Chris Braden has more than 2 decades of experience in the transportation engineering industry. He serves as GAI’s Florida Structures Lead, a role in which he manages bridge design staff across the state, helps coordinate project delivery, and assists with the company’s regional marketing efforts. Chris’ work on a range of highway structural design projects includes design and detailing activities relating to prestressed concrete, precast and cast-in-place post-tensioned segmental concrete, steel box and plate girders for bridges, and displacement based seismic design utilizing AASHTO criteria. Chris is also experienced in port and airport structure design utilizing AISC and ACI design codes and is proficient in working internationally using British Standards and Eurocode.

Chris holds both ME and BS degrees in Civil and Coastal Engineering from University of Florida, Gainesville. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC).