian facility planning and design
- premises liability, including code/standards evaluation, slip/trip/fall analysis, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance
- driver training effectiveness
- municipal engineering, including local street, parking lot, storm water, and sanitary design and eminent domain
- visualization studies
Dr. Dorothy previously held leadership roles managing complex infrastructure projects. He has extensive experience in operational modeling, simulation, and value engineering. His background spans consulting, research, and teaching, with a focus on project management and innovative design solutions.
Employment History
SEA, Ltd.
Senior Civil Engineer, 2013–2025
White Star Engineering Consultants
Principal, 2010–2013
Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
Senior Associate, 2010–2011
Burgess & Niple
Director of Geometrics, Director of Operational Modeling, 1998–2010
Education
Michigan State University
MS, Civil Engineering
PhD, Civil Engineering
The Ohio State University
BS, Civil Engineering
Credentials
Professional Engineer in more than twenty states
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Project Management Professional (PMP)
American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
Professional Transportation Planner (PTP)
Excel Tribometers
Certified XL Tribometrist (CXLT)
National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI)
Walking Auditor Certificate Holder (WACH)