Richard Brice
Bridge Design Technology Unit Manager at Washington State Department of Transportation
United States
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Top SchoolRichard Brice is a Bridge Design Technology Unit Manager at WSDOT with over 30 years of combined bridge engineering and C++ software development experience. He leads the creation and maintenance of widely used engineering tools—BridgeLink, PGSuper, PGSplice, and QConBridge—bringing practical, production-grade software into government infrastructure workflows. A Texas A&M MEng in Structural Engineering, he pairs deep structural analysis and finite element expertise with hands-on coding to solve complex design and load-rating problems. He founded the Alternate Route Project to promote open-source software in government-developed computing, demonstrating a commitment to transparency and reuse in public engineering. Colleagues rely on him for both novel analytical approaches and robust, deployable engineering applications that streamline bridge design and assessment.
7 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering at Saint Martin's UniversityMaster of Engineering - MEng, Structural Engineering, Master of Engineering - MEng, Structural Engineering at Texas A&M University
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
WSDOT/PGSuper
Oct 2018 - Jan 2023
BridgeLink PGSuper/PGSplice prestressed girder and post-tensioned spliced girder design, analysis, and load rating
Contributions:3 reviews, 1390 commits, 21 PRs in 4 years 3 months
WSDOT/XBeamRate
Oct 2018 - Apr 2026
Contributions:319 pushes, 27 branches, 56 tags in 7 years 6 months
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