Matt Swinton
Director
Environmental Science
Redpoint Research
Canada
Biography
Matt Swinton is a Senior Vice President of Kiewit Infrastructure Co., part of Kiewit Corporation. He serves as District Manager for Kiewit’s nationwide underground tunneling and foundations contractingoperations. Matt is responsible for the overall planning and direction of construction, engineering, estimating, bidding and administration of all work for the Underground District. Matt joined Kiewit in 1999 after receiving his Bachelor of Science, Mining Engineering and Geological Engineering degrees from the Colorado School of Mines. He began his career in Kiewit’s operations as an Engineer-Estimator with the Underground District in Omaha. He was the Project Engineer on the $112- million Chattahoochee Tunnel project in Atlanta, Georgia; Job Superintendent on the Cape Creek Tunnel project in Oregon; Job Superintendent on the DFW J1A Tunnel in Texas; and Project Manager on the Marathon Cavern in West Virginia. From 2009 to 2014, he served as Sponsor for projects such as the Deep Rock Tunnel Connector in Indianapolis; the Euclid Creek Tunnel in Cleveland, Ohio; and the Kemano Backup Tunnel in British Columbia. Matt was promoted to Senior Vice President in 2014. Kiewit is a Fortune 250 company and one of the largest and most respected construction, mining and engineering organizations in North America. The company has revenues of more than $10 billion.
Research Interest
Environmental Science and Earth science