Dale Mathison, PE, has been promoted to manager of the Western division’s SUE & Survey group. Based in Fort Collins, Colorado, Mathison brings public and private sector design and construction perspectives to this position, and he leads teams by example with his commitment to integrity and clear communication to produce projects that endure and serve the public well.

An engineering intern and then a civil engineer with Ayres from 1997 to 2002, Mathison then was an associate civil engineer for the City of Sacramento, California, from 2002 to 2015. He was rehired at Ayres in 2015 as a senior project manager in what was then the Municipal Engineering group of the Western division, followed by a stint as supervisor of the SUE (subsurface utility engineering) and survey discipline within the Stream & Stormwater group, starting in April 2024. Mathison’s promotion to manager of the SUE & Survey group became effective April 28.

Mathison has immersed himself in SUE and oversees our SUE crews as they help clients comply with Colorado’s new SUE law and make infrastructure construction safer. He has attended the American Council of Engineering Companies’ Subsurface Utility Law (SB18-167) training along with a number of educational seminars about the new law and ASCE Standard 38 guidelines for SUE. As a project manager and licensed professional engineer, Mathison provides the engineering oversight and experience needed to pursue and complete subsurface utility investigations critical to successful design and safe construction of public infrastructure.

Mathison also brings experience with land and bathymetric GPS surveying and river hydraulics analysis.

“Dale has such a great breadth of experience, and it gives him a great perspective on how our SUE and survey experts can set the table for projects that can efficiently translate designs into smooth construction projects,” said Anthony Alvarado, PE, CFM, vice president of the Western division. “Dale has been the ultimate team player, adjusting to the new disciplines we have asked him to grow into.” Mathison holds professional engineer licensure in Colorado, Wyoming, and California. He earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Colorado State University.