Academy of Distinguished Alumni
Herbert W. Morgan, P.E.,
1974 B.S. Civil Engineering

Herb Morgan graduated from Virginia Tech in 1974 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering (CE). He has over 34 years in the engineering and construction industry with experience managing domestic and international heavy civil projects that include highway, road, and bridge construction for major expressways and construction of industrial and medical complexes.



Mr. Morgan’s career began when he joined the consulting engineering firm of HNTB as a field engineer and worked on the downtown expressway that runs through Richmond, Va. Two years later Mr. Morgan joined Daniel Construction, an engineering firm based in Greenville, S.C., that was acquired by Fluor in the 1980s. During his 32 years with Fluor, he has been given assignments with increased responsibilities from construction engineering manager, to construction manager, to project manager, to project director before becoming vice president of operations in 2002. Currently, Mr. Morgan serves as senior vice president of operations for Fluor’s Infrastructure Business Line with responsibility for worldwide operations.



Mr. Morgan’s extensive civil engineering experience includes design engineering, construction management and project management and his responsibilities have encompassed project planning, final design, scheduling, procurement and contract administration, quality assurance and control, and safety in both the domestic and international arenas.



The past ten years of his career have been spent advancing innovative contracting practices in the infrastructure community, and he is recognized as a national leader for assembling teams and delivering projects under public private partnerships (PPP). Mr. Morgan’s initial foray into the PPP arena was the Pocahontas Parkway project and has since been involved in delivering other major design build or PPP highway projects in South Carolina and Minnesota.



Mr. Morgan serves as the president of FD/MK LLC and Fluor-Lane LLC, both subsidiary companies of Fluor used in their delivery of privately financed highway projects. As president of Zumbro River Constructors LLC used for design build delivery in the Midwest, he oversaw two successful award-winning design build projects for the Minnesota DOT. He is Fluor’s project sponsor on the $2.2 billion World Trade Center Transportation HUB project, constructing the Calatrava designed free-standing glass and steel structure that will capture the heroism of September 11.



Early in his career, Mr. Morgan was involved in the Highland County Lions Club. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and participates in the Transportation Construction Management Institute at Virginia Tech where he frequently addresses attendees to provide inspiration for the future development of their careers. He has an ongoing association with and participation in the Virginia Tech Construction Affiliates, the Myers-Lawson School of Construction Advisory Board and the Myers-Lawson School of Construction Affiliates Program. He serves as an advisor on Public Private Partnerships and is the executive sponsor for the Fluor/Virginia Tech College Relations Program. Mr. Morgan has been published in professional publications and has been invited numerous times to present at national conferences. He is also a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia and Arizona.



Mr. Morgan lives in Rockville, Va., with his wife Marsha, a graduate of Virginia Tech with a B.A. in History.