Raymond Paul Giroux, Dist.M.ASCE, NAC

Raymond “Paul” Giroux, Dist.M.ASCE, NAC received his BS in Construction Engineering from Iowa State University in 1979.  Paul worked for Kiewit for 45 years on a wide variety of heavy civil engineering mega projects throughout the United States. Paul played a key role in notable projects such as the Fort McHenry Tunnel in Baltimore, several projects on the Big Dig in Boston --- including the new Zakim/Bunker Hill Bridge, the new San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge East Span. 

Currently, Paul is a professor of engineering practice at Purdue University Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering.

Paul has served on numerous industry advisory board and has been an active member of several national committees for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and TRB.

During the past two decades Paul had leadership and speaking roles at numerous anniversary events including the Brooklyn Bridge 125^th, the Hoover Dam 75^th, the Golden Gate Bridge 75^th, the Panama Canal 100th, the Grand Coulee Dam 75^th, the Transcontinental Railroad 150^th, the Eads Bridge 150th, and the Union Chain Bridge 200^th anniversary.

Paul is the author of several bridge design and civil engineering history papers.  He is also an active public speaker, having presented over 300 lectures and seminars at nearly 100 engineering schools.  Additionally, he has presented over 200 other speeches at professional and public venues.  Paul has also been a contributor on the Fox Business News show ‘American Built.’ 

Paul has been recognized for his efforts including the ASCE Civil Engineering History and Heritage Award, the G. Brooks Earnest Technical Lecture Award, the ASCE Construction Institute’s Roebling Award, and in 2016 he was elected a Distinguished Member of ASCE.  Also, in 2016 Paul was awarded the American Society of Engineering Societies’ Norm Augustine Award.    In 2018 Paul was inducted into the Iowa State University Construction Engineering Hall of Fame.  And, in 2022 Paul was inducted into the National Academy of Construction.

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