Darold D. Davis
Transportation Senior Project Manager and Quality Control at Garver (Retired)
Education
- Kansas State University, Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering
Professional Affiliations
- American Society of Civil Engineers
- National Society of Professional Engineers
- American Council of Engineering Companies Officer
- Institute of Transportation Engineers Officer
Darold Davis is a retired professional engineer with an accomplished career in transportation engineering in Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Florida. A Kansas State University graduate in civil engineering, he began his career as a transportation engineer for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, also serving as assistant city engineer for Midwest City, Oklahoma. He was then hired as manager of engineering for Cunningham Consultants, Oklahoma City. From there he relocated to Tulsa to establish and manage, as president, a new office for Cunningham-Davis-Stoldt.
Recruited by Sverdrup Corporation of Tallahassee, Florida, he became a program management consultant for Florida DOT managing a statewide bridge replacement program. Returning to Kansas, he managed the planning, design and construction of a 50-mile corridor in southern Kansas for Cook, Flatt and Strobel, soon after becoming its president. Projects included alignment studies for the K-96 Hutchison bypass and preliminary development of Wichita’s East Kellogg as a US-400 freeway.
He came out of retirement in 2003 to join Garver’s Tulsa office and became a major consultant to Oklahoma DOT. He was involved in the design of major freeway projects including I-40, I-44, I-244, US-75 and US-169, and has become a recognized expert in developing alternative types of freeway interchanges.
Darold's professional affiliations include the American Society of Civil Engineers, the National Society of Professional Engineers and serving as an officer for American Council of Engineering Companies and Institute of Transportation Engineers.
He and his wife, Debbie, live at Grand Lake of the Cherokees in Oklahoma where Davis continues to consult for Garver.
