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STAFF EXPERTS

WES BUTCH
Mr. Butch is the leader of DLZ’s roundabout team and has worked on more than 250 roundabouts across the midwestern, southern, eastern, and western parts of the United States. He has received extensive mentoring from R. Barry Crown, one of the world’s foremost experts in roundabouts. Since the late 1990s, he has overseen roundabout plan preparation and provided construction assistance in the field for many dozens of roundabouts. Mr. Butch has made roundabout presentations at scores of conferences, seminars, public meetings, training sessions, and technical committees, including the TRB National Roundabout Conference in Kansas City (May 2008). He is one of only a handful of designers that has been certified by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation as a "Level 3 Qualified Roundabout Designer" (this is the highest certification WisDOT provides). Mr. Butch was DLZ’s Project Manager and primary author for the Michigan DOT Roundabout Guide. He has also been a contributor to roundabout guides prepared by WisDOT and the Indiana DOT.

STEVE METZER, AICP
Along with Mr. Butch, Steve Metzer has been involved in DLZ’s roundabout projects for almost a decade with involvement in dozens of our important roundabout projects. He was the project manager for the ground-breaking Northwestern Connector study, a project in suburban Detroit that led to the 2001 decision to construct nine high capacity roundabouts by 2011. Mr. Metzer has remained our project manager as DLZ completes design of six of these roundabouts. He specializes in planning studies and public education, but has also worked on many sets of roundabout construction plans. Steve is a graduate of Central Michigan University.

SEAN P. RILEY, P.E
Mr. Riley is one of our experts in the preparation of plans for roundabouts. Mr. Riley has been working with Mr. Butch over the last 10 years preparing dozens of designs for roundabouts in various stages of development from design studies through construction. With a strong background in roadway geometrics and field services, his technical knowledge helps us solve challenging design problems, often resulting in significant cost savings to our clients. He is one of only a handful of designers that has been certified by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation as a "Level 2 Qualified Roundabout Designer".