Paul R. Shea, PE, BCEE, FDBIA, Outside Director

Paul brings nearly 50 years of experience in the water infrastructure business to the Water Collaborative Delivery Association. This includes 13 years as a design engineer, 18 years in construction focusing on low-bid self-performance pursuits, and 16 years in the design-build business as president of CDM Constructors where he championed the growth of the firm’s construction business into a major design-build company earning over $400 million in annual at-risk construction revenues globally.

Since his retirement from CDM Smith, he has continued to serve the water design-build business as a private consultant doing training, mentoring, dispute resolution, and various other advisory roles for owners, engineers, contractors, and design-build teams.

Paul received an MS in sanitary engineering from the University of Connecticut and a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Vermont.