Robert J. Smith

• U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps, 1967-1971
• Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1974-1979
• Chairman, Wisconsin Transportation Commission, 1979-1981
• Registered Professional Engineer, 1971-present
• Member, ABA Forum on Construction Industry (Past Chairman, Contract Documents Division)
• ABA Section of Public Contract Law (Past Regional Chairman)
• State Bar of Wisconsin Public Contract and Construction Section
• Fellow, American College of Construction Lawyers (Past Member Executive Committee of Board of Governors)
• Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers (PastChairman, Committee on Contract Administration, PastChairman, International Activities Committee)
• Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• National Construction Industry Panel, American Arbitration Association
• Construction Industry Dispute Avoidance and Resolution Task Force (Vice-Chairman)
• Legal Consultant to Transportation Research Board Innovative Contracting Practices Research Team
• International Tunnelling Association
• Dispute Review Board Foundation (Board of Directors)
• National Academy of Sciences Study Committee on Contracting Practices of Superconducting Supercollider
• Peer Reviewer of Project Management Manual for EPA Grantees

• • “Allocation of Risk — The Case for Manageability,” [1996] International Construction Law Review 549
  • Avoiding and Resolving Disputes During Construction: Successful Practices and Guidelines, Technical Committee on Contracting Practices of the Underground Technology Research Council, 1991 (contributing author)
  • “Developments in Standard Form Contract,” Construction Briefings, Federal Publications, Inc., No. 85-4, April 1985 (co-author)
  • “Dispute Review Boards for Tunneling Projects Using the ASCE Model,” Tunneling and Underground Space Technology, Vol. 9, 1994
  • “Dispute Review Boards” current Status and Recommendations,” Proceedings 1995 Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference, 1995 (co-author)
  • “Dispute Review Boards: When and How to Benefit from a Successful Contracting Practice,” Proceedings of the World Tunnel Congress, Stuttgart, Germany, 1995
  • Preventing and Resolving Construction Disputes, Center for Public Resources, 1991 (contributing author)
  • Quality in the Constructed Project, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1988 (chapter author)
  • Recommended Competitive Bidding Procedures for Construction Projects, 1987, published by EJCDC; translated and printed in Japanese by the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 1990
  • “Risk Management for Underground Projects: Cost-Saving Techniques and Practices for Owners,” Gallerie e Grandi Opere Sotterranee N. 43 (1994)
  • “Risk Management for Underground Projects,” Tunneling and Underground Space Technology, Vol. 7, April 1992
  • “Risk Identification and Allocation: Saving Money by Improving Contracts and Contracting Practices,” [1995] International Construction Law

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• Wisconsin Chapter, State-By-State Guide to Architect, Engineer and Contractor Licensing, Aspen Law & Business, (Walker, Holderness & Butler, Eds., 1997)
• Wisconsin Chapter, Fifty State Construction Lien and Bond Law, 1997 Supplement, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (Schor, Ed., 1997)
• Wisconsin Chapter, Fifty State Public Construction Contracting, Wiley Law Publications (Gaede, Browning, Sears and Bolvig, Eds., 1996)

• U.S. Supreme Court
• Supreme Court of Wisconsin
• District of Columbia Court of Appeals
• Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin

• Yahara Lakes Association
• Bethel Lutheran Church Food Pantry Volunteer