
CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal Details
Name: Peter Swift, PE
Address: 540 Main St
Town/City: Gold Hill, CO
Country: USA
Postal or Zip code: 80302
Phone number: 720-406-7487
Email address: phswi@aol.com
Education
- Kendall College; Chicago:Uww:Brown University, U. Colorado, Boulder. Fellowship; U. Miami
- Marine Corps Intelligence Training Program (G2), USMC, Cherry Point, NC
- Egyptian Philology, UWW, Brown University, Providence, RI
- Civil Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
- Stochastic and Continuous Simulation Hydrology, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO (Certification Program)
Academic
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Occasional Lecturer, Univ. of Colorado, Denver and Boulder, Andrews University
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Assoc. Prof. Graduate School of Design, Univ. of Colorado, Denver, Fall semester, 2016
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Research Fellow, 2002, Univ. of Miami School of Architecture and Design; Knight Community Fellowship. The proposed research centers around the development of a system to evaluate New Urbanist projects based on historical American urban precedent and the CNU Charter.
Expert Witness
Accepted by the 8th District Federal Court of Appeals in matters of transportation and traffic engineering.
Professional Registration
Professional Engineer, several states — please inquire.
Military
1967-68 United States Marine Corps Aviation Intelligence (G2), Top Secret and Crypto Clearance
Work History
- 1969 — Staunton and Freeman Consulting Engineers, New York, NY, Civil Design/Drafting
- 1972 — India Imports, Providence, RI, Carpenter
- 1975 — Independent, Carpenter, Washington and RI
- 1976 — L. A. Garofalo, Inc., Providence, RI, Civil Design Drafting
- 1978 — Costin Engineering, Denver, CO., Civil Design and Project Manager
- 1980 — McCarty Engineering Consultants, Longmont, CO, Senior Project Manager
- 1985 — City of Longmont, CO, Civil Engineer II, Project Engineer, Chair Public Improvement Review Committee, Developer Contract Administrator
- 1988 — Owner, Swift and Associates, Engineers and Town Planners, Longmont, CO
- 2005 — Mid Atlantic Enterprises, Erbil, Iraq; Director of Town Planning
- 2007 — Owner, Swift and Associates, Engineers and Town Planners, Longmont, CO
Public Service
- Chairman, Gold Hill Town Council, 2013-2016
- Transportation Advisory Committee, Vice Chair, Longmont, CO, 1984-1988
- Planning and Zoning Commission, Vice Chair, Longmont, CO, 1990-1994
- Airport Advisory Committee, Member, Longmont, CO, 1988-1991
- Co-Chair, Urban Design Task Force, Congress for the New Urbanism
Select Publications
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American Planning Association, 4 Corners Conference, 1997, “The Engineer as Generalist at the Turn of the Century”
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Congress for the New Urbanism, 1997, Denver, Co., “Residential Street Typology and Injury Accident Frequency"
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NU Council Report V, “A Warning to Europe”, April, 2003
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NU Council Report VI, “An Analysis of One Way Couplets”, May, 2004
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Author of chapter on pedestrian friendly street design in the “Planning and Urban Design Standards” from the American Planning Association
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Translation editor of “Handbuch Der Architektur”, 1907, J. Stuben (Chapters 6 and 7 completed).
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Translation editor of “Architecture Bible”, 2001, Leon and Rob Krier
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Contributing author; “Designing Walkable Urban Thoroughfares; A Context Sensitive Approach”, ITE/CNU, 2009
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Public Works Manual, co-author, 2017
Memberships
- Congress for the New Urbanism, Egypt Exploration Society (UK)