olympic pier extension - nbk-bangor
Presenters
The Olympic Pier Extension project will be presented jointly by WSP USA and Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC):
Catrina Walter, PE, M.ASCE
Catrina Walter is a Project Manager and Senior Technical Principal with WSP USA’s Maritime team, with more than 17 years of experience delivering complex waterfront and offshore infrastructure. A structural specialist in advanced floating maritime systems, she leads technical design and construction from concept through installation, including serving as a lead designer for the Olympic Pier Extension floating berths.
She earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from North Carolina State University before relocating to the Pacific Northwest in 2008. Her graduate research, completed under Dr. Sami Rizkalla and with advisory support from the late Dr. Paul Zia, helped shape the foundation of her engineering practice and long‑term commitment to the profession. A longtime member of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI), Catrina is a past chair of the Prestressed Concrete Piling Committee and played a key role in the development of the first PCI pile specification, ANSI/PCI 142‑24. She currently serves as the inaugural Chair of PCI’s Committee on Ports and Marine Structures.
Justin Rygel, PE, SE
Justin Rygel is a Senior Project Manager and Structural Engineer at WSP USA. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Seattle University, and Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Washington. He has worked at WSP for over 20 years on maritime infrastructure projects of all sizes and types. His career has focused on seismic analysis and design of waterfront structures as well as functional layout and inter-discipline coordination of US Navy facilities, including floating docks, graving docks, repair piers, and ammunition piers. He led the seismic analysis, functional layout, and inter-discipline coordination for the Olympic Pier Extension design.
Justin is a member of ASCE Committee 77: Standard for Dry Dock Certification and is a Professional Structural Engineer. Justin has lived in the Seattle area for most of his life, but regularly visits family members living in central North Carolina.
David Gibson, PE
David Gibson is a Senior Project Manager at Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) - Northwest. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University in 1987.
He has 38 years of experience in the design and construction of maritime infrastructure projects for the Department of the Navy including the development of supporting Environmental Impact Statements and associated mitigation strategies. He has been recognized three times as the NAVFAC Northwest Engineer of the Year and twice received a Department of the Navy, Meritorious Civilian Service Commendation, awarded in 2012 and 2019.