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14 <br /> Page 2 of 7 Michael M. Hughes PE <br /> a variety of projects. He managed Pirnie's corporate computer facilities and was <br /> responsible for the acquisition of computers and data communication facilities for <br /> engineering, computer aided design, and accounting/MIS systems. As a senior manager <br /> for the firm, he supervised a staff of fourteen engineers, programmers, and computer <br /> technicians who assisted with the projects for which he was responsible and supported <br /> the company's computational facilities. He had complete hiring and management <br /> responsibility for his staff and consultants. <br /> He has worked on a variety of environmental engineering and computer projects <br /> including: design of industrial and municipal wastewater treatment systems, sewer and <br /> water conveyance systems, and modeling of natural systems. He has co authored and <br /> developed software for engineering analysis, water and wastewater treatment, data <br /> management, maintenance management, mapping, and numerous other specialized <br /> functions. <br /> He returned to graduate school in January 1990 to pursue advanced studies in <br /> environmental engineering at the University of North Carolina. As a result of these <br /> efforts, he gained additional computational experience optimizing and parallalizing a <br /> three-dimensional finite element groundwater flow modeling code on Cray and Convex <br /> computers. <br /> DETAILED EXPERIENCE (Recent experience first.) <br /> July 2005 to Present - City of Durham, Department of Public Works, Engineering <br /> Division; 101 City Hall Plaza, 3rd Floor, Durham, North Carolina 27701, Civil Engineer IV/ <br /> Design Group Supervisor: <br /> Mr. Hughes is supervisor for the Engineering Design and Survey Groups. In this capacity <br /> he directly supervises 18 full-time staff consisting of professional engineers and <br /> surveyors, survey crew personnel, and engineering design technicians. The group <br /> provides street, water, sewer and storm water design services for projects which are <br /> constructed with City funds, as well as survey services for other City Divisions. The <br /> group designs about $7,000,000 (installed cost) of improvements each year. <br /> February 2000 to June 2005Michael M. Hughes, PE, Inc., 2823 South Church Street, <br /> Burlington, North Carolina 27215 <br /> Mr. Hughes was the managing partner for his civil engineering and land-surveying firm. <br /> He has successfully designed and managed the construction of complex projects with <br /> large budgets. The engineering firms Malcolm Pirnie, Inc, Schnabel Engineers, Inc, and <br /> Kimley Horn, Inc. have been sub-consultants on his projects along with a cadre of <br /> structural and soils engineers. The firma€TMs staff has varied from six to twelve <br /> employees including his partner Charles S. Wagner, PE, PLS. <br /> Under his direction the firm designed and supervised the construction of a number of <br /> residential subdivisions, shopping centers, and town home complexes. The scope of <br /> these projects included many of the following tasks: 1) Land Planning, 2) Extensive <br />