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摘要

As the incoming chairman of the board of the NRC, I want to introduce myself to everyone. My name is Bill Dorris, I'm a vice presient with RailWorks, based in Chicago. I've been married to my wife Diana for 36 years and we have two sons, Will and Dan, both of whom work in the track construction industry, too. I attended my first NRC conference in 2003 and have been on the board since 2005. I am honored and privileged to accept this position within the NRC. I started in the rail industry in 1977 with Railroad Construction Company of South Jersey (RCC) doing track design and quantity take-offs for private industry customers that were looking to add a new rail siding or increase their existing track layout. After a year of working on track design, I wanted to build track and work outside. I started in the field as a track laborer in 1978. I was promoted to a foreman's position, then to a superintendent's position in the late 80s. I left RCC in 1995 and went to work for Metroplex as a general superintendent, where I primarily worked on large-scale projects that had me moving around the coutry. In 2000, I was promoted to a project manager, a position that had me reporting directly to John Zuspan. I worked for John until shortly after MPX was purchased by Balfour Beatty Rail in 2001, at which time John left and started his current company, Track Guy Consultants.