Experience

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  Lockwood, andrews & newnam, inc.

  Jun 1981 - Mar 2015

  Vice president

  Prior to starting Aurora Technical Services, Mr. Ortega served as a Vice President and Director of Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc.’s (LAN) Large Diameter Infrastructure Division. With LAN for more than 33 years, he led the firm’s team serving the City of Houston’s multi-year, multi-phase, multi-million dollar Surface Water Transmission Program and oversaw the design of more than 500 miles of large diameter pipelines including nearly 100 miles of tunnels. This work has included route alignment studies, development of project-specific phasing plans to mitigate potential operational impacts, detail design including development of technical specifications, coordination with the general public in order to address community concerns, and constructability reviews. Furthermore, Mr. Ortega’s designs have included various materials such as steel, PCCP, ductile iron, PVC, HDPE and FRP as well as different installation methods, including open cut and trenchless construction such as HDD, micro-tunneling, TBM, augering/bore-and-jack and pipe insertions. Show less

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  Aurora technical services, llc

  Mar 2015 - now

  President

  Rafael Ortega, PE is nationally known as one of the leading engineers in water and wastewater pipeline engineering, condition assessment and rehabilitation. With more than 34 years of experience serving clients from California to Florida, the Great Lakes to Texas, he set out on his own and opened Aurora Technical Services. Mr. Ortega has spent his entire career serving municipalities and agencies on some of the largest and most complicated water and wastewater systems in the U.S. This experience, coupled with serving on multiple national standards committees and pipeline-focused organizations, has taught him to successfully meet project challenges requires a high level of expertise, current and relevant technical aptitude, and knowing how to construct the project. Show less