Isidro (Sid) Jiménez focuses on transactional matters as part of Nossaman's Infrastructure Practice Group. He conducts legal research and drafts documents relating to design-build, public-private partnerships (P3), and design-build-operate-maintain agreements. Prior to his legal career, Mr. Jiménez spent nearly a decade working as a senior engineer for one of the largest engineering and construction companies in the United States and was a planning intern at the Metropolitan Transportation Commission in the San Francisco Bay Area. He speaks fluent Spanish and conversational Portuguese.
Representative Work
Port of Long Beach (California) – Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Project. Member of the team advising on an estimated $1.2 billion plan to replace the Gerald Desmond Bridge with a six-lane, 200-foot vertical clearance cable-stayed bridge. To design and construct the replacement bridge, the Port, in conjunction with the California Department of Transportation, is using the authority granted by the state's design-build demonstration program. As the first-ever cable-stayed bridge built in California, the project is expected to be a landmark structure for the Port and surrounding communities.
Washington State Department of Transportation – Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Project. Member of the team advising on a $1.96 billion waterfront-tunnel project to replace the existing elevated section of SR-99 and the seawall in downtown Seattle, all part of the overall $4.2 billion Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Project. The proposed tunnel will be, at 54 feet, the largest diameter deep bore tunnel ever constructed anywhere in the world, incorporating a double-decker roadway with incoming and outgoing traffic separated vertically. Work focused on preparation of the design-build contract documents, including integration of these documents with the project's technical requirements.
California Department of Transportation – Presidio Parkway Project. Member of the team advising on the $1.1 billion Presidio Parkway Project, the third highway project to be developed through an availability payment P3 in the United States and the first such procurement initiated under California's 2009 P3 law. The deal reached commercial close on Jan. 3, 2011. Work focused on preparation of the procurement package for the project, including integration with the project's technical requirements.
Nevada Department of Transportation – I-80 Project. Member of the team assisting in procurement of a design-build contract for the $80 million 1-80 Robb Drive to Vista Boulevard Design-Build Project in Reno, Nevada. Role included preparation of the instructions to proposers documents, including development of proposer evaluation and selection criteria and methodology.
Prior Experience
Co-managed procurement and oversight of 12 design subcontractors for the Bay Area Rapid Transit District's $1.3 billion seismic retrofit program.
Redesigned corporate-wide strategies to win, execute, and increase profit margins on lump-sum design-build projects.
Led business development and proposal efforts for lump-sum design-build projects, including Portland I-MAX Expo Center Extension and BART-Oakland Airport Connector projects.
Managed technical proposal efforts, including subcontractor input, for multi-million-dollar infrastructure projects in Latin America.
Researched equity investment opportunities in rail and transit markets worldwide, and co-wrote a business plan for a private rail development company.
Constructed travel-demand and revenue forecasting models for privatized motorway projects in Eastern Europe.
Completed inventory of Bay Area's roadside emergency call box network; developed plan for preventive maintenance and long-term network expansion.