About the owner
A Little Background on Nina:
Nina Dickhausen, PE
Nina is a Professional Engineer in Oregon and Colorado and has 15 years of experience. Nina completed her undergraduate degree at Washington University in St. Louis in 3 1/2 years, and finished her Masters Degree at Stanford University in 9 months. She has worked for a variety of engineering consulting firms, giving her a well-rounded background and allowing her to inspect both complex and small-scale structures throughout the country.
Nina is a nationally certified bridge and tunnel inspection team leader and has inspected over 3,000 in 23 states. Nina has completed the following FHWA NHI Training Courses:
- 130055 Safety Inspection of In-Service Bridges
- 130053 Bridge Inspection Refresher Training
- 130078 Fracture Critical Inspection Techniques for Steel Bridges
- 130092 Load and Resistance Factor Rating of Highway Bridges
- 130110 Tunnel Safety Inspection
- 130125 Tunnel Safety Inspection Refresher
- 135047 Stream Stability and Scour at Highway Bridges for Bridge Inspectors
Nina served as a Bridge Inspection Team Leader for field inspections for a wide variety of structure types, including concrete, steel, timber, pre-stressed concrete, and culverts, and Load Rating Engineer for in-service bridges. She has also performed tunnel inspections, reviewed reports, sketches, photographs, and ensured quality assurance/quality control and delivery of final reports. Nina has been fortunate to have performed these services for the following contracts:
- Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) Off-System (Local Agency-Owned) and On-System (CDOT-Owned) Bridge Inspections and Asset Management Contract – Statewide
- Federal Highway Administration – Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division (FHWA-EFLHD) Nationwide Bridge Inspection Services A-E IDIQ Contract – National Park Service and U.S. Air Force-owned bridges nationwide
- Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management Nationwide Architecture-Engineering Professional Services and Engineering Design IDIQ Contract – Western US States
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Architecture-Engineering Nationwide Bridge Safety Inspections and Engineering Design IDIQ Contract – Nationwide
- Oregon DOT Bridge Inspections: Fremont Bridge Interchanges, Banfield Interchanges, Marquam Bridge Interchanges Bridge Inspections – Portland, OR
- Texas DOT Fracture Critical Bridge Inspections: Fred Hartman Bridge Fracture Critical Inspection – Baytown, Texas
- Ohio DOT Bridge Inspections: Valley View Bridge, Innerbelt / I-90 over the Cuyahoga River, I-490 over the Cuyahoga River Bridge Inspections – Cleveland, OH
- Nevada DOT Statewide Bridge Inspection Contract – Statewide
- Larimer County On-Call Contract, Minor Bridge Inspection Program for 523 non-NBI Structures – Larimer County, CO
- E-470 On-Call Engineering Services Contract, Bridge Inspections and Annual Certification Report – Eastern Denver Area, CO
- Montrose County, 21 Minor Bridge Inspections – Montrose County, CO
